Ballet nonprofit · New Orleans, LA

New Orleans Ballet Association

New Orleans Ballet Association is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in New Orleans, Louisiana, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1971. IRS activity category: Performing arts centers (A610).

$2.9M
latest revenue
$5.6M
total assets
1971
exempt since
34
NEA dance grants
EIN
23-7122403
Location
New Orleans, LA 70112
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$3,201,418

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$2M
2017$1.6M
2018$1.8M
2019$2M
2020$2M
2021$1.1M
2022$2.3M
2023$2.2M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$2,192,664$2,184,122$1,365,627$4,159,704—
2022$2,290,837$2,108,436$1,431,484$4,179,285PDF
2021$1,070,022$716,312$798,927$4,025,967PDF
2020$2,010,051$1,846,726$1,214,699$3,631,287PDF
2019$1,996,282$1,993,279$1,231,907$3,519,444PDF
2018$1,810,828$1,844,458$1,251,987$3,391,525PDF
2017$1,597,422$1,594,263$1,120,984$3,585,086PDF
2016$2,038,178$2,069,594$1,550,106$3,615,244PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$60,000Purpose: To support a series of dance performances and accompanying education programs, in celebration of America250. Additional Project Description: NOBA will collaborate with local partners to present companies such as
2024$40,000Purpose: To support artistic fees for the presentation of dance performances and educational programs for all ages. Additional Project Description: NOBA will present various dance companies to include: Spain's Compañia N
2023$50,000Purpose: To support presentations of dance performances complemented by education programs for all ages. Additional Project Description: NOBA will present dance companies such as Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, MO
2022$50,000Purpose: To support artistic fees for dance performances, complemented by education programs for all ages. Additional Project Description: The company will present performances reflecting the many cultures of the central
2021$50,000To support general operating costs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020$50,000To support a 50th anniversary concert celebration and related activities. The concert will feature several international dancers performing contemporary and classical works. It will also feature the restaging of David Pa
2019$45,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and engagement programs. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, NOBA will present a special concert featuring artists from its presenting history. Fol
2018$40,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and outreach programs. NOBA will present a diverse season that includes new commissioned work, and many community engagement opportunities such as lect
2017$50,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and outreach programs. NOBA will present a diverse season that includes culturally specific dance companies, new commissioned work, and many community
2016$40,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related educational and outreach programs. Presentations will include Che Malabmo (Argentina) and U.S. companies Ailey II and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Through dance
2015$40,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related educational and outreach programs. Presentations include Black Grace (New Zealand) and Union Tanguera (France). U.S. companies include Twyla Tharp, Dance Theatre
2014$40,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related educational and outreach programs. 5/20/15, amend 1: per FDR, artist substitutions. LL
2013$50,000To support the presentation of dance companies and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include Jessica Lang, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, among others.
2012$50,000To support the presentation of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include Shen Wei Dance Arts, Stephen Petronio Company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Ko
2011$50,000To support the presentation of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Presentations will include the companies of David Parsons, Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Trey McIntyre Project in collaboration
2010$45,000To support the presentation of a series of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. The performances and related events will close the New Orleans Ballet Association's 40th anniversary.
2009$40,000To support the presentation of a series of dance performances and related education and outreach programs. Companies will be presented at a variety of venues throughout New Orleans.
2009$50,000To support the reconstruction and restaging of a work by choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-93), and related educational programs. The comprehensive project will include a residency by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, a
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$30,000To support the presentation of a series of dance companies and education and outreach programs. Companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings.
2007$30,000To support a series of dance performances and education and outreach activities. Companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings.
2006$20,000To support a series of dance performances and educational outreach activities. Companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings.
2006$20,000To support, through a Chairman's extraordinary action award, the presentation of The Joffrey Ballet and the Parsons Dance Company, with accompanying education and outreach programs. The companies will be presented on the
2005$15,000To support a series of dance performances and educational outreach activities. Modern, ballet and ethnic dance will be presented by national and international companies on the concert stage and in community settings.
2004$20,000To support a dance residency by Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, a consortium project in partnership with the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The project will offer residency activities such as workshops, master classes,
2004$15,000To support a series of dance performances and educational outreach activities. Local, national and international companies will be presented on the concert stage and in community settings.
2003$15,000To support the presentation of a series of dance companies representing modern, ballet, and ethnic dance. National, international, and local dance companies will perform in 17 concerts.
2002$10,000To support a consortium project of Ailey II residency activities. The residency will consist of lecture demonstrations, master classes, and two concerts at the Orpheum Theater.
2002$10,000To support two dance presentations. Evidence, Inc. and Doug Varone and Dancers will be presented on the concert stage as well as in community settings throughout greater New Orleans.
2001$10,000To support up to two dance presentations and related activities. A Celebration of African American Dance II will feature Garth Fagan Dance and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
2000$20,000To support the Celebration of Black Dance. The celebration will include presentation of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
1999$20,000To support the In Motion Community Partnership Initiative. This project will include residencies by Parsons Dance Company and the New Orleans Ballet Association's New Orleans Dance Collective and Apprentice Corps.
1998$25,000To support residencies, master classes, and the presentation of Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Met's "Beauty and the Beast," and the Sydney Dance Company. Ballet presentations have expanded over the past four years from five t
1998$30,000To support the Louisiana Presenters Network, a statewide consortium of arts organizations, institutions of higher learning, and local arts agencies in commissioning and sponsoring an extended statewide residency for Dona

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