Ballet nonprofit · San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Ballet Association

San Francisco Ballet Association is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in San Francisco, California, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1961. IRS activity category: Ballet (A630).

$70.8M
latest revenue
$49.2M
total assets
1961
exempt since
25
NEA dance grants
EIN
94-1415298
Location
San Francisco, CA 94102
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$124,917,706

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$51.3M
2017$51.6M
2018$54.3M
2019$53.1M
2020$42.3M
2021$32.8M
2022$63.6M
2023$59.8M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$59,752,588$60,754,433$32,844,330$38,436,381—
2022$63,638,947$53,441,529$38,232,184$37,086,752PDF
2021$32,776,998$39,300,401$22,551,597$40,889,067PDF
2020$42,335,157$51,159,678$24,632,543$42,362,954PDF
2019$53,062,172$56,727,767$26,104,832$47,319,813PDF
2018$54,309,312$56,180,481$27,972,227$52,559,268PDF
2017$51,630,974$52,071,292$23,438,818$56,513,446—
2016$51,329,409$49,893,264$25,261,891$58,763,496PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$40,000Purpose: To support personnel costs for San Francisco Ballet's artist development programs. Additional Project Description: Through its Creation House program, the organization will offer a residency for a choreographer
2021$25,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVD-19 pandemic.
2020$45,000To support the creation and presentation of a new ballet. Alongside the performances, the company will offer a range of educational opportunities to the community related to the new works, allowing participants to explor
2019$40,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Cathy Marston. The work will be presented to the public at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco.
2018$50,000To support the creation and presentation of new ballets and a company premiere. Liam Scarlett and Yuri Possokhov will create two new repertory ballets. In addition, Benjamin Millepied will work with company dancers to pr
2017$60,000To support the creation and presentation of dances as part of Unbound: A Festival of New Works. The goal of the festival is to advance contemporary ballet and encourage emerging choreographers to make new work. New works
2016$60,000To support the creation and presentation of new ballets. Liam Scarlett, artist-in-residence at the Royal Ballet, will create a full-length story ballet based on "Frankenstein." Choreographers Christopher Wheeldon and Yur
2015$70,000To support the creation and presentation of several new ballets. The choreographers are yet to be determined, but leading up to the premieres, the artists and their works will be highlighted on the company's various digi
2014$70,000To support the creation and presentation of several new ballets. New works are tentatively scheduled to include commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov, and Alexei Ratma
2013$75,000To support the creation and presentation of new ballets by several choreographers. Choreographers such as artistic director Helgi Tomasson and Alexei Ratmanksy as well as others will be commissioned to create new works.
2012$70,000To support the creation and presentation of new works by several choreographers. Choreographers such as artistic director Helgi Tomasson, choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov, Wayne McGregor, Mark Morris, and Christ
2011$85,000To support the creation and presentation of new works by several choreographers, including choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov. The project includes audience-engagement activities, such as community matinees for st
2010$95,000To support the creation and presentation of new works. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.
2009$95,000To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer in Residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances and related education programs will take place
2008$90,000To support the creation and presentation of new works, including commissions by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer-in-Residence Yuri Possokhov. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial
2007$90,000To support the creation and presentation of world premieres during the company's 75th Anniversary festival. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.
2006$100,000To support the creation and presentation of new works. Performances will take place at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House, and will be supplemented with a variety of education and outreach activities organized by t
2005$100,000To support the creation and presentation of new works. Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Lar Lubovitch will create world premieres for the company.
2004$100,000To support the creation and presentation of new works. The works will include the acquisition of Jerome Robbins' The Dybbuk Variations.
2003$80,000To support the presentation of work by George Balanchine and Frederick Ashton.
2002$70,000To support the creation and presentation of works by emerging and established choreographers. The company will commission works by choreographers Stanton Welch, Julia Adam, and Alexei Ratmansky.
2001$70,000To support commissions and presentations by emerging and established choreographers. Choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, Stanton Welch, and Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson will create new works for the company that wil
2000$70,000To support the acquisition, commission, and presentation of classical and contemporary ballets; and associated educational outreach programs. New choreography by Mark Morris, Lar Lubovitch, Val Caniparoli, and Helgi Toma
1999$100,000To support the commission and acquisition of ballets for an American Works Program as part of San Francisco Ballet's 67th repertory season. The program will focus on ballets by the country's leading classical and contemp
1998$100,000To support the creation and presentation of ballets by choreographers Helgi Tomasson and Mark Morris, acquisition of repertory by Kenneth MacMillan, and encore performances of new works premiered in 1997-98. This project

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