Dance nonprofit · Louisville, KY

Kentucky Dance Council Inc

Kentucky Dance Council Inc is a tax-exempt dance organization based in Louisville, Kentucky, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1953. IRS activity category: Dance (A620).

$11M
latest revenue
$9M
total assets
1953
exempt since
17
NEA dance grants
EIN
61-6033779
Location
Louisville, KY 40202
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2026-05
Income
$11,061,018

Financial history (Form 990)

2017$3.6M
2018$4.6M
2019$4M
2020$4.1M
2021$3.1M
2022$4.8M
2023$5.1M
2024$6.5M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2024$6,491,315$5,908,644$3,016,802$4,613,368PDF
2023$5,065,999$5,162,093$3,024,966$4,228,728PDF
2022$4,767,462$4,810,180$2,959,463$2,461,900PDF
2021$3,083,554$3,109,111$2,397,346$2,061,502—
2020$4,146,869$4,720,353$2,504,627$1,906,381PDF
2019$4,047,638$4,684,930$2,108,352$2,350,182PDF
2018$4,559,310$4,513,839$2,747,847$2,671,678PDF
2017$3,582,423$4,486,519$1,794,044$1,190,067PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$14,000Purpose: To support a new production of The Brown-Forman Nutcracker. Additional Project Description: Originally created in 2009, the work will be updated with new choreography, staging, costume design, and scenic element
2026$12,000Purpose: To support the creation of a documentary and a school study guide based on the performance of choreographer Stephen Mills' work, Light: The Holocaust and Humanities Project. Additional Project Description: Advis
2014$15,000To support creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Val Caniparoli as part of the Repertoire Enhancement Project. In the past decade, the Repertoire Enhancement Project has added 40 ballets to the company
2012$20,000To support the acquisition and presentation of "Lady of the Camellias," by choreographer Val Caniparoli, as part of Louisville Ballet's Repertoire Enhancement Project. "Lady of the Camellias is based on the 1848 novel by
2011$20,000To support the Louisville Ballet's commission of a new work by resident choreographer Adam Hougland and production costs for "The Three Musketeers.
2010$20,000To support the continuance of the Louisville Ballet's repertory revitalization project. The company will add Coppelia to the repertoire and co-commission Val Caniparoli's The Seasons with the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
2009$10,000To support the presentation of works by choreographers Adam Hougland and Amy Siewart. The works will be presented by the Louisville Ballet at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$10,000To support the commissioning and presentation of a work by principal choreographer Adam Hougland and the re-staging of a ballet choreographed by Helen Pickett. The works will be presented at The Kentucky Center in Louisv
2007$10,000To support the presentation of works by choreographers Twyla Tharp, Mark Godden, and Helen Pickett. The works will be performed at the Kentucky Center.
2006$10,000To support the commissioning and presentation of new works. The company will present Val Caniparoli's Lambarena, and commission Adam Hougland to create a new work.
2006$15,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, an educational outreach program incorporating the presentation of Val Caniparolli's "Lambarena." The program integrates classical ballet with traditional Afric
2005$10,000To support the acquisition and commission of new dance works. The works include Four Last Songs by Ben Stevenson and a commissioned work by Adam Hougland.
2004$10,000To support the presentation of choreographer Paul Taylor's "Company B." The work will be presented as part of the mainstage series at the Kentucky Center's Whitney Hall.
2001$5,000To support presentation of works paying tribute to significant artists of the 1900s. The program will include Red Rose, by Stephen Mills of Ballet Austin; With Chaplin, by Amy Moore-Morton of Appalachian Ballet Company;
2000$10,000To support a Choreographer's Showcase. The Showcase will exhibit works by emerging choreographers from across the nation.
1999$7,500To support the creation of a new contemporary ballet entitled Lucy, the Ballet. This work will be choreographed by Louisville Ballet's Artistic Director Alun Jones and set to an original composition by Shirl Jae Atwell,

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