California · Nonprofit
PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE
PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,600 to it, the largest being VYUHA INC ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $120k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $0
What Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre does
Mission
To preserve, promote, and present the art of ballet and dance through performances, education, and community outreach, making high-quality cultural experiences accessible to diverse audiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Program Service Accomplishments - Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre (PBDT) Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre (PBDT), under the artistic direction of Natasha Middleton, is dedicated to preserving the legacy of classical ballet while presenting innovative, diverse, and culturally relevant productions to audiences in Southern California and beyond. PBDT provides access to the arts through live performances, community outreach, and collaborations that keep dance vibrant, inclusive, and inspiring for all. Performances: In 2024-2025, PBDT presented original and classical productions featuring professional dancers and guest artists. Highlights included Carmen and World Cinematic Jazz & Dance at the Alex Theatre, blending ballet with live jazz by Grammy Award-winning musicians. These productions reached thousands of audience members and showcased the power of combining traditional ballet with contemporary cultural influences. Community Outreach: PBDT shared the art of ballet with diverse populations through community performances, cultural festivals, and special presentations at local venues. By offering reduced-price tickets, community access events, and free educational demonstrations, the…
$103,200 spentof which $3,250 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $103,200.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Natalie Middleton
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $48 → $1k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE’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
PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 95% — 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
PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE?
- PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,600 to it, the largest being VYUHA INC ($2,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,600 in grants to PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE?
- VYUHA INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC BALLET DANCE THEATRE 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 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing