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KYL DANCERS INC

KYL DANCERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,172 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($260,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$155k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$566k
Net assets
$233k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 76%
01What it does

What Kyl Dancers Inc does

Mission

The company performs original, contemporary works by its founder and artistic director, kun-yang lin, that transcend cultural boundaries. Kyl/d inspires dance artists and audiences to examine the questions that shape us as individuals and communities, through world-class dance that integrates virtuosity with humanity. Kyl/d believes in: practicing a fearless physicality that resonates with the soul; setting in motion fresh interpretations of ancient traditions steeped in eastern wisdom and sensibilities; inspiring cross-cultural approaches to community and self-discovery; igniting conversations about meaning and mystery.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Kyl/ds mission was promoted primarily through: (1) creation & performance: kyl/d performs its singular dance artistry throughout philadelphia and on tour; (2) community engagement: kyl/d regularly engages community at its chi movement arts center, located in south philadelphia; (3) education & outreach: kyl/ds main education initiative is the chi dance program, provided free-of-charge to public schools in philadelphia; and (4) services for dance artists & other creators: kyl/d makes its studio available at affordable rates to local and visiting artists for classes, workshops, rehearsals and performances.

    $254,898 spent$67,096 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $254,898.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($551k) Expenses 100 ($318k) Net assets 100 ($484k)2018 Revenue 44 ($243k) Expenses 126 ($399k) Net assets 68 ($327k)2019 Revenue 39 ($214k) Expenses 84 ($267k) Net assets 57 ($274k)2020 Revenue 94 ($517k) Expenses 67 ($211k) Net assets 120 ($579k)2021 Revenue 32 ($175k) Expenses 88 ($279k) Net assets 98 ($475k)2022 Revenue 34 ($190k) Expenses 103 ($328k) Net assets 70 ($337k)2023 Revenue 74 ($410k) Expenses 111 ($354k) Net assets 81 ($394k)2024 Revenue 28 ($155k) Expenses 99 ($316k) Net assets 48 ($233k)
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Revenue (28)Expenses (99)Net assets (48)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $279k to $628k (+125%).

$489k
$334k
$279k
$628k
$484k
$346k
$404k
$247k
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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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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 47% · 2023 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

52% of KYL DANCERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$233k
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−$156k
’18
−$54k
’19
$306k
’20
−$104k
’21
−$138k
’22
$56k
’23
−$161k
’24
3.7
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.

Chief executive

Kathryn Moore-Derkits

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1213141313121011
Joined·+2+4+1+0+2+0+1
No longer listed·1320320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $92k.

3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 KYL 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

KYL DANCERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% 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

45% 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 KYL DANCERS INC.

46%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 76% · 2019 60% · 2020 86% · 2021 37% · 2022 45% · 2023 66% — 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of KYL DANCERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of KYL DANCERS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
NJ

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

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Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KYL DANCERS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−104% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−17% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding KYL DANCERS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.

Federal$80k
grants $80kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$80k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 13%Fundraising 6%

Governance

10
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds KYL DANCERS INC?
KYL DANCERS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $566,172 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($260,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KYL DANCERS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $566,172 in grants to KYL DANCERS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KYL DANCERS INC?
THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KYL DANCERS INC 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 11 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