Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION
THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,726,433 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($3,257,100). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $37M
What The Pennsylvania Ballet Association does
Mission
To cultivate an enduring appreciation for dance through world-class performances, to inspire the next generation with exceptional education and professional training, and to connect with the community through meaningful and inclusive programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization is one of the largest performing arts organizations in the philadelphia region. During fiscal year 2025, it employed 48 dancers in the company and presented 5 live productions, including george balanchine's 'the nutcracker'. Philadelphia ballet's repertoire includes both classic and contemporary works which were performed to an audience of more than 87,000 representing more than 27,500 households at the academy of music. In nov/dec 2024, the kennedy center presented pb for 7 sold out performances of the the nutcracker, reaching and additional 15,000+ audience members. In addition, the company participated in other community events including the sixth annual spring festival at red rose farm. The total number of performances presented (inclusive of performances outside our performance home)in fy25 was 72.
$12,985,359 spent$5,978,378 earned by the program88% of program spendingThe school of philadelphia ballet provides the highest level of ballet training for its students and exposes students to the world of professional dance through regular interaction with company members and artistic staff and performance opportunities with the company. In fy25 the school reached 572 students, a 5% increase on fiscal year 2024.
$1,519,895 spent$1,803,837 earned by the program10% of program spendingIn 1996, philadelphia ballet launched its award-winning community education and public programs. In fiscal year 2025, these programs served almost 14,000 people across our region with a variety of activities, 90% of which are offered free of charge. Through school based, in-theater programming and student performances, philadelphia ballet provides rich access to dance creating a connection to the arts. Philadelphia ballet's community education and public programming collaborates with schools and organizations across the city, providing access to dance for young people and adults, creating a connection to the arts as well as developing new skills through a variety of opportunities.
$311,310 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,816,564.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $38M to $59M (+54%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 11% · 2022 19% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Shelly Power
Chief executive officer
Board chair
David Hoffman
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $465k → $1.7M.
22 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 funders by total. 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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
33% 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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 18% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 16% · 2022 16% · 2023 16% — 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
53% of THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Against its field
THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$78k
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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION: 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 PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION?
- THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,726,433 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($3,257,100). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $14,726,433 in grants to THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,257,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 107 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