Washington · Nonprofit
ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE
ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,864 to it, the largest being THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $372k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $170k
What Ensemble Ballet Theatre does
Mission
Ensemble Ballet Theatre (ebt) was created with a mission to educate, promote, foster, and encourage interest in all forms of dance, making dance arts accessible to our local communities. In 2019, ebt took a significant step by adding the Ensemble Ballet Theatre academy of dance. In 2025, we moved and expanded, adding two additional dance studios, added more educational opportunities and free community activities. Our academy serves dancers of all ages and skill levels, offering classical ballet, jazz, tap, and more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ballet productions:ebt produces two large-scale professional ballet productions each year, the nutcracker and an original choreographed show in spring, alongside smaller community events. We offer a diverse range of performances in classical ballet, modern, hip hop, lyrical, and partnering, providing a space for dancers of all backgrounds and ages to grow and excel. We keep our tickets reasonably priced to ensure access for the community to a professional-level production in their local neighborhood.
$68,202 spent$65,652 earned by the program21% of program spendingAcademy programs:ebt offers a wide array of dance programs, serving dancers from toddlers to adults. Our academy of dance provides weekly classes in classical ballet, jazz, tap, acro, lyrical, and more, with a focus on technique and personal growth. Our curriculum ranges from beginner to advanced levels, ensuring each student is supported in their unique developmental journey. Each year, our academy students perform in our free showcase to share their development and provide an opportunity for the community to engage with and enjoy the arts at no cost.
$252,385 spent$209,463 earned by the program79% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,587.
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 2023 to 2024, from $111k to $231k (+109%).
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: 2023 12% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $157 → $173.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE’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
ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $864 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE: 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 ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE?
- ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,864 to it, the largest being THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,864 in grants to ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE?
- THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENSEMBLE BALLET THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2 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