$7.6M
latest revenue
$7.2M
total assets
1981
exempt since
22
NEA dance grants
- EIN
- 58-1440788
- Location
- Nashville, TN 37209
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) · donations deductible
- Classification
- Publicly supported (government)
- Latest tax period
- 2025-05
- Income
- $7,902,872
Financial history (Form 990)
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Contributions | Assets | 990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6,525,246 | $8,387,876 | $2,993,726 | $10,149,799 | |
| 2022 | $8,429,610 | $7,076,639 | $5,847,354 | $12,126,571 | |
| 2021 | $5,073,621 | $4,841,528 | $4,273,983 | $11,017,137 | |
| 2020 | $6,416,042 | $6,312,099 | $2,806,315 | $10,776,633 | |
| 2019 | $6,678,164 | $7,890,836 | $2,594,216 | $10,442,638 | |
| 2018 | $5,730,410 | $6,174,810 | $1,974,411 | $11,828,916 | |
| 2017 | $5,688,359 | $5,936,576 | $1,806,672 | $12,215,729 | |
| 2016 | $7,325,166 | $5,342,163 | $3,754,689 | $13,224,313 |
National Endowment for the Arts grants
| Year | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $30,000 | Purpose: To support a production of Swan Lake. Additional Project Description: The performances by Nashville Ballet will be accompanied by live music provided by Nashville Symphony. Related project activities will includ |
| 2024 | $24,000 | Purpose: To support dancer salaries for the creation and presentation of new dance works as part of the Attitude performance series, with related engagement activities. Additional Project Description: Featured choreograp |
| 2023 | $15,000 | Purpose: To support dancer salaries for the creation and presentation of dance works by a variety of choreographers. Additional Project Description: Anthology will weave together stories and lore from Nashville's past, t |
| 2021 | $20,000 | To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | $25,000 | To support dancer and staff salaries for the presentation of Attitude: Other Voices, a full evening of original dance works. Choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Erin Kouwe, Matthew Neenan, and Carlos Pons Guerra will each |
| 2019 | $15,000 | To support salaries for the creation and presentation of Lucy Negro, Redux, an original contemporary ballet by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling in collaboration with poet Caroline Randall Williams and composer Rhiannon |
| 2018 | $15,000 | To support the company premiere of Stephen Mills' "Light: The Holocaust and Humanity Project," and accompanying community engagement programming. The work will be presented at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nash |
| 2016 | $15,000 | To support the creation and presentation of "Layla & Majnun." The work is a new ballet by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling, with an original score by composer Richard Danielpour. Based on the ancient Persian myth of the |
| 2015 | $15,000 | To support the creation of a new ballet, "Frank N Stein." Artistic Director Paul Vasterling will lead the conceptualization of the ballet, overseeing the choreography by company dancer Chris Stuart, music score by Belmon |
| 2014 | $20,000 | To support the staging and presentation of choreographer Jiri Kylian's "Petite Mort" with live accompaniment by The Nashville Symphony. The work will be presented on the same bill as George Balanchine's "Serenade," along |
| 2013 | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet choreographed by Gina Patterson. The work will be accompanied by live music performed by local artists, which the company has been committed to presenting for seve |
| 2011 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of "Post Cards from the Boys" choreographed by Sarah Slipper. The work is based on songs written by Nashville singer-songwriters Guy Clark and Darrel Scott, both of whom will perform live. |
| 2010 | $10,000 | To support the new choreographic adaption of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. The work will premiere at the Polk Theater of Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Cen |
| 2010 | $60,000 | To support the reconstruction of Twyla Tharp's "The Story Teller" and Eugene Loring's "Billy the Kid." The works will be presented as part of Nashville Ballet's "American Originals II" program along with a multi-media pe |
| 2009 | $10,000 | To support the presentation and company premieres of Twyla Tharp's "Sinatra Suite" and James Canfield's "Jungle." The works will be presented during Nashville Ballet's winter series at the Tennessee Performing Arts Cente |
| 2009 | $50,000 | To support the reconstruction and presentation of Lew Christensen's ballet, Filling Station (1938). Nashville Ballet will premiere the work during its Winter Series at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. |
| 2008 | $10,000 | To support the presentation and regional premiere of "Octet," by choreographer Twyla Tharp. The work is composed to music by bassist Edgar Meyer, a native of Nashville. |
| 2007 | $10,000 | To support the presentation of ballets by choreographers Gina Patterson and Robert Philander-Valentine. The choreographers will collaborate with local musicians in a program titled Nashville Music Showcase. |
| 2007 | $10,000 | To support Emergence 3, in consortium with Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music. Choreographers will be paired with music faculty to collaborate and create new dance works. |
| 2004 | $10,000 | To support the creation and presentation of a new work. The work will be choreographed by Julia Adam in collaboration with singer/songwriters Tricia Walker, Ashley Cleveland, and Karen Stanley from the Bluebird Caf, a ve |
| 2003 | $10,000 | To support the creation of new works through the "Emergence" choreographic initiative. Choreographers Heather Maloy and James Buckley, as well as Artist Director Paul Vasterling, will choreograph the works to music by fa |
| 2001 | $5,000 | To support the creation of a ballet in collaboration with a country music artist. Artistic Director Paul Vasterling will collaborate with country music artist Hal Ketchum to create a ballet exploring the maturing and agi |
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