Dance nonprofit · New York, NY

Dova Inc

Dova Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in New York, New York, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1971. IRS activity category: Dance (A620).

$541.3K
latest revenue
$182.6K
total assets
1971
exempt since
28
NEA dance grants
EIN
13-2678071
Location
New York, NY 10013
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$548,900

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$515K
2017$634.4K
2018$737.5K
2019$557.9K
2020$716.7K
2021$335.4K
2022$790.7K
2023$425.5K
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$425,512$507,457$251,505$143,739PDF
2022$790,704$669,253$521,148$291,754PDF
2021$335,405$377,135$277,353$165,200PDF
2020$716,659$501,993$491,552$195,685PDF
2019$557,879$709,724$344,400$93,872PDF
2018$737,500$736,883$335,513$129,552PDF
2017$634,439$696,147$267,788$108,283PDF
2016$515,006$552,905$258,403$184,763PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$20,000Purpose: To support the creation of "Century Rolls," a work inspired by American composer John Adams' piano concerto of the same name in recognition of America's 250th anniversary. Additional Project Description: Doug Va
2023$12,000Purpose: To support the creation of a new dance work by Doug Varone and Dancers. Additional Project Description: Choreographed by Doug Varone, the work will focus on the topics of ageism and aging in a creative field, an
2022$10,000Purpose: To support the creation of To My Arms Restore, a new work by Doug Varone and Dancers performed to arias by G.F. Handel and a commissioned score. Additional Project Description: The two-part piece will include a
2021$10,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019$20,000To support a new dance work by Artistic Director Doug Varone. Inspired by the 1961 movie West Side Story, this work is an abstract interpretation inspired by aspects of the film, without a direct narrative of the story.
2018$30,000To support the creation of "everything is fine" by Doug Varone, a new work comprising ten short dances. Inspired by poems of former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, the work will be set to a commissioned score by compos
2017$40,000To support the creation of Epilogue, a new stand-alone touring work by Artistic Director Doug Varone. The new work is partially inspired by physicist Douglas Hofstader's book, "I Am a Strange Loop." The work will be deve
2016$30,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Doug Varone. The work will be a study of the act of prayer, as Varone is interested in exploring different relationships that people may have wi
2015$30,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by Artistic Director Doug Varone. The work titled "ReComposed" will be a response to paintings of American abstract expressionist painter Joan Mitchell (1925-92). Th
2014$30,000To support the creation and presentation of new works by Doug Varone and Dancers. "States Remembered" will be choreographed by Doug Varone in collaboration with video/film artist and choreographer Ellen Bromberg, and set
2013$20,000To support the creation and presentation of "Bilingua" by choreographer Doug Varone, in collaboration with Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance. Inspired by the Persephone myth and author Douglas Hofstader's "I am a Strange Loop,"
2012$20,000To support the creation of Doug Varone and Dancers' "Mouth Above Water," set to music by composer Julia Wolfe. The work will be shown in-progress at the company's informal performance series at the 92nd Street Y.
2011$30,000To support the creation and presentation of "Carrugi" by Doug Varone and Dancers. Choreographed by Varone, the work will be set to The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst and will include animations projected on stage by media
2010$25,000To support the creation and presentation of Chapters from a Broken Novel, an evening-length work by choreographer and Artistic Director Doug Varone. Composer David Van Tieghem will create an original score to accompany t
2010$50,000To support the reconstruction and performance of Doug Varone's choreographic work, "Ballet Mecanique" (2001). The New York City premiere and subsequent tour will include residency and education and outreach activities.
2009$20,000To support the creation of "Chapters from a Broken Novel," a new dance work by choreographer and Artistic Director Doug Varone. Composer David Van Tieghem will create an original score to accompany the piece.
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$20,000To support the creation and presentation of "Alchemy," choreographed by artistic director Doug Varone. The work will be performed to composer Steve Reich's "Daniel Variations," and include live music and vocal accompanim
2007$20,000To support presentation of past repertory works.
2006$30,000To support the presentation of works choreographed by Doug Varone as part of the company's 20th anniversary. Repertory works will be presented at the Joyce Theater and the opera 29 LIVES will be presented at the Brooklyn
2005$30,000To support the creation of a full-evening work by choreographer Doug Varone. The piece will be created to Alessandro Scarlatti's "Il Primo Omicido," and will be presented as part of the company's 20th anniversary season.
2004$30,000To support the creation of a dance opera by choreographer Doug Varone. The work will be created in collaboration with composer Nathan Larson and designer Allen Moyer.
2003$20,000To support the first phase of development of a new work, DECONSTRUCTING ENGLISH, as well as the creation and presentation of CASTLES and the performance of other works at the Joyce Theater. The engagement will also inclu
2002$15,000To support creation and presentation of a new evening-length work by Doug Varone. The work will involve the commissioning of a sound score, a set design, guest dancers, and actors.
2001$15,000To support Doug Varone and Dancers' 15th anniversary at the Joyce Theater in New York, including national residency activities. The project will include a new work by Doug Varone to George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique, the
2000$10,000To support the creation and presentation of an evening-length work. Doug Varone will choreograph the piece, and it will be presented in lower Manhattan during a one-week engagement in the spring of 2001.
1999$7,500To support the presentation of Doug Varone and Dancers' performances at the Joyce Theater. The performances will include the creation and premiere of a new work by choreographer Doug Varone; the reconstruction of one or
1998$10,000To support the creation of "Agora," a multidisciplinary dance work for Doug Varone and Dancers, choreographed by Doug Varone with music by Julia Wolfe. Democracy will have five distinct sections as it explores the disint

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