Delaware · Nonprofit
DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY
DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,821 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($8,775). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $557k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $65k
What Delaware Dance Company does
Mission
Mission: To advance the knowledge and appreciation of dance in the community and region through instruction, performances, and outreach programs: to provide the highest quality educational opportunities possible in all aspects of dance to anyone desiring such education: to be viewed as a community and regional leader in preparing students for a professional career in dance. Having the opportunity to view, converse and associate with professional company members, choreographers and directors provides students a chance to develop unique relationships and a deeper level of understanding and appreciation for the art of dance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dance Instruction: At Delaware Dance Company, we strive to provide our students with the highest quality dance education possible. Our goal is to instill qualities that will carry students throughout their entire lives, whether they choose a career in dance or another field. We provide year-round programs for approximately 300 students of all ages.
$331,322 spentof which $13,591 as grants$254,103 earned by the program70% of program spendingSummer Camps, Classes, and Intensive Workshops: Delaware Dance Company holds "mini-camps" during the summer months for area children interested in dance and theater. Performances are held at a university performance hall. Summer classes are also held for dancers who wish to retain their skills. In addition, intensive workshops are offered to accomplished dancers to further their knowledge of dance.
$20,016 spent$45,913 earned by the program4% of program spendingPerformances: Delaware Dance Company annually performs "The Nutcracker" as well as end-of-year student concerts. In addition, our Performing Company holds a Spring Performance every other year. The Youth Dance Ensemble also participates in many festivals throughout the year.
$121,486 spent$123,676 earned by the program26% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $472,824.
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 2022 to 2023, from $195k to $852k (+336%).
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 8% · 2018 7% · 2019 8% · 2020 17% · 2021 48% · 2022 10% · 2023 9% · 2024 17% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $623.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 69% · 2022 72% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Delaware, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY's revenue grew 19% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY?
- DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,821 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($8,775). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $13,821 in grants to DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY?
- DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 4 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