Skip to content

Connecticut · Nonprofit

NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC

NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,588 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($30,565). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$279k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$-7927
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What New England Ballet Theatre of Connecticut Inc does

Mission

EBT is dedicated to the creation and production of new choreography and original ballets. In addition to presenting world-class performances, the organization is deeply committed to making dance more accessible to all. Educational outreach includes programming in schools, libraries, senior centers, and partnerships with fellow nonprofits throughout the region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. High-quality classical ballet instruction for fun and enriching after school activities and summer camps, to pre-professional experiences.

    $109,248 spent$146,536 earned by the program
    47% of program spending
  2. Professional level and intermediate level full length and excerpt performances staged in local theaters using intricate props and production

    $124,471 spent$39,544 earned by the program
    53% of program spending
  3. Community outreach performances and classes at local schools, librarys, and simliar

    $917 spent$7,917 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,636.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($12k) Expenses 100 ($10k) Net assets 100 ($2k)2021 Revenue 990 ($118k) Expenses 926 ($91k) Net assets 1398 ($29k)2022 Revenue 859 ($102k) Expenses 1036 ($102k) Net assets 1402 ($29k)2023 Revenue 1314 ($157k) Expenses 1908 ($188k) Net assets -1422 ($-29132)2024 Revenue 1523 ($182k) Expenses 1739 ($172k) Net assets -940 ($-19259)2025 Revenue 2341 ($279k) Expenses 2711 ($268k) Net assets -387 ($-7927)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (2341)Expenses (2711)Net assets (-387)Peer revenue range

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 $2k to $29k (+1298%).

$2k
$29k
$29k
$19k
$20k
$18k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

28% of NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’20
$27k
’21
$81
’22
−$32k
’23
$10k
’24
$11k
’25
0.2
months of
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

Rachael Gnatowski

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $6k.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT 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

NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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

100% 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 NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC.

84%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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

84% of NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve0.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)88% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT 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 Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT 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.

A paid feature, included from the $75 plan up. Sign in to download.

Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf

Questions and answers

Who funds NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC?
NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,588 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($30,565). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $36,588 in grants to NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $30,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEW ENGLAND BALLET THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Play a game about who funds New England Ballet Theatre of Connecticut →

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 3 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