Maryland · Nonprofit
METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC
METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $774,192 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($761,925). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $774k
- Net assets
- $614k
What Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Inc does
Mission
Providing arts opportunities for all through exceptional dance education, community outreach, and inspiring performances.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic year and summer programs: mbt offers professional, individualized dance education (including ballet, jazz, and other forms of dance) to professional, pre-professional, and beginning students in a caring, nurturing environment. Specifically, mbt offers the same high-quality dance instruction to all its students - those who take dance recreationally as well as those who may be considering a dance career - regardless of body size, technical ability, or physical limitation.
$1,004,149 spentof which $24,957 as grants$768,340 earned by the program83% of program spendingMbt performances to the community with its annual productions of the nutcracker as well as a spring season, which varies yearly. The opportunities are two-fold; 1) providing enrolled students age 7 and older the chance to participate in a professional production. 2) providing the community with an affordable, accessible, family-friendly cultural experience.
$175,167 spent$231,893 earned by the program15% of program spendingMbt's outreach program includes collaborations with other arts organizations, providing teachers to after school programs that offer dance classes to children at no charge, and providing student performers at public events. Again, the opportunities are two-fold: 1) to enhance student dancers' civic responsibility. 2) to provide underserved populations the opportunity to experience the art of dance when they may not otherwise have the means to.
$27,663 spentof which $24,957 as grants2% of program spendingOther program services include field trips, sales of program supplies, and miscellaneous income.
$14,973 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,206,979.
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.
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 $1.2M to $2.1M (+85%).
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: 2017 10% · 2018 15% · 2019 16% · 2020 17% · 2021 34% · 2022 10% · 2023 34% · 2024 18% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $81k → $127k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE 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
METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
99% 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 METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 97% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE 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 $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $762k 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
METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $76k on record.
- Grant$76k
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.
Organizations like METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE 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 METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC?
- METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $774,192 to it, the largest being ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER ($761,925). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $774,192 in grants to METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC?
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMER is the largest funder on record, with $761,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2017–2025), 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