- Revenue 2024
- $29,482,227
- Expenses 2024
- $32,715,149
Program services were 86.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A630
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 301 MERCER ST
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET FOUNDATION
EIN 91-1736971
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association's (PNB) mission is to set new standards for artistic excellence, innovation and creativity; attract the most talented dancers, choreographers, musicians, collaborative artists, staff and volunteers; educate and develop dance artists as well as enthusiasts; captivate a devoted, supportive, growing and diverse audience; and strengthen our financial and organizational foundation.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association works to stimulate, promote and develop interest in dance and related arts in the Pacific Northwest through professional ballet performances, ballet and recreational dance instruction, and community outreach and education.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet company (PNB) consists of 47 dancers and a live orchestra that annually present six repertory productions of full-length and mixed repertory ballets, and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker(R) at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall that are attended by more than 200,000 adults and children. PNB also performed on tour in Washington DC. Our programming reflects PNB's dedication to making ballet accessible to people of all ages and from all walks of life. We accomplish this by showcasing traditional ballet and innovative contemporary choreography, providing live orchestra music, offering behind-the-scenes experiences, and cultivating new generations of arts participants and enthusiasts through dance education and engagement.
Expenses $22,149,005 · Grants $38,196 · Revenue $14,636,427
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PNB School is regarded as one of the preeminent ballet institutions in the nation, setting the standard for excellence in training. Our Professional Division and Summer Course attract and train talented students from around the United States and the world. The School offers a complete professional curriculum to about 900 students annually and plays an instrumental role in the developing the Company's distinctive style. Students perform in an end of the year performance, and with the company as needed. The School also offers recreational dance instruction. Scholarships totaling over $550,000 are offered to help attract and retain promising young artists. The School has a faculty of 32 instructors and 24 piano accompanists at two locations.
Expenses $5,689,668 · Grants $33,661 · Revenue $4,760,109
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Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) Community Education program reaches nearly 20,000 community members, including students, teachers, and families through in-school programming, visits to PNB studios, specially-priced student matinees, and community partnerships. We offer residencies for students grades Pre-K to 12, as well as teacher workshops, training and curriculum development. PNB's general audience education includes studio previews and discussions with choreographers and artists.
Expenses $349,176 · Revenue $112,426
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Conditioning uses the Pilates method to help people from all walks of life strengthen and sculpt their bodies. The Pilates sessions develop core strength and stability, increase flexibility, and work for any fitness level.
Expenses $106,339 · Revenue $144,121
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Peter Boal
Artistic Director
- Total calculated
- $537,972
- From this org
- $493,517
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $44,455
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $482,517
- Bonus
- $11,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $52,146
- Nontaxable benefits
- $29,809
- Filer's total
- $575,472
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Ellen Walker
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $411,737
- From this org
- $385,251
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,486
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $374,251
- Bonus
- $11,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,730
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,756
- Filer's total
- $411,737
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Lia Chiarelli
Chief Marketing & Advancement Officer
- Total calculated
- $211,630
- From this org
- $177,134
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,496
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $177,134
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,180
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,316
- Filer's total
- $211,630
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Emil de Cou
Music Director/Principal Conductor
- Total calculated
- $207,102
- From this org
- $183,698
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,404
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $183,698
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,405
- Filer's total
- $207,103
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David Thorpe
Chief Financial Officer
- Total calculated
- $168,151
- From this org
- $148,783
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,368
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $148,783
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,084
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,284
- Filer's total
- $168,151
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Dustin Lucien Postlewaite
Principal Dancer
- Total calculated
- $151,508
- From this org
- $121,290
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,218
- Hours/week
- 30
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $121,290
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $15,886
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,332
- Filer's total
- $151,508
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Ellexandra Macy
Principal Dancer
- Total calculated
- $149,862
- From this org
- $122,676
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,186
- Hours/week
- 30
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Dylan Wald
Principal Dancer
- Total calculated
- $148,225
- From this org
- $122,787
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,438
- Hours/week
- 30
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Kyle Davis
Principle Dancer
- Total calculated
- $148,097
- From this org
- $124,779
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,318
- Hours/week
- 30
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Ezra Thompson
Rehearsal Director
- Total calculated
- $145,831
- From this org
- $124,779
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,052
- Hours/week
- 30
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Lynn Lindsay
Assistant Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Toni Hoover
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Lynne Graybeal
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Dan Kingston
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Donna Barnett
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Aya Hamilton
Immediate Past Chair & VP Fund Development
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mariana Keller
VP of Board Development
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sue Buske
Vice President of Education
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joan Fitzmaurice
Vice President of Governance & Immed Past Pres.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Peter Horvitz
VP At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 1 related
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Carl Behnke
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melissa Chadwick
Assistant Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jon Conte
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sharon Falkner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jerald Farley
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $29,482,227
- Expenses
- $32,715,149
- Contributions
- $9,352,947
- Grants paid
- $512,802
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2023
- Revenue
- $37,179,777
- Expenses
- $31,603,969
- Contributions
- $16,728,319
- Grants paid
- $1,227,984
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2022
- Revenue
- $25,475,416
- Expenses
- $29,947,572
- Contributions
- $7,499,821
- Grants paid
- $683,330
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
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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $38,841,685
- Expenses
- $28,745,977
- Assets (EOY)
- $27,529,180
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $12,920,719
- Expenses
- $14,887,792
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,925,584
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $24,911,742
- Expenses
- $25,196,894
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,272,549
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $25,658,567
- Expenses
- $27,025,490
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,243,445
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $27,565,667
- Expenses
- $26,558,316
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,395,829
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
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation
$1,159,979
2023 Bequests received by PNB Association have been designated by its Board of Trustees to PNB Association's supporting foundation for investment in its endowment.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation
$611,626
2022 Bequests received by PNB Association have been designated by its Board of Trustees to PNB Association's supporting foundation for investment in its endowment.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation
$406,145
2024 Bequests received by PNB Association have been designated by its Board of Trustees to PNB Association's supporting foundation for investment in its endowment.
Grants received
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET FOUNDATION
$1,214,000
2024 To support the mission of Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET FOUNDATION
$1,107,000
2023 To support the mission of Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET FOUNDATION
$1,005,000
2022 To support the mission of Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$424,222
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 GENERAL 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.
Declared on its 2024 return
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Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation
501(c)(3) · Endowment investment for PNBA · WA · controlled entity
Declared as related by
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET FOUNDATION
On its 2024 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related partnerships on its 2024 return
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Song & Dance LLC
Related · Gift Shop · WA · 50% owned · share of income $136,559 · share of assets $360,227 · general or managing partner
California fundraising campaigns
Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.
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DCM INC.
$289,463 raised
2024 Commercial Fundraiser
$151,182 to charity
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DCM INC.
$77,715 raised
2024 Commercial Fundraiser
$26,029 to charity
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DCM INC.
$20,640 raised
2024 Commercial Fundraiser
$8,369 to charity
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DCM INC.
$248,743 raised
2023 Commercial Fundraiser
$115,313 to charity
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DCM INC.
$77,082 raised
2023 Commercial Fundraiser
$25,675 to charity
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DCM INC.
$61,768 raised
2023 Commercial Fundraiser
$25,034 to charity
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DCM INC.
$364,017 raised
2022 Commercial Fundraiser
$166,588 to charity
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DCM INC.
$137,104 raised
2021 Commercial Fundraiser
$93,340 to charity
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DCM INC.
$80,563 raised
2021 Commercial Fundraiser
$58,281 to charity
Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.