Washington · Nonprofit
The Dance Thing
The Dance Thing (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,000 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $69k
- Net assets
- $11k
What The Dance Thing does
Mission
The Dance Thing is a social dance organization that provides the public with accessible dance resources, hosts participation-focused dance events, and facilitates opportunities for our dance community's artistic- and self- growth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In fiscal year 2024, The Dance Thing (TDT) continued its mission of enriching the fusion dance community through two major programs: 1) Annual Weekend Event: The Dance Thing's annual camping-based weekend event served 150+ dancers at The Lodge at Cedar Springs. The event featured: -Two dance spaces, -a main hall and smaller side room for different music styles, -A community-driven volunteer program with over 40% of the weekend's attendees working in various capacities over the weekend to keep the event running smoothly, -Paid staff including DJs, photographers, and kitchen leads, -5 communal meals provided throughout the weekend. 2) Weekly Thursday Fusion (WTF): Our ongoing weekly dance program focused on: -Regular social dances serving dancers of all skill levels, -Artistic development for DJs through mentorship and performance opportunities, -Community building through consistent gathering space, -A membership program that we launched in 2024 to provide sustainable funding... Both programs demonstrate our commitment to creating sustainable, inclusive spaces for fusion dance while fairly compensating artists and staff. Our organization is actively working to grow the fusion dance…
$59,304 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,304.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Justin Johnson
Executive Director, President
Board chair
Alyssa Manning
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 Thing’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 Thing leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Thing.
“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
100% of The Dance Thing's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
The Dance Thing receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $69k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Washington
Nationally
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Dance Thing?
- The Dance Thing (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,000 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Dance Thing have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $69,000 in grants to The Dance Thing, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Dance Thing?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Dance Thing find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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