Dance nonprofit · New York, NY

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance Inc

Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in New York, New York, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1953. IRS activity category: Dance (A620).

$4M
latest revenue
$2.3M
total assets
1953
exempt since
32
NEA dance grants
EIN
13-2571063
Location
New York, NY 10036
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$4,092,220

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$4.4M
2017$4.6M
2018$4M
2019$4.3M
2020$3.2M
2021$1.7M
2022$3.6M
2023$2.9M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$2,914,478$3,124,166$1,907,737$1,235,350—
2022$3,636,676$3,474,089$2,369,159$1,525,610PDF
2021$1,654,352$1,644,741$1,426,593$1,702,318PDF
2020$3,195,992$3,104,389$1,895,787$2,154,871PDF
2019$4,318,402$5,108,446$2,476,485$2,540,964PDF
2018$3,975,431$3,964,438$2,323,187$3,325,573PDF
2017$4,648,335$4,083,602$3,103,293$3,419,939PDF
2016$4,418,921$4,540,131$2,443,739$2,832,031PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$73,000Purpose: To support salary and space rental costs for programming during Martha Graham Dance Company's centennial year. Additional Project Description: Programming will include presentations of work by choreographers suc
2025$91,000Purpose: To support a creation and rehearsal period in preparation for the Martha Graham Dance Company's 100-year anniversary celebrations. Additional Project Description: The company will celebrate its 100th anniversary
2024$70,000Purpose: To support staff salaries, artist fees, and space costs for a rehearsal period for existing works, new commissions, and a documentary about the company. Additional Project Description: The company will rehearse
2023$40,000Purpose: To support staff salaries and space costs for a period of creative development and rehearsal in preparation for performances. Additional Project Description: The company will rehearse new works and revive Graham
2022$55,000Purpose: To support artistic salaries and fellowships for dancers related to the commission of new works. Additional Project Description: The company will expand its fellowship programs by engaging diverse, emerging chor
2021$60,000To support staff salaries, artist fees, and space costs for a period of creative development and rehearsal in preparation for virtual and live performances. The company will rehearse in preparation for digital programmin
2020$80,000To support a period of creative development and rehearsal in preparation for performances. Artists will also develop key outreach and educational activities to accompany the performances, which will be presented online a
2019$80,000To support staff salaries and space costs for a period of creative development and rehearsals for the EVE Project. The company will rehearse new works by established and emerging choreographers and revive Graham classics
2018$80,000To support staff salaries and space costs for rehearsals in preparation for 2019 performances. The company will rehearse new works and revive Graham classics around the theme of gender, particularly the intersection of l
2017$80,000To support a period of creative development and rehearsal in preparation for performances. The company will feature new works and revive Graham classics around the theme of gender, particularly the intersection of love a
2016$80,000To support creative development and rehearsal activities. The company will feature new works and revive Graham classics around the theme of Sacred and Profane. Choreographer Annie-B Parson will create "I Used to Love You
2015$80,000To support development and rehearsal related to the Martha Graham Dance Company's 90th anniversary season. The season will include work from the Shape & Design project, revivals of classic Graham masterpieces, and new ad
2014$80,000To support the development and rehearsal of the Shape and Design project. The project will explore the links between modern design concepts and theatrical presentation. The center will restage Graham master works, add An
2013$80,000To support development and rehearsals for the "Myth and Transformation" project's second season, which will explore the work of Martha Graham based on ancient and modern myths.
2012$80,000To support the "Graham and Greek Myth" project which will explore Martha Graham's landmark works based on Greek stories and dramas. Graham's PHAEDRA will be reconstructed and audience development activities designed.
2011$80,000To support dance rehearsals in preparation for performances in New York City and on the U.S. tour. The company will rehearse new and existing works focused on a common theme of the 1940s and 50s: the new science of psych
2010$140,000To support a rehearsal period in preparation for touring and performances in New York. The Martha Graham Dance Company will rehearse new and existing works by Martha Graham and other choreographers.
2010$150,000To support the reconstruction of Martha Graham's ballet, "Deaths and Entrances" (1943). The ballet takes its name from a Dylan Thomas poem and draws from the life and work of writer Emily Bronte.
2009$100,000To support the creation of educational, outreach, and alternative performance programs based on political themes in the work of Martha Graham and other choreographers. Political Dance will involve the development of auxi
2009$100,000To support the reconstruction of Martha Graham's ballet, American Document (1938). The ballet was Graham's first theatrical work, her first to use spoken text, and the first to feature a male soloist.
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$100,000To support final rehearsals and presentation of CLYTEMNESTRA, Martha Graham's only full-length work. The work will premiere at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and then tour across the United
2007$80,000To support rehearsals and the creation of audience development programming and materials. Programs will center around Martha Graham's roots and her collaborations with composers and visual artists, include versions for y
2006$20,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, company salaries associated with a U.S. tour.
2006$30,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, dancers' salaries.
2006$80,000To support Graham: Lost and Found and Graham and the Classic Greek Theater. These programs will be launched in celebration of the company's 80th anniversary.
2005$90,000To support the revival of a work choreographed by Martha Graham and the creation of a new work. The two works are Letter to the World (1940) and Prelude and Revolt (2005).
2004$90,000To support the creation of anthologies to provide documentary information on dances by Martha Graham. The project will provide anthologies and offer tool kits to dance companies and students in order to enhance the publi
2003$100,000To support a domestic tour. The tour will consist of performances, master classes, lecture demonstrations, and panel discussions.
2003$30,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action, performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce Theatre.
2002$35,000To support the "Martha Graham Media Project." The project will catalogue between 1500 and 2000 recordings, preserve 250 items, and make a selection of these works accessible to the public.
2000$30,000To support Martha Graham Dance Company's American Graham tour. The tour will travel to several states in the United States.

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