California · Nonprofit
SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE
SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,166 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($68,548). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $725k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $153k
- Net assets
- $24k
What San Jose Dance Theatre does
Mission
San Jose Dance Theatre was founded in l964 as a ballet academy and performing company by paul e. Curtis, jr. And shawn stuart. San Jose Dance Theatre's mission is to develop, foster, and promote the positive impact of dance in silicon valley through accessible performances, excellent training, creative outreach, and collaboration. We strive to enrich human experience while inspiring an appreciation of movement and music for an expanding and diverse audience. Sjdt's vision is to inspire all to explore the art of dance and to give individuals the opportunity to learn dance, perform and set goals to advance to professional dancers. We also promote the art of dance through community outreach initiatives and performances. Sjdt's values outline a strong workforce, who act as a team to deliver high quality outcomes. Through a positive and inclusive environment, our staff understands working together is integral to the success of our programs. As a result, we are able to leverage each individu
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
San Jose Dance Theatre continued to advance its mission of providing high- quality ballet training, meaningful performance opportunities, and greater access to the arts for children and families in silicon valley during the year ended june 30, 2025. In addition to presenting major productions and serving students through its academy, sjdt made an important investment in its artistic leadership structure. Throughout 2024, the organization operated with a school director model, and at the beginning of 2025, sjdt hired nicole haskins as artistic director. Nicole now leads the artistic vision of sjdt's productions and future performance programming, while former school director brooke wertwijn remained on staff as an instructor, allowing the organization to retain her experience and continuity with students. Sjdt's academy remained at the center of the organization's work, providing structured ballet education for students from early childhood through advanced levels. The academy offered year-round training in classical ballet technique, pointe, variations, conditioning, and complementary dance styles, with an emphasis on discipline, artistry, confidence, and personal growth. Sjdt's…
$267,912 spent$345,217 earned by the program36% of program spendingWe opened a ballet school in 2014 with the hiring of a new artistic director. We had not offered a ballet academy in a long time. We went from -0- students in 2014 to over 100 students in the 2018-2019 time frame. We are very proud of building the school from nothing 6 years ago and working to make it a wonderful school. These students perform in the nutcracker and almost the entire academy is involved with it. There are open auditions for the nutcracker - dancers of all ages are welcomed from area schools to audition and we double-cast the show to provide performance opportunities for many dancers. We provide many free performances to the public each year. These include: "world wide women girl's festival - 2018 at santa clara university & 2019 at the palace of fine arts in san franciscoo "pruneyard "peace on earth" holiday lighting event with the mayor of campbell, ca 2018 "eastridge center tree lighting event, 2018 and other years "santana row christmas tree lighting event each november 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 "san francisco movement & arts festival 2017, 2018 and 2019 sjdanceco festival - santana row - each spring for the last 4 years we mount a spring performance each year…
$461,972 spent$278,944 earned by the program62% of program spendingOther exempt purpose accomplishments
$17,510 spent$61,754 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $747,394.
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 2018 to 2019, from $32k to $540k (+1595%).
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: 2022 32% · 2023 18% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $33k → $17k.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 JOSE 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
SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 60% · 2021 44% · 2022 37% · 2023 65% — 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
50% of SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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 JOSE DANCE THEATRE'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE
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.
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Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE: 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 SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE?
- SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $153,166 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($68,548). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $153,166 in grants to SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN JOSE DANCE THEATRE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $68,548 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN JOSE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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