Dance nonprofit · New York, NY

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in New York, New York, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1968. IRS activity category: Dance (A620).

$49M
latest revenue
$260.6M
total assets
1968
exempt since
36
NEA dance grants
EIN
13-2584273
Location
New York, NY 10019
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$88,156,625

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$39.4M
2017$37.2M
2018$48.1M
2019$48.6M
2020$40.1M
2021$57.5M
2022$49.4M
2023$37.2M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$37,156,403$48,268,877$12,208,696$257,305,406—
2022$49,395,909$42,437,715$26,599,216$257,662,922PDF
2021$57,516,021$28,323,083$41,926,834$281,510,008—
2020$40,132,303$42,630,111$15,998,572$224,568,695PDF
2019$48,602,296$45,352,857$11,345,192$224,173,655PDF
2018$48,064,632$43,800,306$17,030,910$219,046,797PDF
2017$37,179,825$40,518,013$10,053,602$212,356,778PDF
2016$39,394,018$39,463,206$13,680,636$187,745,865PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$60,000Purpose: To support artist fees for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: In celebration of America250, the tour will honor Ailey's legacy as an icon of American dance and hi
2025$50,000Purpose: To support dancer salaries for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: Dance works performed on this tour may include choreography by Alvin Ailey, Hope Boykin, Ronald
2024$50,000Purpose: To support dancer salaries for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: Dance works performed on this tour may include choreography by Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Amy H
2023$60,000Purpose: To support dancer salaries on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: Dance works performed on this tour may include choreography by Kyle Abraham, Alvin Ailey, Robert
2022$75,000Purpose: To support dancer salaries for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. Additional Project Description: New commissions and historical repertory dance works will be performed on a tour of the United S
2021$80,000To support salaries for dancers and crew members. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will rehearse and record several site-specific dances, and will present a virtual premiere of these works.
2020$95,000To support dancer salaries for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national tour. New commissions and historical repertory dance works will be performed on a four-month tour of the United States.
2019$90,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2019 national tour. Repertory pieces in the tour may include historical and contemporary dance works by a variety of choreographers. The company will continue to tour A
2018$90,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2018 national tour. Repertory pieces in the tour may include historical and contemporary dance works by a variety of choreographers. The company will continue to tour A
2017$100,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2017 United States tour. The tour will feature a new production of Ailey's "Masekela Language," Kyle Abraham's "Untitled America," and world premieres by Mauro Bigonzet
2016$90,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2016 United States tour. The tour will include a new work created by Artistic Director Robert Battle, his first work since becoming artistic director. Titled "The Awake
2015$100,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2015 United States tour. The tour may feature works by choreographers such as Aszure Barton, Bill T. Jones, Hans Van Manen, Wayne McGregor, Matthew Rushing, Paul Taylor
2014$75,000To support the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2014 United States tour. The tour will feature works by choreographers such as Alvin Ailey, Aszure Barton, Robert Battle, Ronald K. Brown, Rennie Harris, Bill T. Jones,
2013$80,000To support a United States tour that includes performances and a wide variety of outreach activities. The tour will feature new work by choreographers such as Robert Battle, Jiri Kylian, and Kyle Abraham.
2012$50,000To support a United States tour that includes performances and a variety of outreach activities.
2011$100,000To support the United States tour. The company will offer performances and a wide variety of outreach activities in more than 25 American cities.
2011$20,000To support AileyCamp, a summer program for inner-city youth, in consortium with the Children's Aid Society. The program will include dance training, performance opportunities, creative writing, visual arts instruction, a
2010$100,000To support Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's United States tour. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in communities across the United States.
2010$20,000To support AileyCamp, a program that includes dance training, creative writing and visual arts instruction, and personal development and communication workshops, in consortium with the Children's Aid Society. The program
2010$70,000To support the reconstruction and presentation of "Mary Lou's Mass," choreographed by Alvin Ailey in 1971. The work features music by American composer Mary Lou Williams.
2009$95,000To support a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in communities across the United States.
2009$20,000To support AileyCamp New York, a summer program that includes dance training, creative writing instruction, and personal development and communication workshops, in consortium with the Children's Aid Society. The Alvin A
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 a United States tour of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The company will offer performances and outreach activities across the United States.
2008$20,000To support AileyCamp New York, a program that includes dance training, creative writing instruction, and personal development and communication workshops in consortium with the Children's Aid Society. The Alvin Ailey Ame
2007$90,000To support a North American tour. The company will offer performances and outreach activities across the United States and in Canada.
2007$10,000To support the expansion of AileyCamp New York in consortium with the Children's Aid Society. The program will be expanded to include Staten Island.
2006$100,000To support a United States tour in 2006. The company will offer approximately 85 performances and outreach activities in 25 cities and 15 states across the country.
2005$100,000To support a United States tour in 2005. The company will offer performances and outreach activities in numerous states across the country and the District of Columbia.
2004$100,000To support a United States tour. The company will present new works by Robert Battle, Alonzo King, and Jennifer Muller.
2003$100,000To support a United States tour in 2003. The company will perform approximately 95 shows and outreach activities in 17 cities and 12 states across the United States.
2002$100,000To support a United States tour in 2002. The company will perform approximately 95 shows in 24 cities and 16 states across the United States.
2001$100,000To support a United States tour in 2001. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform approximately 95 shows in 30 cities and 16 states across the United States.
2000$80,000To support a United States tour. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform approximately 96 shows in 20 states across the nation.
1999$100,000To support the presentation of Dance Theater Foundation's 40th Anniversary and the company's United States tour. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will tour to several states, with approximately 100 performances in more
1998$120,000To support the creation of works new to the repertory and a week-long residency in Kansas City during the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 40th anniversary season. New dances will include a work by Artistic Director

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