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Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc

Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,829 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($301,490). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$191k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$363k
Net assets
$167k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 51%
01What it does

What Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc does

Mission

To promote artistic integrity within the arts and disabled community by crossing barriers outside of the traditional dance arena

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Artistic Fees

    $17,074 spent
    20% of program spending

  2. Artistic Performers

    $15,710 spent
    19% of program spending

  3. Consulting - Programs

    $10,599 spent
    13% of program spending

  4. Director's Fees

    $8,750 spent
    10% of program spending

  5. Travel

    $5,063 spent
    6% of program spending

  6. Occupancy

    $4,331 spent
    5% of program spending

  7. Costumes

    $2,528 spent
    3% of program spending

  8. Lighting

    $2,500 spent
    3% of program spending

  9. Workshops

    $2,415 spent
    3% of program spending

  10. Video Production

    $2,335 spent
    3% of program spending

  11. Advertising

    $2,097 spent
    3% of program spending

  12. Computer Expense

    $1,853 spent
    2% of program spending

  13. Videographer

    $1,564 spent
    2% of program spending

  14. Grants

    $1,297 spent
    2% of program spending

  15. Website

    $1,255 spent
    1% of program spending

  16. Stage Expense

    $1,000 spent
    1% of program spending

  17. Insurance

    $918 spent
    1% of program spending

  18. Subscriptions

    $898 spent
    1% of program spending

  19. Supplies

    $545 spent
    1% of program spending

  20. Music

    $478 spent
    1% of program spending

  21. Photography

    $387 spent
    0% of program spending

  22. Printing

    $90 spent
    0% of program spending

The 22 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,687.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($192k) Expenses 100 ($107k) Net assets 100 ($159k)2018 Revenue 134 ($257k) Expenses 226 ($241k) Net assets 110 ($174k)2019 Revenue 77 ($147k) Expenses 205 ($218k) Net assets 63 ($100k)2020 Revenue 82 ($158k) Expenses 85 ($91k) Net assets 110 ($175k)2021 Revenue 80 ($153k) Expenses 160 ($171k) Net assets 71 ($112k)2022 Revenue 103 ($198k) Expenses 165 ($176k) Net assets 84 ($133k)2023 Revenue 82 ($157k) Expenses 111 ($118k) Net assets 109 ($172k)2024 Revenue 70 ($134k) Expenses 190 ($203k) Net assets 56 ($89k)2025 Revenue 100 ($191k) Expenses 106 ($113k) Net assets 106 ($167k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (106)Net assets (106)

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 $172k to $89k (−48%).

$159k
$174k
$100k
$175k
$112k
$133k
$172k
$89k
$167k
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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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2018
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2023
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 84% · 2018 47% · 2019 80% · 2020 75% · 2021 63% · 2022 79% · 2023 97% · 2024 48% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$85k
’17
$16k
’18
−$72k
’19
$67k
’20
−$18k
’21
$21k
’22
$39k
’23
−$69k
’24
$78k
’25
8.8
months of
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.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $23k.

Funder
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total
South Arts Incunclassified
$7k
Fifty Over Fifty Incunclassified
$6k
funders
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
3
1

1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 Karen Peterson and Dancers 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

Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

93% 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 Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc.

83%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 66% · 2022 100% · 2023 69% — 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

83% of Karen Peterson and Dancers 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 $61k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from Florida funders.

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FL

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

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Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $301k 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $290k on record.

Federal$290k
grants $290kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$290k

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 Karen Peterson and Dancers 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 Florida

Sarasota Contemporary Dance Inc82%Russian Ballet Orlando Inc Dba Russian Ballet Orlando80%NWD Projects Inc79%Venice Institute for Performing Arts Center Management Inc79%Danscompany of Gainesville Inc79%Children's Athletic Network & Dance Opportunities Inc79%Delray Beach Playhouse Inc79%Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc78%

Nationally

Nickerson-Rossi Dance83%Connecticut Concert Ballet Inc83%Ballet & Friends Dba Phoenix Ballet82%Sarasota Contemporary Dance Inc82%Dances Patrelle Inc82%Dance Service New York City Inc81%Allison Orr Dance Inc81%Justice Dance Performance Project Inc81%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 26%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc?
Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc (Florida) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $362,829 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($301,490). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $362,829 in grants to Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc?
THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $301,490 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Karen Peterson and Dancers Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing