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SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS

SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$60k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$39k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What South Sound Dance Access does

Mission

South Sound Dance Access fosters a healthy and resilient community in the South Puget Sound through ensuring access to dance, movement, and the performing arts for people of all ages, as a means of mental and physical health, creative expression, and community building. We live out our mission by offering free and low cost programs in public schools, senior centers, and other community spaces.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Providing free dances in local public schools to approximately 500 youth

    $23,000 spent
    79% of program spending

  2. Providing free and low cost dance and movement opportunities in senior centers to the elderly serving approximately 20 elders

    $1,260 spent
    4% of program spending

  3. Providing free and low cost dance and movement programs for youth and adults with disabilities.

    $5,000 spent
    17% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,260.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Sara Alice Grendon

Executive Director

Board chair

Matthew Johnston

Board President

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
Artsfundnew
$13k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS’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.

Where its funders are

100% of SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS

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

South Kitsap Dance Association79%Second Act Collective79%Spectrum Dance Theater78%Dancers Choice Foundation77%Whidbey Island Dance Theatre77%Ellensburg Dance Ensemble76%Southeast Seattle Senior Center76%Bailadores de Bronce75%

Nationally

South Coast Dance Arts Alliance Inc81%South Kitsap Dance Association79%Second Act Collective79%Southern Arc Dance Theater Inc78%INV Performing Arts78%Spectrum Dance Theater78%Portland Youth Dance77%Grace in Motion Dance77%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS?
SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS?
ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTH SOUND DANCE ACCESS 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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