Ballet nonprofit · Denver, CO

Colorado Ballet Company

Colorado Ballet Company is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in Denver, Colorado, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1964. IRS activity category: Ballet (A630).

$17.6M
latest revenue
$19.5M
total assets
1964
exempt since
13
NEA dance grants
EIN
84-6038137
Location
Denver, CO 80204
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (gross receipts)
Latest tax period
2025-06
Income
$18,031,886

Financial history (Form 990)

2016$7.5M
2017$8.1M
2018$8.8M
2019$10.7M
2020$9.8M
2021$6.8M
2022$15.6M
2023$15.7M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2023$15,682,057$13,084,155$4,405,973$19,078,285PDF
2022$15,572,511$11,179,565$8,433,042$17,371,556PDF
2021$6,810,806$4,783,468$5,828,092$12,835,924—
2020$9,808,216$9,393,810$3,327,496$10,776,318PDF
2019$10,705,778$9,579,548$3,074,814$9,653,805PDF
2018$8,832,061$8,175,994$2,455,515$8,139,887PDF
2017$8,146,661$7,867,895$2,326,168$7,956,985PDF
2016$7,461,499$7,151,183$1,999,755$8,016,675PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2026$20,000Purpose: To support a sensory-friendly performance of Don Quixote. Additional Project Description: The sensory-friendly ballet performance will feature a range of adaptations, including a pre-show narrative; special trai
2020$10,000To support Colorado Ballet's virtual performances. Performances of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Alice (in wonderland) were presented virtually to schools, homeschools, and other organizations.
2018$30,000To support Colorado Ballet's collaboration with fellow Denver dance companies Wonderbound and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Garrett Ammon, artistic director of Wonderbound and Cleo Parker Robinson will each create a new wo
2016$20,000To support the restaging of choreographer Antony Tudor's "Pillar of Fire" and the Antony Tudor Dance Studies professional development program. "Pillar of Fire", premiering at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts in
2010$10,000To support the creation of a new work choreographed by Brian Reeder, and the acquisition of Antony Tudor's "Echoing of Trumpets." The ballets will be performed as part of a mixed repertory program at the Ellie Caulkins O
2009$10,000To support the creation and presentation of new ballets choreographed by Amy Seiwert and Edwaard Liang. The ballets will be performed at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2008$15,000To support the creation and presentation of a touring school dance show. The show will include multimedia elements, dance exercise for students, and performances by Colorado Ballet's Studio Company.
2007$10,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work by choreographer Jessica Lang. The work will be performed at Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House as part of a program titled "Dance Creations: Expect the Unexpected.
2005$10,000To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Rennie Harris. The work will be a fusion of ballet and hip hop and the world premiere will be at the Paramount Theatre in Denver.
2003$10,000To support the commissioning of a new work by Doug Varone. It will be presented at the Joyce Theater in New York.
2001$5,000To support the presentation of a program of up to three ballets. The program, titled "Made in the U.S.A.", will feature George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, and new works by choreographers Donald McKayle and James Wall
1999$5,000To support the educational programming of the Kirkland Dance Project. The project is a work of contemporary ballet choreographed by Artistic Director Martin Fredmann in response to the works of Colorado painter Vance Kir

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