New York · Nonprofit
THIN MAN DANCE INC
THIN MAN DANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,500 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($140,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $238k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Thin Man Dance Inc does
Mission
To support the development of new live performance works and their presentation to the public. Tmd aims to challenge and engage in rich and innovative aesthetic and intellectual performance experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Creation, presentation and teaching of original works of dance through the united states and elsewhere to the public, as well as allied activities that support the vibrant public discourse and engagement with contemporary dance and performance. In fy25, our activities included the final creation period and world premiere performances of tides at lamama etc as part of the la mama moves! Dance festival in april 2025 in new york city. Research towards the creation of a new project began in spring 2025 towards the end of the fiscal year. Thin man dance, inc. Continues to be co-owner of a commercial condominium community facility in brooklyn, ny that servers as the home for center for performance research, inc. A fully independent 501(c)(3) with a symbiotic mission. To that of thin man dance, inc. In supporting research in and public engagement with contemporary dance and allied forms. While center for performance research, inc. Has its own fully independent board, governance structure and staff, the continued collaboration between the two organizations is a central component of thin man dance, inc.s ongoing mission.
$118,381 spent$6,029 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $118,381.
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 2020 to 2021, from $966k to $1.1M (+10%).
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 13% · 2018 39% · 2019 14% · 2020 51% · 2021 34% · 2022 39% · 2023 38% · 2024 37% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of THIN MAN DANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of THIN MAN DANCE 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
THIN MAN DANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2017 54% · 2018 95% · 2019 61% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
69% of THIN MAN DANCE 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. 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
THIN MAN DANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THIN MAN DANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $90k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$90k
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 THIN MAN DANCE INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THIN MAN DANCE INC: 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 THIN MAN DANCE INC?
- THIN MAN DANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,500 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($140,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THIN MAN DANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $237,500 in grants to THIN MAN DANCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THIN MAN DANCE INC?
- THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THIN MAN DANCE 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 5 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