California · Nonprofit
MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE
MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,944 to it, the largest being BOTHIN FOUNDATION ($60,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $268k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $203k
What Mannakin Theater and Dance does
Mission
At Mannakin Theater & Dance, we craft story-driven performances that resonate with diverse audiences by drawing on timeless human themes and fusing performing arts genre through a creative process that values collaboration and inclusive artistry. Mannakin Theater & Dance operates the iMPACt Center for Art and Dance as an accessible, professional home for performance and creation. Our mission is to provide financially viable rehearsal, performance, and creative space for early- and mid-stage artists and arts organizations, enabling them to develop and present full productions in a high-quality venue. Through affordable infrastructure, shared administrative resources, and fiscal sponsorship services, we invest in the growth, capacity, and sustainability of emerging artists and arts organizations, enriching San Francisco's cultural life for the residents who call the city home and the visitors who experience it as one of the world's leading cultural centers.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2026 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In October 2025, we ceased operations of our outreach program, en Avant School. Located in East Palo Alto, CA, this program ran for more than seven years and provided high quality dance training and performance opportunities for underserved youth in East Palo Alto and surrounding areas. A shortfall of funding over several years precipitated the closing.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Carried out ongoing ballet outreach program for 120 youth in East Palo Alto. Tuition is subsidized through grants and contributions and the instruction is located within the underserved community that served by Mannakin Theater & Dance. Students from this program were featured in one major performance in this fiscal year. The return of our unique production of The Nutcracker in the city of East Palo Alto. It was produced at the Eastside College Prep School, in East Palo Alto, CA. 60 youth were part of this production. Families in the school are charged tuition on a tiered scale that is tied to their attested and/or verified income levels. 75% of the students in the school come from families that are in the acutely low or extremely low income levels according to federally established housing assistance guidelines for San Mateo County, California. This program ceased operating in October 2025 and was closed-out over the ensuing months.
$73,009 spentof which $35,000 as grants$37,380 earned by the program23% of program spendingOperated Mannakin Theater & Dance as an arts production and performance company. The company produces artistic works and cultivates artists according to its mission.
$49,001 spentof which $30,600 as grants$53,288 earned by the program16% of program spendingOperated The iMPACt Center for Art & Dance, a 6,300 square foot facility for use as San Francisco Bay Area center of education, performance and creativity. The venue is rented by arts groups and creators to both build performances and to host them for audiences.
$158,374 spentof which $30,000 as grants$158,374 earned by the program50% of program spendingProvided Fiscal Sponsorship services for projects operating in complimentary fields: Dance Arts Community Project, Wrestling Life Fund, Dancers Donate and Volx Kuche Community Kitchen
$35,351 spent$22,666 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $315,735.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $42k to $164k (+290%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 8% · 2023 39% · 2024 11% · 2025 8% · 2026 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE’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. 2 of the last 7 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
Nathan Cottam
CEO Artistic/Executive Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $20k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE’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
MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
67% 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 MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 41% · 2021 71% · 2022 75% · 2023 50% — 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
13% of MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
55% of MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE'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 $143k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE has grown faster than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE?
- MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $318,944 to it, the largest being BOTHIN FOUNDATION ($60,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $318,944 in grants to MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE?
- BOTHIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANNAKIN THEATER AND DANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 17 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