Arizona · Nonprofit
SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE
SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,300 to it, the largest being AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION ($3,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $196k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Southwest Ballet Theatre does
Mission
To enrich, inspire, and uplift lives through classical dance education and performance. Southwest Ballet Theatre believes the west valley of phoenix deserves a strong and vibrant arts community with quality ballet performances that entertain the community and aid dancers' dreams in the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ballet performances contribute to development and maintenance of a pre-professional ballet company. The company presented 8 performances with about 2,178 attendees.
$68,011 spentof which $10,221 as grants$64,911 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe school of Southwest Ballet Theatre is a classical ballet school that provides training to adults and children, both pre-professional and recreational. During the fiscal year, the school held over 890 classes and served over 180 students. Dancers are given opportunities to perform alongside guest artists in the company's ballet productions, at a year end student showcase, and various outreach events.
$99,738 spentof which $12,000 as grants$111,786 earned by the program59% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $167,749.
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 2024 to 2025, from $62k to $85k (+38%).
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: 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Laura Weisensee
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHWEST BALLET 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.
Where its funders are
SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 1 state in all.
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
SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE has grown faster 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
Organizations like SOUTHWEST BALLET 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.
In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHWEST BALLET 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 SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE?
- SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,300 to it, the largest being AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION ($3,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,300 in grants to SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE?
- AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWEST BALLET THEATRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2019–2025), 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