Ballet nonprofit · Salt Lake Cty, UT

Ballet West

Ballet West is a tax-exempt ballet organization based in Salt Lake Cty, Utah, recognized as exempt by the IRS in 1963. IRS activity category: Ballet (A630).

$22.5M
latest revenue
$31.9M
total assets
1963
exempt since
23
NEA dance grants
EIN
87-0264274
Location
Salt Lake Cty, UT 84101
Tax status
501(c)(3) · donations deductible
Classification
Publicly supported (government)
Latest tax period
2025-07
Income
$22,834,921

Financial history (Form 990)

2018$1.4M
2018$13.1M
2019$13.5M
2020$12M
2021$15.2M
2022$17.2M
2023$19.3M
2024$21.2M
YearRevenueExpensesContributionsAssets990
2024$21,208,554$18,320,655$9,773,076$27,229,482PDF
2023$19,332,593$15,978,174$9,748,342$24,636,932PDF
2022$17,158,931$13,543,363$8,788,265$14,080,358PDF
2021$15,216,455$10,557,721$11,160,047$13,048,580—
2020$11,968,469$12,856,597$5,372,770$9,757,365PDF
2019$13,524,982$13,271,323$5,505,338$10,333,103PDF
2018$1,389,546$1,228,670$160,294$10,265,419PDF
2018$13,148,240$13,695,872$5,269,501$11,174,110PDF

National Endowment for the Arts grants

YearAmountProject
2021$10,000To support a partnership with Sundance Institute for choreographers and composers at the Choreographic Festival. The Choreographic Festival hosts national and international ballet companies to perform in Salt Lake City.
2020$10,000To support the planning and rehearsals for a commission by choreographer Jennifer Archibald. Archibald is the Artistic Director of Arch Dance Company and Resident Choreographer at Cincinnati Ballet.
2019$15,000To support Ballet West's Choreographic Festival. The festival, formerly known as the National Choreographic Festival, will invite national and international ballet companies to perform in Salt Lake City. Ballet West will
2018$15,000To support the presentation and promotion of new ballet works at the National Choreographic Festival. The 2018 festival will focus on the perspective and leadership of female choreographers, female artists, and female ar
2017$20,000To support the Ballet West National Choreographic Festival. Designed as a launching pad for the development of new works for each company, the festival will feature performances by Ballet West, as well as several invited
2016$20,000To support the commissioning of new works for Ballet West's Innovations 2016 production. Innovations was created in 2007 by Artistic Director Adam Sklute to provide a platform for new, experimental choreography for renow
2015$25,000To support the development and presentation of a new ballet by choreographer Helen Pickett. The work, titled "Games," is a re-imagining of choreographer Vaslav Nijinksy's "Jeux," set to the last orchestra work of the sam
2014$20,000To support the creation and presentation of a new work titled "Great Souls," by Ballet West dancer and choreographer Christopher Ruud. Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven, the work will be created around the theme of lo
2013$30,000To support the creation and presentation of "The Rite of Spring," by choreographer Nicolo Fonte, to commemorate the centenary of this work. The work will be performed to music by Igor Stravinsky, and Fonte plans to creat
2012$20,000To support the creation and presentation of "The Lottery," choreographed by Val Caniparoli. The first major commissioned work under the leadership of artistic director dam Sklute, "The Lottery" is based on the American s
2011$20,000To support the presentation of the annual Innovations program for emerging choreographers to create new works. Prior to the premiere, artistic director Adam Sklute will facilitate a "Viewpointe" panel discussion featurin
2009$10,000To support the presentation of "Treasures of the Ballet Russes," a celebration of the centennial anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's influential ballet company. The celebration will include performances of Bronislava Nijins
2009$50,000To support the preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.
2007$20,000To support the presentation of Twyla Tharpe's NINE SINATRA SONGS. The work will be presented at the Capital Theatre in Salt Lake City, UT.
2006$30,000To support the presentation of John Butler's CARMINA BURANA. The work will be performed at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, UT, and as part of the company's education and outreach programs for Utah elementary and s
2005$30,000To support the presentation of Echoing of Trumpets, by British choreographer Antony Tudor.
2004$30,000To support the presentation of "Carmen," choreographed by Amedeo Amodio. The work is the contemporary retelling of the opera, and is set to the score by Georges Bizet.
2003$25,000To support the presentation of Glen Tetley's RITE OF SPRING. The piece will be presented in Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre.
2002$20,000To support the presentation of up to two new works. The works include Black Cake by Hans van Manen and Ghost Dances by Christopher Bruce.
2001$20,000To support the presentation of William Forsythe's ballet IN THE MIDDLE, SOME- WHAT ELEVATED. The piece will be performed in Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre.
2000$30,000To support the revival of a 1950 Willam Christensen ballet, "Nothing Doing Bar." The work will be recreated with costumes and sets in the same style as the original.
1999$30,000To support the presentation of two new works for Ballet West's 1998-99 season. The first work is a new piece by Val Caniparoli and the second work is Polish Pieces by Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen.
1998$50,000To support development of a long-range plan and marketing assessment for Ballet West. This project is necessitated by a number of changes occurring at Ballet West and its home community, Salt Lake City. The company has a

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