First State Ballet Theatre INC

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To present professional Ballet performances to audiences throughout delaware, to provide superb Ballet training and performing opportunities to aspiring dancers, and to educate the delaware dance audience of the future.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 51-0394850) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 17 volunteers and 32 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $131K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
88% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$123K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
10.2 mo
of spending, in cash
10.2 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $116K
6 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Liabilities are 0% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 12 voting members
10 of 12 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$999K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$1.0M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$999K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$564K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$569K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$999K
Expenses
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$474K
FY2021$589K
FY2022$762K
FY2023$813K
FY2024$1.0M
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2024▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$436K
FY2021$878K
FY2022$686K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$1.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2000.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $893K Management & general 9% · $91K Fundraising 3% · $33K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $123K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director, Ex Off
$63,825Pt VII · Sec A
Artistic Director, Ex Offi
$59,245Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristina Kambalov’s $64K as Executive Director, Ex Off is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristina Kambalov$63,825$56,960$55,123$56,680$56,392
Pasha Kambalov$59,245$54,300$52,363$55,000$55,320

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Presents professional ballet, trains aspiring dancers, and educates future audiences.

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2 programs · $893K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Performances

First state ballet theatre is delaware's only professional ballet company and serves thousands of delawareans each year through our performances, our school, and our outreach programs. FSBT'S performing artists come from around the world to dance in our mainstage season at the grand opera house and other performances statewide.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 51-0394850) · Dispute this line
$530Kprogram expense
02

Education, Training and Outreach

The school of first state ballet theatre is delaware's leader in classical ballet training, with locations in wilmington and middletown. Each year, we bring internationally-recognized artists to delaware to teach our acclaimed programs.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 51-0394850) · Dispute this line
$363Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 6 funders$116K
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Grants paid · 5 grants · $104K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,062
Unitemized GrantFY2023$21,825
Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,685
Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,522
Unitemized GrantFY2020$20,887

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$999K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$475K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$398K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Money outPt IX
$1.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$893K
Managementcol C$91K
Fundraisingcol D$33K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$863K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$398K
Government grantsLn 1e$117K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$475K
Investment incomeLn 3$35K
Other incomeLn 4–11$91K
Total revenueLn 12$999K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$863K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$863K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$139K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$963K$863K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$58K$139K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$1.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$25K$25K
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$149K$127K$16K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$425K$368K$43K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$689$549$101$39
Payroll taxesLn 10$43K$35K$6K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$39K$25K$10K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$68K$66K$2K
TravelLn 17$14K$13K$500
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$12K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$197K$188K$3K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.0M$893K$91K$33K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 12, 2025 $999K$1.0M−$19K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 8, 2024 $1.1M$813K$335K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 4, 2023 $569K$762K−$192K$686K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 25, 2022 $1.0M$589K$442K$878K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 25, 2021 $564K$474K$91K$436K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990
Part I · Summary $998,554 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $680,034$397,506
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $405,572$475,091
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,669$34,860
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $56,241$91,097
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,147,516$998,554
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $21,825$25,062
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $507,945$618,595
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $283,061$373,529
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $812,831$1,017,186
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $334,685−$18,632
Part VI · Governance 10 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $998,554 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$1,255
VIII-1e Government grants$117,457
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$278,794
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$397,506
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $475,091$475,091
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $34,860$34,860
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $8,576$8,576
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $76,771 · Unrelated business $5,750$82,521
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $551,862 · Unrelated business $5,750 · Excluded from tax $43,436$998,554
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,017,186 across 14 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $25,062$25,062
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $127,446 · Management $16,194 · Fundraising $5,739$149,379
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $367,813 · Management $42,577 · Fundraising $14,668$425,058
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $549 · Management $101 · Fundraising $39$689
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,616 · Management $6,388 · Fundraising $2,465$43,469
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,700$8,700
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,798$7,798
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $17,517$17,517
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $25,466 · Management $9,579 · Fundraising $4,249$39,294
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $65,750 · Management $1,881$67,631
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,067 · Management $500$13,567
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,229$8,229
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,710 · Management $1,718$13,428
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $188,445 · Management $3,104 · Fundraising $5,816$197,365
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $893,468 · Management $90,742 · Fundraising $32,976$1,017,186
Part X · Balance sheet $1,002,076 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $963,068$863,079
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $57,640$138,997
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,020,708$1,002,076
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $709,208$640,576
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $311,500$361,500
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,020,708$1,002,076
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,020,708$1,002,076
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,002,076 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$998,554
XI-2 Total expenses$1,017,186
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$18,632
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,020,708
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,002,076

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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