$26.7M
latest revenue
$58.9M
total assets
1964
exempt since
25
NEA dance grants
- EIN
- 23-1629970
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) · donations deductible
- Classification
- Publicly supported (gross receipts)
- Latest tax period
- 2025-07
- Income
- $27,379,413
Financial history (Form 990)
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Contributions | Assets | 990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $21,442,341 | $19,109,646 | $14,585,110 | $32,436,045 | |
| 2022 | $12,229,060 | $15,952,216 | $7,845,959 | $27,016,960 | |
| 2021 | $18,957,678 | $9,135,412 | $18,157,333 | $31,402,587 | — |
| 2020 | $13,528,437 | $14,446,077 | $8,980,542 | $22,999,620 | — |
| 2019 | $15,959,241 | $15,794,536 | $9,223,232 | $25,048,788 | |
| 2018 | $14,155,246 | $14,406,764 | $7,188,096 | $23,154,015 | |
| 2017 | $15,482,045 | $14,070,730 | $9,014,757 | $23,449,339 | |
| 2016 | $11,747,048 | $13,747,194 | $6,058,922 | $21,265,139 |
National Endowment for the Arts grants
| Year | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $18,000 | Purpose: To support staging fees for presentations of dance works by American choreographers. Additional Project Description: The program will include works such as George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes and excerpts from |
| 2023 | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new dance works by choreographers Juliano Nunes, Hope Boykin, and Adonis Fondianakis, as part of the company's New Works program. Additional Project Description: Curat |
| 2022 | $10,000 | Purpose: To support the creation of a short documentary dance film. Additional Project Description: The film will feature a powerful portrait of Pennsylvania Ballet dancers and community members and explore the challenge |
| 2020 | $10,000 | To support planning costs for virtual dance education and outreach programs. Staff will design educational content that will be used to build online programming, which will include weekly dance classes for children and a |
| 2017 | $30,000 | To support the commission, production, and performance of a new ballet by choreographer Helen Pickett. Working with Pickett will further expand the company's technical and stylistic expertise. Performances of the new wor |
| 2016 | $40,000 | To support the restaging and presentation of Trisha Brown's ballet "O Zlozony/O Composite." The ballet is set to the music of Laurie Anderson, with costume design by Elizabeth Cannon, and lighting design by Jennifer Tipt |
| 2015 | $40,000 | To support the acquisition and presentation of choreographer William Forsythe's ballet, "The Second Detail." Created in 1991 for 12 dancers, the ballet is an ensemble work set to a score by Thom Willems. The Second Detai |
| 2014 | $35,000 | To support the presentation of choreographer Jiri Kylian's "Petite Mort." The work plays with the themes of human desire and features music by Mozart, costume design by Joke Visser, and lighting design by Joop Caboort. P |
| 2013 | $30,000 | To support the presentation of "Artifact Suite," choreographed by William Forsythe as well as a related symposium. In addition to performances, a symposium moderated by Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland of Bryn Mawr College and |
| 2012 | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Peter Pan," choreographed by Trey McIntyre. The project will include the company's "Accent on Dance" outreach and education program. |
| 2011 | $35,000 | To support the presentation of William Forsythe's "Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Polyphonia," and the creation and presentation of a world premiere choreographed by Benjamin Millepied. The |
| 2010 | $30,000 | To support the presentation of In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, by choreographer William Forsythe, and accompanying educational activities. The piece will be performed at Philadelphia's Merriam Theater. |
| 2009 | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Cinderella by choreographer Ben Stevenson and related education programs. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. |
| 2009 | $50,000 | To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn. |
| 2008 | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Carnival of the Animals, by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. The company premiere of this work will be presented at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. |
| 2007 | $20,000 | To support the presentation of "Lambarena" by choreographer Val Caniparoli. The work will be presented at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia. |
| 2006 | $20,000 | To support the presentation of Christopher d'Amboise's "Franklin Court." The work will be performed at Philadelphia's Academy of Music, will be presented to students at a dress rehearsal, and as part of a Family Day stud |
| 2005 | $30,000 | To support the presentation of Frederick Ashton's "La Fille Mal Gardee." The work will be presented at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. |
| 2004 | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new full-length production of Swan Lake choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. The work will premiere at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. |
| 2003 | $25,000 | To support the presentation of THE FIREBIRD and CONCERTO 488 ballets. The company will premiere THE FIREBIRD, choreographed by James Kudelka, and CONCERTO 488, by Lila York. Pennsylvania Ballet will also host a series of |
| 2002 | $20,000 | To support presentation of a regional tour of Coppelia. The company will present performances in Harrisburg, PA. |
| 2001 | $10,000 | To support creation and presentation by two choreographers. Val Caniparoli and Trey McIntyre will each create a world premiere for Pennsylvania Ballet. |
| 2000 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of two premieres. The company premiere of Daniel Pelzig's Nine Lives: Songs of Lyle Lovett, and a world premiere by Pennsylvania Ballet dancer Matthew Neenan. |
| 1999 | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a work by Trey McIntyre. The new work will premiere in April 1999 and be performed five additional times. |
| 1998 | $20,000 | To support the commissioning and presentation of a new work by choreographer Matthew Neenan. Pennsylvania Ballet is committed to creating and presenting new works by established and emerging choreographers. Artistic Dire |
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