Kentucky · Nonprofit
LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC
LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $327,517 to it, the largest being OPERA HOUSE FUND INC ($194,237). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $328k
- Net assets
- $142k
What Lexington Ballet Company Inc does
Mission
To INSPIRE diverse audiences with vibrant classical, new classical and contemporary ballet. EDUCATE and challenge individuals to reach their potential by providing the highest level of classical ballet training and performance opportunities in a culture of self discipline creativity and respect. CULTIVATE collaborations that expand the availability, access and appreciation for the arts regionally, making Lexington a unique and vibrant city in which to live and work.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public Ballet Choreography, Set Design, and Performances.
$279,881 spent$213,674 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe Lexington Ballet Company has a year-round arts education program which includes but is not limited to ballet instruction in the following: classical ballet, creative movement, pre-ballet, jazz, modern, and adult ballet. Training for all ages and skill levels are available at LBC which really helps the organization reach a broad audience. During the summer months, LBC offers summer intensive ballet programs as an Adult Intensive Program that allows for working adults to enjoy a week of intensive dance discovery in the evening hours. We launched Ann app for the school and parents.
$36,117 spent$75,989 earned by the program10% of program spendingCultural Enrichment - Lex Ballet dancers and staff traveled to Lexington's sister city Deauville, France, to meet, to study with, to view performances with the French Ballet company, and to exchange cultural knowledge. Partnerships & collaborations in France resulted in positive media coverage and press, and highly favorable community feedback. Programs often extend beyond diplomacy or business ties to include cultural diplomacy using art, media, performance, and education to connect communities on a human level. Arts and culture serve as tools for mutual understanding and creative exchange, with dance acting as a universal language.
$31,082 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $347,080.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $159k to $330k (+107%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 19% · 2022 16% · 2023 17% · 2024 4% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $80k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY 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
LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 98% · 2022 47% · 2023 62% — 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
80% of LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $780 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.
Organizations like LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY 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 LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC?
- LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $327,517 to it, the largest being OPERA HOUSE FUND INC ($194,237). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $327,517 in grants to LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC?
- OPERA HOUSE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $194,237 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEXINGTON BALLET COMPANY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 6 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