Dance nonprofit · Los Angeles, CA

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation

Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation is a tax-exempt dance organization based in Los Angeles, California, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1981. IRS activity category: Dance (A62).

$1.4M
latest revenue
$2.6M
total assets
1981
exempt since
12
NEA dance grants
EIN
95-3618350
Location
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2024-12
Income
$1,395,424

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$641K
2017$786.7K
2018$684.8K
2019$461.1K
2020$1.1M
2021$625.2K
2022$586K
2023$167.4K
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$167,397$595,231$94,476$1,825,943PDF
2022$586,017$546,389$515,668$2,248,469PDF
2021$625,221$612,593$484,308$2,166,428PDF
2020$1,058,759$441,886$929,049$2,147,249—
2019$461,089$699,716$106,014$1,527,582PDF
2018$684,830$842,401$198,530$1,806,321PDF
2017$786,686$659,909$181,114$1,950,649PDF
2016$640,984$675,996$204,674$1,802,069PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2021$10,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2017$30,000To support venue costs for the 2018 International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) conference in Los Angeles, and the creation and presentation of a new dance work on the company. The 2018 IABD conference is an educ
2011$10,000To support a national tour. The company will visit cities such as Sandpoint, Caldwell, and Moscow, Idaho; Olympia and Seattle, Washington; St. Louis; and Memphis.
2011$20,000To support the 23rd Annual "International Conference of Blacks in Dance" in consortium with the California African-American Museum. The conference will bring together dance professionals from across the United States, Ca
2010$10,000To support the presentation of performances in Los Angeles and on a national tour as part of the company's 30th anniversary. The company will also host the International Association of Blacks in Dance conference/festival
2009$15,000To support the commissioning of a new ballet by choreographer Christopher Huggins. The work will be performed at the company's 30th anniversary concert at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
2007$10,000To support the Inside View Studio Dance Series. The project will invite audiences to preview new works in the company's home studio.
2005$20,000To support the presentation of the company's 25th-anniversary home concert, showcase concerts at the International Association of Blacks in Dance conference in Los Angeles, and a United States tour.
2004$10,000To support the revival of works by Donald McKayle. The McKayle program will be performed at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles, CA.
2002$10,000To support creation of a new work, set to music by contemporary jazz artists with African influences. Lula Washington will choreograph "Experimentations in Jazz" to music by McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane, and Boujoubumbasti
2000$20,000To support the 20th Anniversary performances. The performances will include world premieres by Lula Washington (Rites of Spring - 2000) and Donald McKayle (Story Dance Theatre), and tour to several states.
1999$20,000To support a tour to rural sites in the South and research for Lula Washington's "Rites of Spring 2000" project. States on the tour include Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia.

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