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ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 13-2584273 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023
$48,075,183
Expenses 2023
$55,634,371

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A620
Classification
1200
Street
405 W 55TH 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).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO FURTHER THE PIONEERING VISION OF THE CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, AND CULTURAL LEADER ALVIN AILEY BY BUILDING AN EXTENDED CULTURAL COMMUNITY WHICH PROVIDES DANCE PERFORMANCES, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS FOR ALL PEOPLE. THIS PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY PLAYS A CRUCIAL SOCIAL ROLE, USING THE BEAUTY AND HUMANITY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND OTHER CULTURES TO UNITE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, AGES AND BACKGROUNDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO FURTHER THE PIONEERING VISION OF ALVIN AILEY.

  • ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: SEE SCHEDULE OFOUNDED BY ALVIN AILEY IN 1958, ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER NOW ANNUALLY REACHES ABOUT 300,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE COMPANY HAS PERFORMED IN 71 COUNTRIES ON 6 CONTINENTS FOR AN ESTIMATED 25 MILLION PEOPLE AT VENUES WORLDWIDE, PLUS TENS OF MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE VIA TELEVISION APPEARANCES. IN 2008, THE AILEY COMPANY WAS DESIGNATED "A VITAL AMERICAN CULTURAL AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD" BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. THE COMPANY CONSISTS OF THIRTY OF THE MOST TALENTED AND VERSATILE DANCERS IN THE WORLD, AND ITS DIVERSE REPERTORY IS UNPARALLELED IN MODERN DANCE. A TYPICAL ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER SEASON INCLUDES A U.S. TOUR TO OVER 20 CITIES, INTERNATIONAL TOURING, AND TWO ENGAGEMENTS IN ITS HOME BASE OF NEW YORK CITY: A SPRING ENGAGEMENT AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND A 5-WEEK WINTER ENGAGEMENT AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER, WHERE AILEY IS THE PRINCIPAL DANCE COMPANY AND HAS APPEARED ANNUALLY SINCE 1972.

    Expenses $21,129,963 · Revenue $11,828,073

  • AILEY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS: SEE SCHEDULE OTHROUGH THE AILEY SCHOOL, ITS ENTENSIVE ARTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND THE AILEY EXTENSION, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING DANCE INTO THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. FOUNDED IN 1969, THE AILEY SCHOOL IS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF DANCE AND SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF THE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER. THE SCHOOL OFFERS MORE THAN 300 CLASSES WEEKLY FOR AGES 3 THROUGH 25 IN A BROAD RANGE OF DANCE TECHNIQUES. THE SCHOOL'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE FOR TALENTED AND DESERVING STUDENTS; APPROXIMATELY 200 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED EACH YEAR AND THE MAJORITY OF FINACIAL ASSISTANCE GOES TO MINORITY STUDENTS. IN CONJUCTION WITH FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, THE AILEY SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE IN DANCE. EACH YEAR, AILEY ARTS IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVE POTENTIAL, BUILD SELF-ESTEEM, AND DEVELOP LIFE-SKILLS SUCH AS TEAMWORK AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE AILEYCAMP, A UNIQUE SUMMER DAY CAMP PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES; AILEY DANCE KIDS, WHICH PRESENTS DANCE CLASSES AND CROSS-CURRICULAR LESSONS TO APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NY AND NJ; REVELATIONS: AN INTERDISCIPLICARY APPROACH, A CURRICULUM-BASED INITIATIVE THAT USES ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER'S SIGNATURE PIECE TO TEACH ACADEMIC SUBJECTS IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE AILEY EXTENSION OFFERS DANCE AND FITNESS CLASSES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WITH MORE THAN 80 CLASSES EACH WEEK IN A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES INCLUDING HORTON, BALLET, WEST AFRICAN, AND ZUMBA. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2005, MORE THAN 125,000 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN CLASSES THROUGH THE AILEY EXTENSION.

    Expenses $18,259,171 · Grants $1,771,722 · Revenue $9,802,964

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $2,862,698 · Revenue $1,179,620

  • ANCILLARY ON-SITE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (STUDIO OPERATIONS AND RENTALS)

    Expenses $1,867,902 · Revenue $641,852

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BENNETT RINK

    TRUSTEE/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $695,535
    From this org
    $627,188
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,347
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $568,883
    Bonus
    $58,305
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,177
    Filer's total
    $695,535

  • ROBERT BATTLE

    TRUSTEE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (TO 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $594,519
    From this org
    $572,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,513
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $572,006
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,664
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,849
    Filer's total
    $594,519

  • ANTHONY KENDALL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DARIA WALLACH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JAISHRI KAPOOR

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • STEPHEN MERINGOFF

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ARTHUR MIRANTE II

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SELA THOMPSON COLLINS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOY ALLEN-ALTIMARE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOLEN ANDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ELEANOR APPLEWHAITE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LAURA CORB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • EDNA KANE WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SUZAN KEREERE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ROBERT KISSANE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANTHONY LEWIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LESLIE MAHERAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LUCINDA MARTINEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JACK PITTS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MUHAMMAD QUBBAJ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LATA REDDY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • OTI ROBERTS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DANIELLE ROBINSON PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CARA SABIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOAN WEILL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $48,075,183
    Expenses
    $55,634,371
    Contributions
    $13,220,165
    Grants paid
    $1,771,722
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $37,156,403
    Expenses
    $48,268,877
    Contributions
    $12,208,696
    Grants paid
    $1,366,994

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
    $49,395,909
    Expenses
    $42,437,715
    Assets (EOY)
    $257,662,922

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $57,516,021
    Expenses
    $28,323,083
    Assets (EOY)
    $281,510,008

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $40,132,303
    Expenses
    $42,630,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,568,695

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,602,296
    Expenses
    $45,352,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $224,173,655

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $48,064,632
    Expenses
    $43,800,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $219,046,797

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

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.