California · Nonprofit
DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY
DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,455,227 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($3,030,333). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Debbie Allen Dance Inc Debbie Allen Dance Academy does
Mission
The debbie allen dance academy is a cultural center committed to making dance a meaningful experience for all individuals. The academy provides professional and rigorous training for young dancers in over twelve forms, artistic development for professional dancers, and youth-focused outreach and education initiatives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The tuition program: the debbie allen dance academy offers a comprehensive dance curriculum to students ages 4 and up from september thru june. Dada students take four to ten classes a week, depending on their age and academy level, at our dada studio in los angeles. Dada makes its programs accessible by providing financial assistance to over 80% of its academy students. Dada provides performance opportunities to our most talented and dedicated students in our professional productions. Dada also produces an annual student recital that is open to the public and creates opportunities throughout the year for our students to participate in community outreach programs and special events. The tuition program includes virtual classes administered by dada virtual.
$1,295,574 spent$1,031,699 earned by the program42% of program spendingThe summer intensive program: dada has three style-specific intensives that bring students from all over the world to study at dada. Dada on pointe, la hip hop intensive and the los angeles tap festival provide students the opportunity to study with unrivaled world-renowned choreographers, dancers and teachers. Dada s summer intensive, with programs in los angeles and atlanta, is designed to exponentially expand the technique and vocabulary of the serious dance student. Both intensives culminate in a public performance recital. Dada also has a pre-academy summer intensive program as well as an early bird summer camp for children ages 4-7 in los angeles.
$229,243 spent$300,000 earned by the program8% of program spendingThe hot chocolate nutcracker: debbie allen's adaptation of the classic two-act ballet by composer tchaikovsky, revisited into a modern musical. Ms. Allen takes us on an exciting journey to new lands with larger than life, fun-filled characters.
$351,044 spent$810,321 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services
$1,174,246 spent$353,238 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,050,107.
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 $14M to $26M (+79%).
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.
63% of DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $994k → $1.9M.
12 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% 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 DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 63% · 2019 66% · 2020 43% · 2021 74% · 2022 28% · 2023 43% — 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
35% of DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Dada Nmtc 1 Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY?
- DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,455,227 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($3,030,333). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $12,455,227 in grants to DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY?
- THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,030,333 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE INC DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 58 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing