New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,264,765 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,923,705). 125 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.3M
- Funders on record
- 190
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $38M
What National Dance Institute does
Mission
The purposes of the corporation are to introduce and foster the arts into the experience, participation and knowledge of children using dance as a catalyst; promote the belief that the arts are primary and vital in our society and should be a major part of the education of every child; and to train teachers already highly qualified in the professional arts, dance in particular, in techniques of working with all children in educational institutions and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In-school programat the core of ndi's programming is our in-school program (isp), which engages thousands of children each week in grades pre-k-6 and this year served 53 partner schools in the nyc metro area. Ndi dedicates a team of three professional teaching artists--two teacher/choreographers and a musician/composer--to every school to lead entire grade levels in immersive and participatory dance classes accompanied by live music. Isp classes are taught during the school day alongside our students' academic studies, placing dance and music on par with subjects like math, science, and social studies. Through the arc of the ndi year, our teaching artists guide students on a joyfully rigorous journey in the arts. We begin with an introduction to a basic dance and music vocabulary that serves as the foundation for learning, progress through increasingly complex movement that expresses emotions and communicates ideas, and arrive at thrilling choreography that highlights the unique strengths of every class. Students showcase their skills, learning, and accomplishments during exciting and fully-produced year-end assemblies for their peers, families, and entire school communities. From…
$2,424,437 spent$722,906 earned by the program50% of program spendingAdvanced programsndi's advanced team programs extend the ndi experience beyond the isp for children who demonstrate exceptional passion for dance and performance and the ability to embrace greater challenges. Each year, ndi provides full scholarships for dancers drawn from the in-school program to participate in this multi-year continuum of training, which includes the rise team (reach for inspiration through scholarship and excellence) formerly known as swat team (scholarships for the willing, achieving and talented), and the celebration team, our advanced performance troupe, both of which gather every saturday for 35 hours of instruction. Ndi's advanced team programs bring together children from all corners of new york city who work together as an ensemble, celebrate each other's achievements, and form deep bonds to one another and the arts. In the 2024-2025 school year, ndi's advanced team programs culminated in our annual event of the year, a large-scale public performance series that explored our the 2024-2025 annual curricular theme, rock music.event of the year: each june, ndi's rise team, celebration team, first team, and dream project dancers perform in the event of the…
$1,172,642 spent$31,641 earned by the program24% of program spendingCollaborative for teaching & learning: the ndi collaborative for teaching & learning disseminates our acclaimed pedagogical methods, developed by founder jacques d'amboise and codified under the artistic direction of ellen weinstein, to educators and artists around the world and also ensures the consistent growth and training of ndi's own teaching staff. In response to increasing demand for ndi's professional development services, under the direction of emily meisner the ndi collaborative now offers intensive, multi-session teaching artist trainings; standalone and topic-based professional development workshops; and customized consultancies for organizations and higher education institutions. All trainings are experiential and include joyful dance classes, mentored teaching opportunities, stimulating group discussions, and live music. Through both in-person and remote offerings, the ndi collaborative inspires dance educators and musicians. Participants gain valuable and practical teaching strategies that equip them to effectively engage diverse learners and to better serve their local communities.the associates of National Dance Institute (andi) is a collective of arts education…
$486,729 spent$94,350 earned by the program10% of program spendingHighlights of ndi's special projects include:the ndi dream project: in addition to ndi's fully accessible and inclusive programming in schools, ndi offers specialized programming beyond the school day for dancers with and without disabilities. Co-founded by ndi artistic director kay gayner and board-certified pediatric physical therapist dr. Agnes mcconlogue ferro, the dream project (dancers realize excellence through arts & movement) is a unique program that provides children with and without disabilities the opportunity to dance and perform together. In the dream program, children with disabilities and a group of age-matched, non-disabled peers dance in partnership, with the goals of maximizing participation and challenging every dancer to achieve their best through teamwork, creativity, empathy, and discovery. Dream's weeklong and free "camps" are held in february and august and culminate in performances celebrating every student's unique talent and achievements. An ensemble of dream dancers also performed in ndi's annual gala and in the event of the year.jacques' art nest: conceived and originally curated and directed by jacques d'amboise, the art nest series continues under…
$742,340 spent$7,610 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,826,148.
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 2023 to 2024, from $36M to $42M (+14%).
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 4% · 2018 3% · 2019 5% · 2020 3% · 2021 13% · 2022 10% · 2023 5% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Jermaine Jones
Executive director
Board chair
Daniel Rayner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 46 funders to 94 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $3.3M.
24 of 190 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 190 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
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
37% 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 NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 18% · 2019 12% · 2020 21% · 2021 15% · 2022 11% · 2023 9% — 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
46% of NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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 NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 46 funders to 94 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $90k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$90k
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 NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ndi Center Corp · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: 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 NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE?
- NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE (New York) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,264,765 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,923,705). 125 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 190 organizations giving $19,264,765 in grants to NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE, 125 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,923,705 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 190 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