New York · Nonprofit
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC (New York) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,144,330 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,317,650). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.1M
- Funders on record
- 95
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc does
Mission
Dance theatre of harlem, inc. (dth) carries a solid commitment toward enriching the lives of young people and adults around the world through the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dance company - dance theatre of harlem company consists of 19 dance artists who perform an eclectic and demanding repertoire. Ballets performed range from the treasured classics of traditional canon to works by george balanchine, cutting-edge contemporary works, and works that use the language of ballet to celebrate african america culture. As cultural ambassadors, the company tours nationally and internationally with a message of empowerment through the arts. Known for its thrilling performances, the company also places great value on extensive community engagement and arts education opportunities for audiences and young people in new york.
$4,161,912 spent$1,591,190 earned by the program66% of program spendingSchool - dance theatre of harlem school (dths) - a professional studio school located in the historic harlem community, offers exceptional dance training for talented young people. Dths offers affordable classes and programs year-round for 600 students on average. Through auditions, scholarships and tuition assistance, dths gives young artists from all backgrounds and experiences the opportunity to study, participate and excel in the performing arts, which helps to develop focus, discipline and critical reasoning skills essential to their further education and growth.
$1,624,149 spent$487,099 earned by the program26% of program spendingCommunity engagement - dance theatre's national education and outreach initiative is the embodiment of dance theatre's commitment to increasing access to the performing arts. Based upon the conviction that artists are our best communicators and mirrors of our society, dancing through barriers takes place in schools and other centers, working with students from kindergarten to high school, as well as a broad range of adults. Dance theatres programs are tailored to meet the specific needs of each school or community. Activities range from video assemblies, lecture-demonstrations, and master classes to in-school residencies and professional development workshops for teachers.
$512,159 spent$94,460 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,298,220.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $9.2M to $24M (+164%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 14% · 2019 4% · 2020 15% · 2021 3% · 2022 32% · 2023 22% · 2024 9% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Anna Coquillot
Executive director
Board chair
Ackneil Muldrow Iii
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.5M.
20 of 95 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 95 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 28% · 2019 45% · 2020 16% · 2021 73% · 2022 35% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
52% of DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC has grown faster than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $629k on record — $615k federal, $14k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$605k
- Department of State$10k
- DEDICATED$14k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 52 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC?
- DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC (New York) receives grants from 95 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,144,330 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,317,650). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC have?
- IRS filings report 95 organizations giving $30,144,330 in grants to DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,317,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 95 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing