Arkansas · Nonprofit
HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO
HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO (Arkansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,689 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($16,013). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $72k
What Hot Springs Childrens Dance Theatre Co does
Mission
The nonprofits core mission is to oversee a theater exclusively devoted to dance and dramatic arts. This entails providing a platform for dance education classes that are meticulously crafted to nurture students creative growth. Moreover the organization curates and hosts public performances that highlight the skills of both seasoned professionals and budding student dancers. These events serve as cultural enrichment opportunities for families and the wider community fostering a deeper appreciation for the arts and promoting artistic expression.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Theater presented two public ballet shows in 2025; Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. School group attendance for field trips increased with students benefiting from discounted tickets. Professional ballet dancers were hired for performances along with dance class students. This offered a unique opportunity for students to engage with ballet professionals locally. With over a decade of experience in producing classic dance productions the Organization is a prominent arts group in the Hot Springs community.
$34,438 spent49% of program spendingThe organization runs a ballet school for approximately 20 students aged 5 to 18. The school is led by Edmond Cooper a renowned international professional dancer and choreographer. Students not only learn classical dance techniques but also gain valuable performance experience through participation in ballet shows along side professional dancers.
$36,114 spent51% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,552.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $75k to $63k (−16%).
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.
48% of HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Edmond Cooper
Artistic and Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $7k.
1 of 5 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 HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO’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
HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
80% of HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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
HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO
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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO: 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 HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO?
- HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO (Arkansas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,689 to it, the largest being ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($16,013). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $43,689 in grants to HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO?
- ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,013 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOT SPRINGS CHILDRENS DANCE THEATRE CO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 5 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