Dance nonprofit · New York, NY

Dance Notation Bureau Inc

Dance Notation Bureau Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in New York, New York, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1954. IRS activity category: Arts & culture (A64Z).

$120.7K
latest revenue
$2.2M
total assets
1954
exempt since
14
NEA dance grants
EIN
13-1869805
Location
New York, NY 10029
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$538,840

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$190.2K
2017$142.8K
2018$140.4K
2019$125K
2020$88.5K
2021$115K
2022$84.5K
2023$124.9K
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$124,898$151,163$14,826$1,687,360PDF
2022$84,541$121,222$31,817$1,658,114PDF
2021$114,997$134,758$35,554$1,825,951PDF
2020$88,519$99,483$49,130$1,622,921PDF
2019$125,000$103,101$86,564$1,651,727PDF
2018$140,362$145,221$85,729$1,615,133PDF
2017$142,817$204,337$89,334$1,597,617PDF
2016$190,224$313,709$98,069$1,651,295PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2013$10,000To support the recording of dance works in labanotation and the continuation of the Online Digital Video Archive Project. The DVA comprises short digital video clips of dances in the Dance Notation Bureau's (DNB) archive
2011$20,000To support the recording in Labanotation of Martha Graham dances and the creation of an Online Video Archive of performed excerpts from these scores and other scores in the DNB archive. The project will supplement and en
2010$20,000To support the Digital Transcription of Dance Scores project. The scores will be transcribed using a software program called LabanWriter.
2009$20,000To support the creation of the Online Score Catalog Project, a Web-based, searchable catalog of Labanotation dance score data. The catalogue will provide all indexing and descriptive information for any given score that
2009$25,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2007$15,000To support the addition of new dance scores to an archive of notated dances. The scores will be documented using Labanotation, a method of recording dance movement.
2006$10,000To support the addition of new dance scores to an archive of notated dances. The scores will be documented using Labanotation, a method of recording dance movement.
2005$23,000To support the addition of new dance scores to an archive of notated dances. The scores will be documented using Labanotation, a method of recording dance movement.
2004$20,000To support the addition of new dance scores to an archive of notated dances. The scores will be documented using Labanotation, a method of recording dance movement.
2003$20,000To support the updating of existing dance scores using the computer program LabanWriter. Scores to be updated include "Le Spectre de la Rose" by Mikhail Fokine, "New Dance" by Doris Humphrey, "Strange Hero" by Daniel Nag
2001$20,000To support the updating and copying of existing scores in the Dance Notation Bureau archive. The goal of the project is to ensure that all scores in the archive represent the work and guarantee that the artist's work is
2000$15,000To support the development of a multimedia database template for the dance community. The database will contain videotapes of performances and rehearsals of work, Labanotated scores, photos, text, and production informat
1999$20,000To support the updating of scores in Dance Notation Bureau's library. The updating of the scores will involve recopying, updating the notation, and/or compiling addenda into the body of the score.
1998$30,000To support development of software linking the Life Forms animation program and LabanWriter notation software to facilitate the notation and preservation of the history of dance and choreography for artists, companies, s

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