Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,569,143 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($3,700,000). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc does
Mission
See schedule o for the description of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and, above all, inspire. It perpetuates excellence in the art of ballet though performances, superior training of student dancers, through education, community engagement and appreciation of the art form.pittsburgh ballet theatre believes that achieving diversity in its company, staff, school, audiences and board of trustees is essential to accomplishing its stated mission to "perpetuate excellence in the art of ballet." pittsburgh ballet theatre commits itself to creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect and support that embraces individuality and is welcoming to all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Production and performance of ballet - expose audiences, both in pittsburgh and on tour, to world-class ballet through presentation of traditional ballets by legendary masters and the commission and presentation of new works by innovative choreographers. There were 42 performances with 59,722 patrons attending.
$9,435,988 spent$4,116,088 earned by the program79% of program spendingSchool - 936 students are enrolled in the program which attracts, develops and retains excellent dancers. The school works to instill a long-term value of the art form in each student while emphasizing the study of diverse, high quality curriculum in a positive and inspirational learning environment.
$1,931,168 spentof which $237,117 as grants$1,917,630 earned by the program16% of program spendingArts education - serves more than 13,000 adults and children each year through programs that broaden and diversify access to the art form. Programming takes place both on the pbt campus and in schools, community centers, libraries, public spaces and at the theater. The department also coordinates accessibility initiatives, which include classes and performances, as well as theater accommodations, for patrons with special needs. The department's needs-based scholarship program affords young children from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds the opportunity to study ballet and dance at pbt.
$608,640 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,975,796.
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 2020 to 2021, from $21M to $25M (+21%).
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 3% · 2018 12% · 2019 4% · 2020 7% · 2021 31% · 2022 26% · 2023 11% · 2024 3% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Nicholas Dragga
Executive director
Board chair
Ayana Teter
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 48 funders, grant income rose $689k → $2.1M.
13 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 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
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 13% · 2019 32% · 2020 26% · 2021 20% · 2022 56% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
59% of PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
90% of PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC is better cushioned than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$45k
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 PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC?
- PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,569,143 to it, the largest being MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA ($3,700,000). 60 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $18,569,143 in grants to PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC, 60 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC?
- MCCUNE FOUNDATION PNC BANK NA is the largest funder on record, with $3,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 91 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