California · Nonprofit
MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET
MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $578,818 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($347,211). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $579k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Marin Civic Ballet Association Dba Marin Ballet does
Mission
The mission of marin ballet is to provide excellent dance training and education and to promote the art of dance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Classical dance training:marin ballet's mission is to provide excellent classical dance training and education, and to promote the art of dance. Marin ballet is a school that is known nationallly as an organization that can as successfully prepare young persons to succeed in the dance profession as it can instill a lifelong appreciation for the arts in all of its students, whether they go on to pursue a professional dance career or not.the marin ballet training program currently serves nearly 200 youth per year and more than 50 adults in a diverse scheudle of more than 75 classes per week spanning the range of pre-ballet for 3 year olds, advanced ballet for the aspiring professional, and fun, challenging classes for the adult ameteur. Our comprehesive program for ballet training includes exposure to modern dance, jazz, yoga, pilates, west african, swing, flamenco, musical theatre, and character specialty classes.
$505,064 spent$806,374 earned by the program76% of program spendingFinancial aid:our financial aid programs, which benefit from longstanding partnerships with service agencies and local schools, operate on an annual budget of nearly $80,000 to support the training needs of over 15% of our students.
$77,299 spent12% of program spendingPerformance:our commitment to exceptional performance opportunities, high-caliber production values, first-rate choreography, and the infusion of live music within the curriculum makes marin ballet a unique place to study and a unique place to grow. Marin ballet provides a variety of performance opportunities including nutcracker in december, and spring & summer performances for all age groups.
$81,869 spent$88,328 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $664,232.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $960k to $1.1M (+17%).
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 14% · 2022 37% · 2023 11% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $41k → $33k.
9 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 funders by total. 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
MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 74% · 2019 48% · 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 71% · 2023 88% — 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
29% of MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
95% of MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET'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 $27k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $552k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET
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
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET?
- MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $578,818 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($347,211). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $578,818 in grants to MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $347,211 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARIN CIVIC BALLET ASSOCIATION DBA MARIN BALLET 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 19 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