New York · Nonprofit
THE DANCE RING INC
THE DANCE RING INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,452 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($175,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $976k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $744k
- Net assets
- $246k
What The Dance Ring Inc does
Mission
New york theatre ballet's (nytb) mission is to inspire a love of dance for audiences of all ages by offering affordable prices for a range of performances and public activities throughout the year.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule o - new york theatre balletnytb performs chamber ballet masterpieces and commissions bold new works by emerging choreographers along with innovative 1-hour ballets for children.the mission is carried out in the work of the professional company, its associated ballet school ny and its lift community service program. Working together these divisions reach adults and families across the country building a love for ballet and creating audiences for the future. Founded in 1978, nytb is widely seen across the united states having toured from coast to coast and internationally for over 40 years. It often introduces audiences for the first time to ballets created by great masters, as well as to its wildly popular 1-hour story ballets. Nytb brings communities together with master classes, lectures, talk-backs and meet & greets. Whenever possible, local children are asked to appear with the company. Its roster includes dances by frederick ashton, agnes de mille, jose limon, antony tudor, merce cunningham, and richard alston. Its performances provide an intimate, live ballet experience for all audiences. Legends & visionaries the nationally acclaimed legends & visionaries series…
$569,640 spent$280,915 earned by the program89% of program spendingSee schedule o - lift programnytb's unique lift community services program provides tuition-free ballet classes for at-risk and disadvantaged children, and has transformed the lives of hundreds of children. Lift students participate in classes with non-scholarship students. The classes are only a beginning. Lift gives the children sustained attention in a stable, caring environment. It increases their self-esteem and teaches them what it takes to achieve a goal using the discipline of ballet as a tool. It leads them to discover that what really matters is focus, discipline and how hard they work, not where they come from.lift alumni include a world-class dancer who has performed around the globe, youngsters who have danced in billy elliot and south pacific on broadway, and others who have made it through high school and college and all the way to graduate school.
$73,181 spent11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $642,821.
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 2024 to 2025, from $170k to $373k (+119%).
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 11% · 2018 12% · 2019 7% · 2020 10% · 2021 32% · 2022 28% · 2023 14% · 2024 14% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jackie Karceski
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $30k → $146k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 DANCE RING 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE DANCE RING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
44% 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 DANCE RING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 56% · 2019 59% · 2020 65% · 2021 57% · 2022 46% · 2023 27% — 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
50% of THE DANCE RING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
79% of THE DANCE RING INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $320k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 DANCE RING INC?
- THE DANCE RING INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,452 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($175,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DANCE RING INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $744,452 in grants to THE DANCE RING INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DANCE RING INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DANCE RING INC 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 17 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing