Maryland · Nonprofit
KALANIDHI DANCE INC
KALANIDHI DANCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,876 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($296,785). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $537k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $410k
- Net assets
- $985k
What Kalanidhi Dance Inc does
Mission
Kalanidhi dance is an internationally renowned dance institution committed to the preservation, promotion, and education of the south indian classical dance style of kuchipudi. Kalanidhi dance's vision is to promote kuchipudi indian classical dance and make it an integral part of the american performance arts landscape. Kalanidhi dance is committed to the preservation, promotion and education of kuchipudi, an indian classical dance style that originated in the state of andhra pradesh in india. The organization inspires appreciation for kuchipudi dance through artistic excellence, creative performances, high quality educational programs, and innovative collaborations. The organization does this by creating original artistic work that remains authentic to the kuchipudi style; pushing the boundaries of kuchipudi through collaborations with local and international artists and across genres; attracting students at an early age and helping them reach their full potential through rigorous ins
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dance school and teaching : kalanidhi dance is an internationally renowned dance institution committed to the preservation, promotion, and education of the south indian classical dance style of kuchipudi. Kalanidhi dance's vision is to promote kuchipudi indian classical dance and make it an integral part of the american performance arts landscape.the organization does this by creating original artistic work that remains authentic to the kuchipudi style; pushing the boundaries of kuchipudi through collaborations with local and international artists and across genres; attracting students at an early age and helping them reach their full potential through rigorous instruction; and empowering dancers to become professional artists through enrichment programs.
$212,129 spent56% of program spendingDance tours and performances : the mission of the organization is to inspire appreciation for kuchipudi dance through artistic excellence, creative performances, high quality educational programs, and innovative collaborations.
$99,714 spent26% of program spendingCommunity outreach : kalanidhi's vision is to promote kuchipudi indian classical dance and make it an integral part of the american performance arts landscape.
$68,756 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $380,599.
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.
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 $944k to $1.1M (+18%).
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 7% · 2018 10% · 2019 15% · 2020 19% · 2021 26% · 2022 26% · 2024 23% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Dr Sarah Degnan Kambou
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $21k → $60k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 KALANIDHI DANCE INC’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
KALANIDHI DANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 KALANIDHI DANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 67% · 2022 48% · 2023 75% — 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
40% of KALANIDHI DANCE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% 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
95% of KALANIDHI DANCE INC'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $390k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding KALANIDHI DANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$125k
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 KALANIDHI DANCE INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 KALANIDHI DANCE INC: 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 KALANIDHI DANCE INC?
- KALANIDHI DANCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,876 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($296,785). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KALANIDHI DANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $409,876 in grants to KALANIDHI DANCE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KALANIDHI DANCE INC?
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER is the largest funder on record, with $296,785 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KALANIDHI DANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 9 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