New York · Nonprofit
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,056,708 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,230,425). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc does
Mission
Founded by choreographer paul taylor in 1954, paul taylor dance company is a premier institutional center for american modern dance. Under the artistic direction of michael novak, paul taylor dance company honors taylor's groundbreaking legacy and invests heavily in the future of the art form, creating a repertory that speaks directly to contemporary times and amplifying new voices that complement taylor's genius.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Rehearsal, creation, and presentation of dance requires specialized physical spaces. Paul taylor dance company acquired new facilities and now has eight purpose-built dance studios which are available to rent when not already in use by the company or the taylor center for dance education. Rental rates are based on usage and tax exempt status.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Presentation of the paul taylor dance company in new york citythe company presented three weeks of performances at the david h. Koch theater at lincoln center. Additionally, the company presented one week of performances at the joyce theater. There were 23,625 tickets purchased during the lincoln center season. The engagement at the joyce theater was sold out.
$3,657,906 spent$881,016 earned by the program43% of program spendingThe paul taylor dance company national touringnational touring continued with performances in new york (chautauqua, fire island, chatham, tarrytown, stony brook, and purchase), the american dance festival (nc), the kennedy center for the performing arts, and additional venues in virginia, kentucky, maine, new mexico, kansas, florida, oklahoma, wisconsin, and tennessee. The company also performed in thailand and a two-week tour in china.
$1,981,161 spent$632,735 earned by the program24% of program spendingNew choreography and preservation of taylor dancesas part of investing in the future of the dance and amplifying emerging choreographers, the company premiered works by resident choreographers lauren lovette and robert battle, and received a commission for a new work by hope boykin. The company stewards the taylor repertory by reviving and works and licensing landmark works to other dance companies to perform. Churchyard and tablet, both works from the 1960s were reconstructed and performed to critical acclaim. License agreements were entered into with southern methodist university, university of hartford, butler university university, the black grace trust, texas ballet theater, (continued on schedule o) nevada ballet company, and the pittsburgh ballet theater to perform seven iconic taylor works.
$1,277,279 spent$128,344 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe taylor center for dance education (tcde) is the educational wing of the paul taylor dance foundation. Tcde is committed to providing high-quality dance education to students of all ages, from introductory classes to rigorous professional classes, from tiny tots to elders. Through a wide range of classes, formats, and activities, the school seeks to nurture, sustain, and advance the field of dance by sharing paul taylor's repertory, fostering the talents of budding choreographers, and exposing students to a wide range of dance styles and techniques. As an american art form, modern dance has emerged from its inherent multiculturalism. Tcde embraces the rich history of the field while providing innovative dance education initiatives and seeks to produce the next generation of dancers, dance makers, dance audiences, and dance advocates.our outreach activities provide the highest quality training and materials for k-12 students and teachers in the new york city area. Through the arnhold tier 3 initiative, we provide access to free live dance performances as well as professional development opportunities and curriculum guides for teachers.additionally, the polaris project offers…
$1,508,197 spentof which $65,800 as grants$429,040 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,424,543.
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 $10M to $16M (+62%).
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 2% · 2018 6% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 6% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
John Tomlinson
Executive director
Board chair
Nancy Coles
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $954k → $1.3M.
22 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
63% 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 PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 57% · 2019 31% · 2020 25% · 2021 25% · 2022 18% · 2023 17% — 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
47% of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
63% of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION 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 $4.1M that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $11M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $305k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$295k
- Department of State$10k
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 PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,056,708 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($3,230,425). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $11,056,708 in grants to PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,230,425 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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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 66 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