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THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD
THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being RONALD AND KELLY LOCKTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $786k
What The Armitage Foundation Ltd does
Mission
New York and Colorado based Armitage Foundation and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company encourage, foster and cultivate appreciation of the performing arts through dance; with a focus on increasing collaborative efforts among dancers, choreographers, musicians, filmmakers, artists and scientists in order to produce and present works; to recreate dance pieces and to create new works for presentation; and offer dance classes and workshops for company members and others interested in the art of dance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Company did one huge project in FY25 that is also going to carryover for FY26. It is a screen dance called GRRRL Nutcracker lasting 90 minutes or longer. Auditions were held in the fall, rehearsals in KS and NYC throughout the winter and spring. The shooting began on May 19 and part 1 of the shoot ended Aug. 1. We rehearse and shoot more in September 2025. The locations are NYC and Alma, Kansas.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Over the past 30 years, karole armitage and her dancers have shaped the evolution of contemporary dance through the creation and performance of new works. The most recent incarnation of the company, armitage gone! Dance, was launched in 2004 when karole armitage returned to the u.s. After 15 years of working abroad. Dedicated to redefining the boundaries and perception of contemporary dance, the company extends the mandate of innovation that characterizes both her earlier armitage ballet, founded in 1985, and her first full time company, armitage gone!, founded in 1979.dubbed the 'punk ballerina' in the 1980s and tony-nominated for herchoreography of the broadway musical hair, armitage distinguishes her company from its contemporaries through her extreme versatility and originality. Building on classical and modern idioms from the balanchine to the cunningham traditions, armitage infuses experimental thinking in the geometric balance, speed, rhythm and beauty of dance steps. Jennifer dunning, dance critic for the new york times, wrote of time is the echo of an axe within a wood which premiered in 2004, "one of the most beautiful dances to be seen in new york in a very long time."…
$154,995 spentof which $25,000 as grants$263 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $154,995.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $1.2M (−23%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
David Salle
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD’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
THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states 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.
Government funding THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD: 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 THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD?
- THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,000 to it, the largest being RONALD AND KELLY LOCKTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $61,000 in grants to THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD?
- RONALD AND KELLY LOCKTON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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