New York · Nonprofit
SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC
SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,800 to it, the largest being THE WINSTON FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $155k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $69k
What Shen Wei Dance Arts Inc does
Mission
Shen wei dance arts is dedicated to the creation, presentation, and dissemination of the works of artistic director shen wei, whose movement based works are an innovative fusion of east and west, drawing on influences from contemporary dance, chinese opera and arts, western painting and sculpture, and the ritual power of ancient drama. The company aspires to foster cross-cultural dialogues of western and asian aesthetics and cultures for american and global audiences-promoting cultural understanding through performances, cultural diplomacy, and educational programming for people of all ages. Concomitant with the company's mission is the development of dance literacy among students and general populations and the teaching of the company's unique natural body development technique to professional and pre-professional dancers. The company gives annual performances and exhibitions at leading venues in its home community of new york
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
To create and perform movement-based work that transcends east and west, incorporating elements from ritual theater, contemporary dance, visual arts, chinese opera techniques, and eastern philosophy. Artistic director shen wei's "natural body development technique" derives from his structural study of these complementary forms; the application of that study to movement results in a startlingly new hybrid form of dance. The organization performs.
$106,202 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $106,202.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $205k to $131k (−36%).
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: 2019 82% · 2020 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Toni Mcnicoll
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $7k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC’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
SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 66% · 2019 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$35k
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 SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS 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.
Public support
8%
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 SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS 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 SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC?
- SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,800 to it, the largest being THE WINSTON FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $49,800 in grants to SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC?
- THE WINSTON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 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