Georgia · Nonprofit
South Georgia Ballet Inc
South Georgia Ballet Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $867,586 to it, the largest being EDWARD C FOGG III & LISBETH A FOGG CHARITABLE TRUST ($325,670). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $785k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $868k
- Net assets
- $787k
What South Georgia Ballet Inc does
Mission
South Georgia Ballet (26-1206484) seeks to enrich the quality of life in rural southwest Georgia by expanding the cultural opportunities available to all of its citizens. A designated public charity, South Georgia Ballet develops and produces original performing arts productions and reaches out to a diverse community with education and performing arts enrichment experiences. We seek to bring classical ballet and other forms of dance to audiences of all ages and socio-economic status in order to create a thriving arts community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
South Georgia Ballet (26-1206484) seeks to enrich the quality of life in rural southwest Georgia by expanding the cultural opportunities available to all of its citizens. A designated public charity, South Georgia Ballet develops and produces original performing arts productions and reaches out to a diverse community with education and performing arts enrichment experiences. We seek to bring classical ballet and other forms of dance to audiences of all ages and socio-economic status in order to create a thriving arts community.
$669,382 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $669,382.
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 2017 to 2018, from $150k to $332k (+122%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of South Georgia Ballet Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $140k → $101k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $51k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money South Georgia Ballet Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of South Georgia Ballet 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
South Georgia Ballet Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 67% · 2019 54% · 2020 39% · 2021 39% · 2022 35% · 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
100% of South Georgia Ballet Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
62% of South Georgia Ballet Inc's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $916 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
South Georgia Ballet Inc is better cushioned than half 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
Organizations like South Georgia Ballet 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Georgia Ballet 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 South Georgia Ballet Inc?
- South Georgia Ballet Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $867,586 to it, the largest being EDWARD C FOGG III & LISBETH A FOGG CHARITABLE TRUST ($325,670). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Georgia Ballet Inc have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $867,586 in grants to South Georgia Ballet Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Georgia Ballet Inc?
- EDWARD C FOGG III & LISBETH A FOGG CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $325,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Georgia Ballet Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 8 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