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DellArte Inc

DellArte Inc (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,322,948 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($1,190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$465k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$-266057
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 49%
01What it does

What DellArte Inc does

Mission

Dell'Arte International pushes the boundaries of what theatre can be and where it can happen. We revel in ferocious play as we train daring, innovative actor-creators in ensemble-based physical theatre, build community through art, and serve as a cultural hub.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Orbit Arts Program: DellArte provided weekly ensemble theater classes to incarcerated individuals at Pelican Bay State Prison across three General Population yards, supported by the California Arts Councils Arts in Corrections Program and CDCR. Participants devised and Participants devised and performed original theatre, providing performed original theatre, with the program now in its tenth year of engagement, Orbit Arts continues to provide healing-centered arts facilitation in justice-impacted communities

    $117,474 spentof which $63,116 as grants$121,858 earned by the program
    41% of program spending
  2. School and Workshop Program: DellArtes professional training program is the unique in the United States, drawing students from around the world to its Blue Lake campus. Now in its fourth decade, the school offers rigorous training in ensemble-based physical theatre for both adult and youth performers. Adult offerings included workshops and intensives grounded in DellArtes actor-creator methodology; youth were served through a dedicated Teen Summer Camp. Faculty carried forward a training tradition rooted in commedia dellarte, clown, and collaborative devising.

    $114,342 spent$79,818 earned by the program
    40% of program spending
  3. Productions Program: DellArte is home to an evolving ensemble of artists creating theatre within an institution with a 49-year history of collaborative work, having produced over 50 original, award-winning productions. This year, that tradition centered on the Baduwat Festival, DellArtes multi-week summer event featuring theatre, music, Native American storytelling, and circus arts, the Humboldt Folklife Festival and community programming from around the world and down the block.

    $53,128 spent$102,606 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $284,944.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($955k)2018 Revenue 105 ($1.1M) Expenses 99 ($1.2M) Net assets 90 ($863k)2019 Revenue 144 ($1.5M) Expenses 95 ($1.2M) Net assets 131 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 81 ($859k) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 93 ($890k)2021 Revenue 119 ($1.3M) Expenses 108 ($1.3M) Net assets 88 ($837k)2022 Revenue 91 ($964k) Expenses 114 ($1.4M) Net assets 40 ($381k)2023 Revenue 43 ($458k) Expenses 94 ($1.1M) Net assets -24 ($-224992)2024 Revenue 61 ($647k) Expenses 41 ($502k) Net assets -8 ($-75991)2025 Revenue 44 ($465k) Expenses 53 ($641k) Net assets -28 ($-266057)
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Revenue (44)Expenses (53)Net assets (-28)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.3M to $2.7M (+116%).

$1.4M
$1.3M
$2.7M
$2.5M
$2.5M
$2.2M
$1.8M
$1.1M
$854k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 3% · 2019 2% · 2020 25% · 2021 63% · 2022 54% · 2023 22% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

67% of DellArte Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$155k
’17
−$92k
’18
$384k
’19
−$357k
’20
−$49k
’21
−$430k
’22
−$683k
’23
$145k
’24
−$176k
’25
6.3
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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

Kimberly Haile

CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

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Joined·+0+3+2+10+2+9+0+0
No longer listed·012126806
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $270k → $18k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 DellArte Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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

DellArte Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

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largest funder
98%
top three
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effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 97% · 2020 63% · 2021 98% · 2022 74% · 2023 56% — 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

57% of DellArte Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

98% of DellArte Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

DellArte Inc is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−38% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−10% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding DellArte Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $554k on record.

Federal$554k
grants $554kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Education$544k
  • National Endowment for the Arts$10k

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 DellArte Inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 35%Fundraising 4%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds DellArte Inc?
DellArte Inc (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,322,948 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($1,190,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DellArte Inc have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,322,948 in grants to DellArte Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DellArte Inc?
The James Irvine Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,190,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DellArte Inc 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.

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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 10 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