Ohio · Nonprofit
OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET
OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,080,360 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($448,224). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $779k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $293k
What Ohio Contemporary Ballet does
Mission
Ocb ignites audience passion and participation in contemporary dance through performance, outreach programs and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education/community outreach goals 1.presenting free and low-cost public performances for which we are known including events at arts in august with tremont neighborhood development corp, dance showcase, fresh inventions, and our annual cain park amphitheater performance 2.providing more diverse class offerings for students. 3.creating and developing relationships with local dance artists and dance organizations. Objectives 1.we can reach an audience of at least 25,000 people across all of our performances and outreach programs. 2.we will provide 4 open masterclasses during the year for the public. 3.a community partner is found for "the little nutcracker" programming
$600,837 spent100% of program spendingArtistic goals 1.in the summer, choreographer nicholas rose will be commissioned for a new summer work and a cuban version of carmen mounted for summer performances. 2.present a new program for fall programming. Objectives 1.commission works from at least four choreographers, focusing on commissioning at least two artists of color. 2.continue successful programs while creating new artistic programming that leverages our studio space and increasing opportunity for more earned income.
Organizational goals 1.the producing artistic director position will be split into an artistic director and executive director position. 2.increase the organizational budget to 1,000,000 within the next 5 years. To do this, we will be increasing the number of grants for which we will be applying to include more national and regional grants and searching for project focused grants that align with our programming. 3.increase the number of students in our education department (our dance for everyone and newly re-designed youth academy. 4.bring awareness of the organization and the work that we do through our marketing efforts. Objectives 1.have a list of candidates for the new executive director position 2.apply to at least 10 additional grants during the year. 3.increasing enrollment in our dance for everyone and youth academy by 15 percent, thereby increasing our earned revenue 4.a new level of brand awareness. Seeing increased traffic and interactions on our website and social media accounts.
Racial equity goals 1.utilizing our resources to connect with and support dance artists of color. 2.continue to prioritize building a diverse organization. Objectives 1.commission at least one choreographer of color 2.prioritize the hiring of diverse artistic and administrative staff through attending international association for blacks in dance conference and through our international artist exchange initiative strategic plan long term goals 2022-2025 jennifer edwards of better_ (better consulting llc worked with the board to conduct a strategic plan. In that time there were conversations about a name change, revising the mission statement and creating a focus vision on what the company strives to accomplish in the future while touching on point about succession planning. From the strategic plan by jennifer edwards and revised by the executive committee and the producing artistic director four main strategic long-term goals were made to move the success of the company forward. Increase awareness of verb through institutional marketing ocontinue to build and distribute more educational resources, e.g., videos, narrative pieces about works performed by/ made through the company.…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $600,837.
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.
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 $252k to $322k (+28%).
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 18% · 2018 18% · 2019 14% · 2020 11% · 2021 37% · 2022 18% · 2023 26% · 2024 10% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $59k → $98k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET’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
OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 67% · 2019 47% · 2020 39% · 2021 38% · 2022 35% · 2023 42% — 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
80% of OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
100% of OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $531k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like OHIO CONTEMPORARY 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET: 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 OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET?
- OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,080,360 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($448,224). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,080,360 in grants to OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $448,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHIO CONTEMPORARY BALLET find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 14 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