New York · Nonprofit
LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC
LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,770 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($153,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $211k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $253k
- Net assets
- $36k
What Labanbartenieff Institute of Movement Studies Inc does
Mission
For 30 years we have provided the framework to communicate, analyze & understand human movement, including worldwide networks to offer students a full range of programs in the performing arts, athletics, medical research, and much more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
EducationThis year, we offered the LIMS Certification Programs in two formats: a year-long format consisting of Term 1 and Term 2, and a modular format comprising four modules. All educational units commenced and concluded within the fiscal year, except for Modules II and IV, which began in June 2025 and concluded in October 2025 of the following fiscal year.We graduated twelve (12) CMAs during this fiscal year: 2 from the New York programs, 8 from our China program, and 2 from our Nova Scotia, Canada program. We also offered various education courses, including alternate route courses approved by the American Dance Therapy Association, as well as our signature introductory courses.ResearchIn 2024 we prepared the third issue of the Journal of Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies, to be published in late 2025. This peer-reviewed scholarly journal will be published once a year going forward, and will help to further legitimize our field. We continued planning the International Conference on Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies, which will take place from July 18-20, 2025. Arts & CultureDuring the 2024-2025 FY we prepared for and ran our 2025 Global Water Dances Day, which took place on…
$166,319 spentof which $6,031 as grants$167,753 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $166,319.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $246k to $26k (−89%).
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.
21% of LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Jan Whitener
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $35k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES 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
LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
61% 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 LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 82% · 2022 85% · 2023 86% — 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
61% of LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES 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 $99k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $154k 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.
Against its field
LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC?
- LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,770 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ($153,750). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $252,770 in grants to LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC is the largest funder on record, with $153,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LABANBARTENIEFF INSTITUTE OF MOVEMENT STUDIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 4 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