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TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC

TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,500 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($11,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$58k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$12k
Net assets
$18k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Ted Thomas Dance Foundation for the Public Inc does

Mission

Develop an appreciation of dance as an art form.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Plan, rehearse and perform a show for economically disadvantaged children. This production runs during the summer and exposes children to the discipline of dance. This program is called "danseit trains children and teaches them the basic elements of dance.

    $40,021 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $40,021.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($14k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets -8 ($-491)2020 Revenue 52 ($7k) Expenses 25 ($3k) Net assets 100 ($6k)2021 Revenue 59 ($8k) Expenses 160 ($21k) Net assets -119 ($-7111)2022 Revenue 259 ($35k) Expenses 288 ($38k) Net assets -166 ($-9924)2023 Revenue 272 ($37k) Expenses 267 ($35k) Net assets 31 ($2k)2024 Revenue 315 ($43k) Expenses 324 ($43k) Net assets 33 ($2k)2025 Revenue 429 ($58k) Expenses 320 ($42k) Net assets 303 ($18k)
2017202020212022202320242025
Revenue (429)Expenses (320)Net assets (303)Peer revenue range

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 $5k to $18k (+266%).

$466
$16k
$3k
$2k
$3k
$5k
$18k
2017202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

64% of TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$409
’17
$4k
’20
−$13k
’21
−$3k
’22
$2k
’23
$82
’24
$16k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $6k.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC 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.

Where its funders are

100% of TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

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

TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC?
TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,500 to it, the largest being CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ($11,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,500 in grants to TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC?
CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TED THOMAS DANCE FOUNDATION FOR THE PUBLIC INC find more funders?
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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 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