New York · Nonprofit
THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC
THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,455,812 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide community-based opportunities to explore dance, especially programs that engage young girls and boys in under-resourced communities; advance the art form of ballet through greater diversity, equity and inclusion; and promote social justice through arts activism.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, The Misty Copeland Foundation served more than 575 children and approximately 100 older adults through three free programs in under-resourced communities in the Bronx and Harlem: BE BOLD, BE BOLDER, and BE BOLDNext Steps.BE BOLD (Ballet Explorations Ballet Offers Leadership Development) is the Foundations signature introductory ballet program for children ages 512, centered on five strategic pillars: Introductory Ballet, Music for Ballet, Health and Wellness, Tutoring, and Mentoring. Each is vital to cultivating the traits of a BE BOLD Graduate: leadership, curiosity, kindness, persistence, and engagement with dance and music.BE BOLD was in 21 sites in the Bronx and Harlem. The MCF employed 50 teaching artists - 30 dance educators and 20 musicians. The program continues to expand by adding multiple class sections at existing partner sites in response to increased interest and participation. This semester, MCF co-facilitated Caregiver Orientations with the NY Public Library, giving families access to a library card that includes homework help and tutoring. BE BOLD classes honor Black and Brown ballet pioneers, incorporate contemporary music and student-created steps, and…
$1,085,077 spent$166,307 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,085,077.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $842k to $1.4M (+70%).
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: 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Caryn Campbell
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 12 funders, grant income rose $300k → $1.2M.
4 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION 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 MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 41% — 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.
Where its funders are
96% of THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION 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. $182k 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,455,812 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,455,812 in grants to THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 26 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