Ohio · Nonprofit
THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION
THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,314,709 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($588,400). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $674k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $658k
What The Cleveland Modern Dance Association does
Mission
To be a national model for how a presenting organization serves its community, leveraging the worlds best modern and contemporary dance to inspire and educate audiences, local dancers, and community members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Presenter: dancecleveland is proud to be one of just a few non-venue organizations in the us dedicated to the presentation of modern and contemporary dance. Our success over 69 seasons is evidenced by the more than 400 world-class dance companies that have performed on our curated seasons. Danceclevelands history mirrors that of the art form itself, highlighted by the companies we have presented at the height of their artistic trajectories. We have remained on the cutting edge of the art form and pride ourselves on the open, collaborative relationships we have with other presenters, dance organizations, and artists both locally and across the country, which enable us to continually keep our finger on the pulse of what is new in modern dance and what our audiences will benefit from seeing. Our curatorial process includes a focus on presenting artists who are often under-represented in the field, including artists of color and female dance makers. Dancecleveland is committed to equity, ensuring the diversity of our northeast ohio community is reflected on stage. Dancecleveland is committed to building new audiences for dance by creating bridges of understanding about contemporary…
$495,485 spent100% of program spendingSheer elbow grease help us to generate an equitable variety of performances, related masterclasses, dance workshops and residencies, and an annual community dance day. We carefully assess potential partnerships against rigorous standards for creative and professional integrity and enjoy the privilege of working with in-demand artists who challenge and inspire the audiences we serve. Frequent partners include cuyahoga community college, playhouse square, the city of cleveland heights, rainey institute, cleveland school of the arts, firestone clc, the university of akron, and cleveland state university. We frequently work in a co-presenting model, bringing our curatorial expertise to the table as we stretch our small organizations resources through our partners marketing and media buying reach, production and space resources, and human resources. Co-presenting enables us to minimize our financial risk and expand our reach to new audiences, many of whom go on to be a loyal, repeat base of supporters. Dancecleveland extensively engages the community through educational programming in underserved communities, professional development opportunities for the local dance community, and…
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $495,485.
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 $460k to $643k (+40%).
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: 2017 18% · 2018 17% · 2019 21% · 2020 28% · 2021 56% · 2022 33% · 2023 35% · 2024 25% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Theresa Remick
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $78k → $159k.
6 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION’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 CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 57% · 2019 56% · 2020 62% · 2021 37% · 2022 64% · 2023 37% — 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
38% of THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
56% of THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $578k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $736k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.
Government funding THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $266k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$266k
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.
Organizations like THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION?
- THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,314,709 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($588,400). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,314,709 in grants to THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $588,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CLEVELAND MODERN DANCE ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 18 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