Ballet nonprofit · New York, NY

Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in New York, New York, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1947. IRS activity category: Ballet (A63Z).

$40.2M
latest revenue
$63.6M
total assets
1947
exempt since
28
NEA dance grants
EIN
13-1882106
Location
New York, NY 10003
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2024-12
Income
$47,586,441

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$49.5M
2017$55.8M
2018$51.7M
2019$47.2M
2020$28M
2021$56.2M
2022$37.6M
2023$35.9M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$35,878,483$55,189,251$13,663,426$75,456,104PDF
2022$37,561,780$45,351,350$21,507,207$75,851,680PDF
2021$56,242,034$29,492,776$46,231,788$91,391,905PDF
2020$28,032,406$29,740,579$21,717,546$65,047,659PDF
2019$47,153,046$49,002,829$22,278,176$60,582,745PDF
2018$51,665,826$48,511,383$24,282,900$56,907,684PDF
2017$55,845,284$45,050,346$25,679,371$56,782,399PDF
2016$49,522,820$44,585,545$23,092,439$47,293,927PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2023$40,000Purpose: To support travel costs for the American Ballet Theatre's performances in Costa Mesa, California, as part of a national tour. Additional Project Description: The company will present the U.S. premiere of Like Wa
2022$45,000Purpose: To support travel costs for American Ballet Theatre's engagement in Costa Mesa, California, as part of a national tour. Additional Project Description: In addition to performances, the visit to Costa Mesa will i
2021$55,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020$55,000To support dancer salaries and choreographer fees for American Ballet Theatre's (ABT) Women's Movement program. The program supports the creation, exploration, and staging of new works by female choreographers for ABT's
2019$65,000To support the ABT Women's Movement program, which focuses on work created by female choreographers. There will be approximately three choreographers who will create new works for American Ballet Theatre's main and studi
2018$75,000To support American Ballet Theatre's 2018 national tour. In addition to its annual New York performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and David H. Koch Theater, ABT will travel across the country performing full-lengt
2017$90,000To support American Ballet Theatre's 2017 domestic performances. In addition to its annual New York performance series at the Metropolitan Opera House and David H. Koch Theater, American Ballet Theatre will travel to Cos
2016$90,000To support American Ballet Theatre's 2016 national tour. In addition to its annual New York performance series at the Metropolitan Opera House and David H. Koch Theater, American Ballet Theatre (ABT) will travel to Detro
2015$90,000To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length version of "The Sleeping Beauty," by choreographer Alexei Ratmansky. The ballet will be performed to the original score by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with sets
2014$70,000To support the restaging and performances of Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella," set to Sergei Prokofiev's score. The evening-length, three-act ballet will be an American Ballet Theatre premiere, and will be set on the
2013$70,000To support the world premiere of ballets by Alexei Ratmansky, set to symphonies by Dmitri Shostakovich. Activities will include performances of the new ballets at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, as well as
2012$70,000To support the creation and world premiere of a new production of "The Firebird," choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky,the American Ballet Theatre's artist-in-residence. The ballet will utilize the complete score by Igor St
2011$100,000To support American Ballet Theatre's presentation of "The Bright Stream" choreographed by artist-in-residence Alexei Ratmansky. The full-length story ballet, set to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, will be presented at the
2010$100,000To support the creation of a new production of Piotr Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," choreographed by American Ballet Theatre's Artist in Residence, Alexei Ratmansky. The new production will premiere at the Brooklyn Acad
2009$95,000To support the presentation of a Prokofiev Evening by American Ballet Theatre. This repertory program will feature a newly commissioned one-act ballet by Alexei Ratmansky, former Artistic Director of Russia's Bolshoi Bal
2009$25,000To support the presentation of choreographer Jerome Robbins' work Interplay, by American Ballet Theatre II (ABT II), the junior company of American Ballet Theatre, with accompanying educational and outreach activities. T
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$90,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work for the American Ballet Theatre, choreographed by Twyla Tharp, with original music by Danny Elfman. The piece will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House.
2007$80,000To support the creation and presentation of "The Sleeping Beauty." The new piece will be choreographed by Kevin McKenzie and presented at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
2006$80,000To support the staging and presentation of a new production of Cinderella, by choreographer James Kudelka. The work, set to Sergei Prokofiev's score, will be presented at the Metropolitan Opera House.
2005$70,000To support new productions of classic works by choreographer Michel Fokine. "Les Sylphides," "Le Spectre de la Rose," "Petrouchka," and "Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor" will make up "The Fokine Evening," to premiere
2004$60,000To support the rehearsal, staging, and presentation of a new production of Raymonda. The work will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
2003$70,000To support the commissioning and presentation of original one-act ballets from Australian choreographers Natalie Weir and Stanton Welch. The project will feature John Adam's HARMONIUM, and Carl Orff's CARMINA BURANA, wit
2002$60,000To support the acquisition, rehearsal, and presentation of Sir Frederick Ashton's "The Dream." Ashton's "The Dream" is a narrative ballet based on Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" set to Felix Mendelsso
2001$60,000To support the commissioning, rehearsal, and presentation of an original one-act ballet, "The Pied Piper," with choreography by David Parsons and a score by composer John Corigliano. The piece will be based on Robert Bro
2000$100,000To support the Repertory Works Expansion Project. American Ballet Theatre will premiere one-act repertory ballets from choreographers Mark Morris and Paul Taylor.
1999$100,000To support planning, rehearsal, and performance costs of American Ballet Theatre's Audience and Repertory Enhancement Project in hub cities. The performances and outreach and educational activities will take place in Det
1998$120,000To support the American Ballet Theatre's 1998-99 Audience and Repertory Enhancement Project which will build an ongoing presence for the ballet in American cities through performances and extensive outreach and education

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