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Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School

Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,951 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($87,530). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$108k
Net assets
$1.4M
2/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School does

Mission

To provide the best possible dance instruction, focusing primarily on ballet, to children and adults of all abilities; Provide the community with high quality ballet performances and opportunities to enjoy dance without regard to socioeconomic circumstances; promote an appreciation for the art of dance.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Student training: 221 students were enrolled in the youth program which held 32 classes per week. About 800 students have attended the 26 in-person with 24 online open program (drop-in) dance classes. This had a significant impact on the health and wellness of the community. 2 youth program students receive financial aid on an as-needed basis.

    $1,311,608 spent$1,272,817 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Performances: produced and performed 4 shows of the nutcracker at the mountain view center for performing arts (1832 attended), 2 spring shows of beauty and the beast (808 attended) and 2 shows of festival of the animals childrens recital (414 attended) at the mountain view center for performing arts and a graduation gala (174 attended) at the menlo atherton performing arts center, performed a summer showcase at the school.

    $153,706 spent$149,160 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,465,314.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($990k) Expenses 100 ($905k) Net assets 100 ($336k)2018 Revenue 98 ($972k) Expenses 106 ($963k) Net assets 103 ($345k)2019 Revenue 112 ($1.1M) Expenses 114 ($1.0M) Net assets 124 ($415k)2020 Revenue 115 ($1.1M) Expenses 113 ($1.0M) Net assets 159 ($534k)2021 Revenue 69 ($687k) Expenses 86 ($778k) Net assets 132 ($444k)2022 Revenue 117 ($1.2M) Expenses 106 ($961k) Net assets 192 ($645k)2023 Revenue 164 ($1.6M) Expenses 130 ($1.2M) Net assets 325 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 142 ($1.4M) Expenses 151 ($1.4M) Net assets 336 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 176 ($1.7M) Expenses 162 ($1.5M) Net assets 415 ($1.4M)
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Revenue (176)Expenses (162)Net assets (415)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $710k to $1.1M (+58%).

$362k
$382k
$477k
$695k
$671k
$710k
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.5M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 19% · 2022 9% · 2023 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$85k
’17
$9k
’18
$71k
’19
$119k
’20
−$91k
’21
$201k
’22
$446k
’23
$37k
’24
$269k
’25
6.0
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.

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Listed656667666
Joined·+0+2+0+0+1+0+0+0
No longer listed·11000100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $16k → $22k.

5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School’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

Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School.

81%
largest funder
94%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 64% · 2021 96% · 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

100% of Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School'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 $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.

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Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Organizations like Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School

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 California

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School?
Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,951 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($87,530). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $107,951 in grants to Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $87,530 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Palo Alto Ballet Inc DBA Western Ballet Company and School 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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