Washington · Nonprofit
School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts
School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $665,175 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($209,219). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $665k
- Net assets
- $92k
What School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts does
Mission
SANCAs mission is to improve the mental, physical, and emotional health of children of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities by engaging them in the joyous creativity of acrobatics and circus arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Through CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS, SANCA serves nearly 800 students per week. We provide youth and adults aged 2-99 with a non-gendered, non-competitive, creative, social and fun environment for physical activity. Classes are offered from beginner to advanced levels in disciplines like unicycle, handstands, tumbling, trampoline, aerial arts (trapeze, fabric, lyra, rope), flying trapeze, partner acrobatics, and more. We are committed to making circus accessible by providing tuition scholarships based on self-reported need. In 2025, 261 individuals were awarded scholarships totalling $161,473.
$2,137,271 spentof which $161,473 as grants$2,292,239 earned by the program92% of program spendingSharing the joy of circus included a number of SHOWS in 2025. Our public performances included a series of cabarets highlighting staff and local artists; a Halloween show featuring professional artists from the region and beyond; and student shows like Protege, for dedicated advanced performers 16+, and SASS, the annual community showcase. In total, 134 students performed for nearly 3,800 audience members. 175 sliding scale or free tickets were provided to expand access to circus arts performance.
$102,498 spent$180,201 earned by the program4% of program spendingSANCAs YOUTH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS served 45 students from ages 5-18 across five troupes: Stratus Circus, Nimbus Circus, Cirrus Circus, Celestial Circus, and Synapse Circus. These programs give youth the opportunity to develop performance skills in a variety of circus disciplines as well as develop strong social bonds with their peers. Participants had myriad opportunities to perform throughout the year, including at an original show devised by students as well as regional events and festivals, including SANCAs annual gala.
$95,875 spent$100,864 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,335,644.
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 2021 to 2022, from $616k to $375k (−39%).
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 1% · 2018 3% · 2020 5% · 2021 18% · 2022 1% · 2023 16% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Rachel Nehmer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $80k → $46k.
8 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts’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
School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
95% 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 School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 67% · 2019 77% · 2020 37% · 2021 25% · 2022 39% · 2023 32% — 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
75% of School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
80% of School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts'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 $130k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $535k 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.
Against its field
School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts's revenue grew 40% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts?
- School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $665,175 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($209,219). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $665,175 in grants to School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $209,219 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 16 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