Dance nonprofit · Washington, CT

Pilobolus Inc

Pilobolus Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in Washington, Connecticut, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1974. IRS activity category: Dance (A620).

$2M
latest revenue
$935K
total assets
1974
exempt since
22
NEA dance grants
EIN
03-0230490
Location
Washington, CT 06793
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2025-09
Income
$2,078,957

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$3.2M
2017$6.3M
2018$3.1M
2019$2.5M
2020$1.3M
2021$1.1M
2022$3M
2023$1.9M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$1,880,048$2,112,700$628,387$1,393,069PDF
2022$2,978,338$2,080,423$1,568,536$1,780,756—
2021$1,071,479$1,320,570$742,806$1,499,058PDF
2020$1,335,356$1,781,435$840,314$1,038,463PDF
2019$2,536,375$3,469,585$881,166$1,711,916PDF
2018$3,097,870$4,290,908$888,562$2,668,895PDF
2017$6,309,619$3,911,128$548,447$3,994,739PDF
2016$3,206,310$4,024,567$797,160$1,734,075PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$50,000Purpose: To support the production of dance performances in a New York City-based theater residency, as part of America250. Additional Project Description: Two mixed-repertory productions will be presented and will weave
2020$20,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018$10,000To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. Eye-Opening is based on a BBC broadcast lecture by Richard Dawkins that explored how the natural selection produced the eye and ma
2017$20,000To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. Pilobolus will collaborate with Grammy Award-winning banjo player Bela Fleck and his creative partner and wife, singer-songwriter
2016$50,000To support the creation of a new work as part of the International Collaborators Project. The company will enlist Steven Banks, lead writer for the animated series "Spongebob Squarepants," and indie-rock artist and compo
2015$50,000To support the International Collaborators Project. This long-term core initiative will develop new work and engage diverse audiences through cross-disciplinary collaborations. The company will enlist Venezuelan choreogr
2014$50,000To support the International Collaborators Project (ICP). The project is a long-term core initiative for developing new work and engaging diverse audiences through cross-disciplinary collaborations. Pilobolus will enlist
2013$30,000To support the International Collaborators Project, a long-term initiative for developing new work and engaging diverse audiences through innovative, cross-disciplinary collaborations. Pilobolus will enlist master illusi
2012$40,000To support the International Collaborators Project, a program which fosters creative collaboration with guest artists from different creative backgrounds. Guest artists will include film director Trish Sie, master juggle
2011$20,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work in collaboration with the Japanese choreographer Takuya Muramatsu of Dairakudakan.
2010$15,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The creative team of seven dancers and two artistic directors will collaborate with graphic novelist Art Spiegelman, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic no
2009$15,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled "Shadowland." Co-artistic Director Michael Tracy will collaborate with author and performer Steven Banks to create the work which will eventually tour the Uni
2008$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled Lanterna Magica, choreographed by co-artistic director Michael Tracy, in collaboration with Pilobolus dancers. The work will be part of the company's tour acr
2007$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by artistic director Jonathan Wolken. The work will premiere at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.
2006$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Michael Tracy. The new work will premiere at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia.
2005$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new dance theater piece by choreographer Michael Tracy. Titled The Aquarium Project, the work will tour to theaters and aquaria throughout the United States.
2004$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work. "MEGA WHAT will be choreographed by the company's artistic directors and will premiere at the Ruth Eckerd Theater in Clearwater, FL.
2003$10,000To support a collaboration to create a new work, My Brother's Keeper. Pilobolus will work with the St. Lawrence String Quartet and composer Christos Hatzsis to create My Brother's Keeper.
2002$10,000To support the creation of a new work. Choreographed by Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Jonathan Wolken, the new work will explore the four humors, with a commissioned score by Peter Schickele.
2001$10,000To support a new full-company work. The work will premiere during the Olympic games in Salt Lake City as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
2000$20,000To support the creation of an evening-length work comprised of up to four distinct sections for the full company of dancers. Artistic Directors Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Michael Tracy, and Jonathan Wolken will each di
1999$18,000To support a comprehensive planning effort that will review key administrative and financial functions. Strengthening the company's unique artistic vision and structure and ensuring its viability in the next millennium w

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