Balletx produces original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$199K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 30% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$199K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $12.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.9 months of spending in cash, plus $12.2M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $19K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$940K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0M
-57% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$13.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2025▼ -57%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$11.6M
FY2025$5.0M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2025▲ +30%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$4.1M
FY2025$5.3M
Net assets
$13.2M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$5.5M
FY2024$13.1M
FY2025$13.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2002.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $4.1M Management & general 13% · $704K Fundraising 9% · $454K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $199K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Artistic & Executive Director
$199,327Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member at Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Christine Cox’s $199K as Artistic & Executive Director is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Christine Cox$199,327$164,385$157,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Creates new ballet dances that push artistic boundaries for everyone.

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3 programs · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Performance Series and World Premiere Commissions

Balletx's annual performance season in philadelphia features five series that showcase new collaborations, large-scale evening-length works, original scores, guest artists, and live music. The 2024-2025 season included: fall series, with a world premiere by marguerite donlon; balletx in bryn mawr, with world premieres by keelan whitmore…

$810Kprogram expense
02

Touring

In addition to philadelphia main stage performances, balletx participates in a growing number of national and international tours. In the 2024-2025 season, the company toured to the following venues: the joyce theater (new york, ny), the kennedy center (washington, DC), harris theater (chicago, il), laguna dance festival (laguna, ca)…

$433Kprogram expense
03

Dance Exchange

Dance exchange is balletx's in-school education program that introduces the basics of dance to elementary school students in a fun and structured environment that sparks curiosity and creativity through movement exercises, choreography, and live performance, while strengthening important life skills such as self-confidence, focus…

$214Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$19K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$545K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.1M
Managementcol C$704K
Fundraisingcol D$454K
Owns and owesPt X
$13.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$382K
Total assetsLn 16$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$940K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$545K
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$382K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$382K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$502K
Other assetsLn 15$527K
Total assetsLn 16$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$940K
Net assetsLn 32$13.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 526
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$338K$382K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.5M$12.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$400K$502K
Total assetsLn 16$14.0M$14.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$892K$940K
Net assetsLn 32$13.1M$13.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.4M$1.9M$292K$231K
Legal feesLn 11b$18K$18K
Accounting feesLn 11c$35K$35K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.3M$1.2M$93K$63K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$243K$216K$2K$26K
OccupancyLn 16$111K$2K$109K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$116K$116K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.1M$775K$156K$134K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M$4.1M$704K$454K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.0M$5.3M−$301K$13.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $11.6M$4.1M$7.6M$13.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.8M$3.5M$245K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.0M$3.1M$879K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.1M$2.4M$612K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.1M$2.4M−$228K$3.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $4,990,943 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,978,476$3,218,043
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,049,568$1,227,717
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $276,207$545,183
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $325,192$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,629,443$4,990,943
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,953,314$2,389,467
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,118,013$2,902,607
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,071,327$5,292,074
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $7,558,116−$301,131
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,990,943 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,218,043
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,218,043
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,227,717$1,227,717
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $545,183$545,183
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,227,717 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $545,183$4,990,943
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,292,074 across 8 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,866,731 · Management $291,547 · Fundraising $231,189$2,389,467
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $17,751$17,751
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $34,625$34,625
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,158,112 · Management $93,365 · Fundraising $63,277$1,314,754
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $215,985 · Management $1,766 · Fundraising $25,590$243,341
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,621 · Management $109,256$110,877
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $116,461$116,461
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $774,981 · Management $155,961 · Fundraising $133,856$1,064,798
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,133,891 · Management $704,271 · Fundraising $453,912$5,292,074
Part X · Balance sheet $14,151,122 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $338,208$382,053
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,049,311$446,232
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $73,854$53,645
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $399,723$502,319
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,500,930$12,239,738
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $595,250$527,135
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,957,276$14,151,122
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $128,963$139,812
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $165,814$270,817
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $597,662$529,530
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $892,439$940,159
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,430,142$5,591,267
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $8,634,695$7,619,696
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $13,064,837$13,210,963
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,957,276$14,151,122
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $13,210,963 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,990,943
XI-2 Total expenses$5,292,074
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$301,131
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$13,064,837
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$506,307
XI-7 Investment expenses−$59,050
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$13,210,963

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