Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
KORESH DANCE COMPANY
KORESH DANCE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,653,064 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($927,950). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $908k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $270k
What Koresh Dance Company does
Mission
Koresh Dance Company is dedicated to shaping and enriching the cultural fabric of philadelphia by creating exceptional dance experiences that inspire, educate, and connect. Through performance, education, and outreach, we strive to make the art of dance accessible and meaningful to the greater philadelphia community and beyond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Performance productionthe company performs critically acclaimed works at its biannual philadelphia seasons, as well as in touring performance around the country. Korsh has been hailed internationally, touring to destinations including spain, turkey, israel, south korea, mexico, and guatemala. Over the years, they organization has developed a vast repertoire of work that ranges from explosive and passionate to intimate and restrained. The company also presents work by guest choreographers including ohad naharin, robert battle, donald byrd, itzik galili, and paul selwyn norton.
$447,483 spent$148,389 earned by the program54% of program spendingEducationthe education program contains the koresh youth ensemble, established to provide serious young dancers with intensive training and professional performance opportunities. Students who demonstrate both the talent and desire to pursue dance professionally audition for the ensemble each year. Under the direction of melissa rector, assistant artistic director of Koresh Dance Company, ensemble members have the opportunity to learn both original choreography and company repertory. They perform during the company's home seasons at the suzanne roberts theatre, as well as at koresh artist showcases throughout the year. It also contains the koresh kids dance program, which brings arts education to underserved children by creating partnerships with philadelphia public schools and providing free weekly dance classes for their 4th and 5th grade students, promoting creativity as a conduit for non-violence and achieving life goals.the organization also operates a school and offers open dance classes to children and adults, as well as free classes at 11 public schools.
$379,689 spent$496,698 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $827,172.
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 $2.1M to $1.8M (−15%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 15% · 2021 36% · 2022 6% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of KORESH DANCE COMPANY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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.
Chief executive
Alon Koresh
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $38k → $283k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 KORESH DANCE COMPANY’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
KORESH DANCE COMPANY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 78%; 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: 2017 84% · 2018 39% · 2019 50% · 2020 48% · 2021 52% · 2022 75% · 2023 81% — 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
60% of KORESH DANCE COMPANY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
93% of KORESH DANCE COMPANY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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.
Against its field
KORESH DANCE COMPANY's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding KORESH DANCE COMPANY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
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 KORESH DANCE COMPANY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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 KORESH DANCE COMPANY: 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 KORESH DANCE COMPANY?
- KORESH DANCE COMPANY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,653,064 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($927,950). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KORESH DANCE COMPANY have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,653,064 in grants to KORESH DANCE COMPANY, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KORESH DANCE COMPANY?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $927,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KORESH DANCE COMPANY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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