SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A630

Classification

1200

Street

455 FRANKLIN ST 3RD FLR

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Mission and programs · 2024

• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET'S LEGACY AND REPUTATION HAVE EARNED ITS PLACE AMONG THE WORLD'S LEADING BALLET COMPANIES. THE COMPANY UNDERTOOK ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL TOUR SINCE 2019 AND FIRST UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TAMARA ROJO. THIS TOUR MARKS THE FIRST-EVER ENGAGEMENT IN MADRID, SPAIN. ON OUR HOME STAGE AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE, COMPANY PRESENTED A RANGE OF CLASSICAL, NEOCLASSICAL, AND CONTEMPORARY BALLETS INCLUDING 37 NUTCRACKER, 16 FRANKENSTEIN, 10 MANON, 8 RAYMONDA, AND 21 PERFORMANCES COVERING THREE MIXED BILL PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL SPRING FESTIVAL FEATURED SFBS STUDENTS IN TWO PERFORMANCES.

  Expenses $48,121,571 · Revenue $24,458,025

• THE ASSOCIATION OPERATES SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL AND A STUDENT RESIDENCE. OVER 800 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL AND 60 ADVANCED STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD RESIDE IN THE STUDENT RESIDENCE. THE BALLET SCHOOL CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED AND TAUGHT BY AN EMINENT FACULTY, EMPHASIZING A STRONG CLASSICAL TECHNIQUE AND A FLOW OF MOVEMENT THAT SUGGESTS A SENSE OF ENERGY, FREEDOM, AND JOY REFLECTING THE KIND OF DANCING FAVORED BY THE COMPANY. (SEE SCH. O) STUDENTS AGES 2 TO 18 FOLLOW A STRUCTURED SEQUENCE OF TRAINING DESIGNED TO INCREASE THEIR TECHNICAL SKILLS, STAMINA, AND DISCIPLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR AGE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM VARIES ACCORDING TO AGE AND ABILITY AND INCLUDES CLASSES IN BALLET TECHNIQUE, POINTE WORK, PAS DE DEUX, BATTERIE, CONDITIONING, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, AND MUSIC. DROP-IN BALLET CLASSES FOR ADULT DANCERS AND A PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S REACH MORE THAN 1500 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY. THE SCHOOL ALSO OPERATES A SUMMER SESSION THAT BRINGS AN ADDITIONAL 240 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR RIGOROUS BALLET TRAINING. THE BALLET SCHOOL PROVIDES A LIMITED NUMBER OF TUITION AND HOUSING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR FINANCIAL NEED OR POTENTIAL TO ACHIEVE A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN BALLET, AS WELL AS TO TALENTED STUDENTS RECRUITED FROM SF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. NEARLY 70% OF THE DANCERS IN THE BALLET'S PROFESSIONAL COMPANY TRAINED IN THE SCHOOL. STUDENTS HAVE ALSO GONE ON TO DANCE WITH SUCH COMPANIES AS AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE, ATLANTA BALLET, BOSTON BALLET, ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET, DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET, HAMBURG BALLET, HOUSTON BALLET, MIAMI CITY BALLET, NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA, NEW YORK CITY BALLET, OREGON BALLET THEATRE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET, PHILADELPHIA BALLET, PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND BALLET, ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET, VIANNA OPERA BALLET, AND WASHINGTON BALLET AMONG OTHERS. SEMINARS ON NUTRITION, PSYCHOLOGY, AND RELATED ISSUES ARE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BALLET SCHOOL ALSO OPERATES SUMMER SESSIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED DANCERS FROM AROUND THE US AND ABROAD. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDES PRE-BALLET CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-7, ADULT OPEN BALLET CLASSES, REPERTORY WORKSHOPS, AND CLASSES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S.

  Expenses $6,969,663 · Grants $1,235,364 · Revenue $7,133,611

• THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES DANCE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS TO YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE IN K-12 SCHOOLS, AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE, IN THE CHRIS HELLMAN CENTER FOR DANCE, AND IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, OFTEN IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND SERVE NEARLY 50,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ANNUALLY. THE DANCE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES (DISC) PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST OFFERING TARGETING YOUTH AND IT PROVIDES FREE, STANDARDS-BASED DANCE EDUCATION TO APPROXIMATELY 3000 STUDENTS IN 37 SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EARLY EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH AN ANNUAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM. TALENTED STUDENTS ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO JOIN SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL ON SCHOLARSHIP.

  Expenses $720,482

• THE ARTISTS RESERVE FUND IS ESTABLISHED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BALLET AND THE AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS (AGMA), THE DANCERS AND STAGE MANAGERS UNION. EACH YEAR, A COMMITTEE OF BALLET REPRESENTATIVES, ARTISTS, AND A UNION REPRESENTATIVE MEET TO GRANT MONEY FROM THE ARTISTS' RESERVE FUND TO ELIGIBLE ARTISTS TO ASSIST WITH FUNDING FOR THEIR CAREER TRANSITION ACTIVITIES.RENTAL INCOME - THE ASSOCIATION RENTS OUT ITS CONFERENCE ROOM AND STUDIO SPACE. IN ADDITION, THE ASSOCIATION PERIODICALLY RENTS OUT SETS AND COSTUMES TO OTHER BALLET COMPANIES AND DANCERS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE BALLET'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.

  Expenses $63,933 · Grants $63,933 · Revenue $75,167

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $70,780,810

  Expenses

  $67,149,540

  Contributions

  $39,698,287

  Grants paid

  $1,299,297

• 2023

  Revenue

  $70,408,508

  Expenses

  $64,170,654

  Contributions

  $38,640,446

  Grants paid

  $1,638,297

• 2022

  Revenue

  $59,752,588

  Expenses

  $60,754,433

  Contributions

  $32,844,330

  Grants paid

  $1,583,765

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $63,638,947

  Expenses

  $53,441,529

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,086,752

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $32,776,998

  Expenses

  $39,300,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,889,067

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $42,335,157

  Expenses

  $51,159,678

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,362,954

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $53,062,172

  Expenses

  $56,727,767

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,319,813

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $54,309,312

  Expenses

  $56,180,481

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,559,268

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $10,813,438

  2022 · THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION GENERAL OPERATIONS

• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $10,280,468

  2024 · THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION GENERAL OPERATIONS.

• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $5,280,468

  2023 · THE PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION GENERAL OPERATIONS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,316,020

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $990,070

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $734,630

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $672,615

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $578,770

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $489,904

  2023 · SPECIFICALLY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL AND FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR THE JANUARY 2024 GALA FUNDRAISE. FOR THE HELGI TOMASSON STUDIO & HELGI TOMASSON ENDOWMENT FUND. FOR THE CORNERSTONE CAMPAIGN. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT, PER 2023 OPENING NIGHT GALA FUNDRAISING. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE SENSORY FRIENDLY PRODUCTION AND AWARENESS EFFORTS.

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $445,427

  2024 · FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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