$1.4M
latest revenue
$976.4K
total assets
1993
exempt since
29
NEA dance grants
- EIN
- 41-1747144
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN 55409
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) · donations deductible
- Classification
- Publicly supported (government)
- Latest tax period
- 2025-07
- Income
- $1,363,875
Financial history (Form 990)
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Contributions | Assets | 990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $916,426 | $942,058 | $704,215 | $693,652 | |
| 2023 | $754,056 | $880,841 | $554,155 | $757,111 | — |
| 2022 | $1,221,036 | $982,617 | $864,022 | $767,697 | |
| 2021 | $632,846 | $537,585 | $514,258 | $577,914 | — |
| 2020 | $713,224 | $705,791 | $465,140 | $465,011 | |
| 2019 | $722,242 | $776,692 | $333,388 | $382,060 | |
| 2018 | $803,493 | $717,534 | $490,489 | $432,636 | |
| 2017 | $605,535 | $741,588 | $294,395 | $378,219 |
National Endowment for the Arts grants
| Year | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $40,000 | Purpose: To support the development of "The Liminal Museum." Additional Project Description: An immersive installation and live dance performance, "The Liminal Museum" will be a meditation on lineage, memory, and the bod |
| 2025 | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a national tour of Children of Dharma and related community engagement programming. Additional Project Description: The tour will include performances in Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Coppell |
| 2024 | $30,000 | Purpose: To support the creation and premiere of Children of Dharma, a large-scale stage work by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, with community engagement programming. Additional Project Description: The mother-daughter team |
| 2023 | $15,000 | Purpose: To support the development of Children of Dharma, an interpretation of a novel by Keerthik Sasidharan, choreographed and directed by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy. Additional Project Description: Part of the develo |
| 2022 | $15,000 | Purpose: To support a national tour of the dance work, Fires of Varanasi, by the Ragamala Dance Company. Additional Project Description: Conceived and choreographed by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, the multidisciplinary wo |
| 2021 | $20,000 | To support digital and outdoor dance programming. Programming will include film screenings, master classes, lectures, performances, and arts activities for adults and children. |
| 2020 | $15,000 | To support the creation of Fires of Varanasi, a new multidisciplinary dance work from Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy. The mother-daughter, first-generation Indian-American team will explore human experiences of migration, in |
| 2019 | $20,000 | To support the presentation of an evening of dance and music. Ragamala will share the stage with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, who will open the evening with Healing Modes, a program inspired by the healing properti |
| 2018 | $20,000 | To support a dance festival celebrating the company's 25th anniversary. The festival will highlight Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy's journey as immigrant artists whose creative vision has woven the wisdom of their ancestry a |
| 2017 | $30,000 | To support a national tour of "They Rose at Dawn." In "They Rose at Dawn," choreographer/soloist Aparna Ramaswamy depicts women as carriers of ritual and culture across generations, and arbiters of humanity's relationshi |
| 2016 | $20,000 | To support the creation of Kirana by Artistic Director Aparna Ramaswamy. Amend 1: Kyle Abraham no longer involved in creation of new work. Grant will support Kirana by Aparna Ramaswamy. LL |
| 2015 | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Written in Water," a multimedia dance work by Artistic Directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy. The new work will feature five dancers and original music and text perfo |
| 2014 | $20,000 | To support the development of a new work in collaboration with India-based director, Ratan Thiyam. Rooted in distinct cultures and movement styles, this collaboration will challenge and propel the artists into new territ |
| 2013 | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new dance work, "Song of the Jasmine," choreographed by artistic director Aparna Ramaswamy. Commissioned and co-presented by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Song of the |
| 2012 | $20,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "1001 Buddhas," a new work by artistic directors Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy. The work is inspired by the 12th-century Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, Japan, famous for |
| 2011 | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Sacred Earth" by choreographers Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy and ancillary education and outreach activities. The work, set to a commissioned score by composer/flutist Raman Kal |
| 2011 | $25,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new Bharatanatyam work, "The World of 1,001 Buddhas," choreographed by Ranee and Aparna Ramaswarmy, in consortium with the College of St. Scholastica. Ragamala will premiere |
| 2010 | $10,000 | To support the expansion of Yathra (Journey) by choreographers Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy, from a 25-minute piece into an evening-length work. Ragamala will present the expanded Yathra for its home audiences in Minneapol |
| 2010 | $15,000 | To support the presentation of "Sthree", inspired by Silappatikaram (The Tale of the Anklet) the national epic story of the Tamil people of southeastern India, in consortium with the Hindu Samaj Temple of Minnesota. The |
| 2009 | $10,000 | To support a collaboration between Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and Cudamani Dance Company from Indonesia with related outreach activities. The two companies will create and present Dhwee (Duality). |
| 2009 | $15,000 | To support the completion and presentation of Sva (Vital Force), in consortium with Fergus Falls Center for the Arts. The project will be implemented in collaboration with Wadaiko Ensemble Tokaro, taiko drummers from Nag |
| 2008 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Sthree (Women)," a multidisiplinary work by choreographer Ranee Ramaswamy incorporating dance, music, spoken text, audio, and abstract video elements. The work will premiere at the Souther |
| 2007 | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of Yathra (Journey) by choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy. The work will be performed at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. |
| 2006 | $10,000 | To support the re-mounting of Sethu (Bridge) in consortium with O'Shaughnessy Auditorium. Ragamala Music and Dance Theater will present this project in collaboration with the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul, MN; and |
| 2004 | $10,000 | To support a consortium project for the remounting of BHAKTI (DEVOTION). The work is choreographed by Aparna Ramaswamy in collaboration with composers/vocalists Ruth MacKenzie and Nirmala Rajasekar. |
| 2003 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of a work choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Aparna Ramaswamy. Bhakti (Devotion), choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Aparna Ramaswamy, will be presented at the Southern The |
| 2002 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "WorDance." The cross-cultural work by the Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and the Ko-Thi Dance Company will be performed at the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul, MN. |
| 1999 | $5,000 | To support a residency in rural elementary schools in southeastern Minnesota. Artistic Director Ranee Ramaswamy and her dance assistant will introduce students and their teachers to traditional Indian dance, music, and c |
| 1998 | $5,000 | To support a three-day event at sites throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul that will honor the late Uday Shankar, a choreographer, who in the 1930's brought Indian dance from the temples of India to create and present spe |
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