California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET
SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,159 to it, the largest being WALTER J & BETTY C ZABLE FOUNDATION ($110,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $262k
What San Diego Civic Youth Ballet does
Mission
To provide the youth of san diego with an opportunity to study, understand, and appreciate, through education and participation, the art of ballet, and to enrich the cultural life of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sdcyb has been training generations of dancers since 1945 providing high-quality, affordable year-round dance training for over 400 students each semester. Over 60 classes are offered each week in classical ballet, pointe, modern, progressing ballet technique, stretch & strength, partnering, and boy's classes. Summer programming includes affordable camps for young dancers and summer intensives for advanced dancers, taught by nationally and internationally renowned instructors. Sdcyb's educational outreach programs bring dance education to san diego public schools and communities, reaching over 450 students annually. Programs primarily serve low-income and under-resourced communities and youth, making ballet accessible to children and families who may not otherwise be exposed to the performing arts.
$552,194 spentof which $46,531 as grants$564,323 earned by the program66% of program spendingProduce four professional main stage productions annually, including a full length spring ballet, spring showcase, fairytales in the park and the nutcracker reaching over 15,000 patrons per year. Sdcyb partners with public schools and the scouts for special performances for 1,200 youth per year, including q&a with the artistic director and meet and greets with the dancers.
$284,465 spent$323,934 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $836,659.
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 2019 to 2020, from $344k to $801k (+133%).
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 19% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 15% · 2021 31% · 2022 39% · 2023 19% · 2024 12% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Kim Thomas
Executive director
Board chair
Deborah Lenz
Board 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $16k → $56k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH 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
SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 65% · 2019 70% · 2020 33% · 2021 31% · 2022 49% · 2023 35% — 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
38% of SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
89% of SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
Government funding SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
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 SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET?
- SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,159 to it, the largest being WALTER J & BETTY C ZABLE FOUNDATION ($110,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $310,159 in grants to SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET?
- WALTER J & BETTY C ZABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO CIVIC YOUTH BALLET 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 19 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