Jerome Robbins Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6021425. Reported 411 grants totalling $5,312,300 to 122 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Jerome Robbins Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,250 and $11,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Robbins Dance Division Nypl for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $904,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Joyce Theater | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baryshnikov Arts Center | New York, NY | $169,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet | Seattle, WA | $162,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami City Ballet | Miami Beach, FL | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Ballet Theatre | New York, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Stage & Film | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| School of American Ballet | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carolina Ballet | Raleigh, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Center | New York, NY | $79,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eugene O'neill Theater Center | Waterford, CT | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Joffrey Ballet | Chicago, IL | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boston Ballet | Boston, MA | $64,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancenyc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gina Gibney Dance | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Ballet | Houston, TX | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Works & Process | New York, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Martha Graham Dance Company | New York, NY | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Louis Ballet | Chesterfield, MO | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Ballet | Philadelphia, PA | $49,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ripe Time | Brooklyn, NY | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Ballet | Kansas City, MO | $45,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paul Taylor Dance Company | New York, NY | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Hispanico | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Danspace Project | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Live Arts | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Watermill Center | Water Mill, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Field | New York, NY | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Performance Space New York | New York, NY | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dixon Place | New York, NY | $36,625 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mark Morris Dance Group | Brooklyn, NY | $36,625 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ann's Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | $36,625 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet West | Salt Lake City, UT | $36,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clubbed Thumb | New York, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Mama Experimental Theatre Club | New York, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mint Theater Company | New York, NY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Dance Institute | New York, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Queens Theatre in the Park | Flushing Meadows, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Signature Theatre Company | New York, NY | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Dance Machine for the 21ST Century | New York, NY | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sarasota Ballet | Sarasota, FL | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Theater | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hemsley Lighting Program | Ansonia Station, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orchestra of St Lukes | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playrights Horizons | New York, NY | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Tech School | New York, NY | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Transport Group Theatre Company | New York, NY | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Shakespeare Theater | Orangeburg, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dance Heginbotham | New York, NY | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre | Pittsburgh, PA | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Stage | New York, NY | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Kitchen | New York, NY | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Theatre | New York, NY | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Tap Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Independent Artists Co Stefanie Batten Bland | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY | $24,375 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alvin Ailey Dance American Foundation | New York, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Theatre Workshop | New York, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY | $22,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| York Theatre Company | New York, NY | $22,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dance Theatre of Harlem | New York, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jose Limon Dance Foundation | New York, NY | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Balletcollective | New York, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jacob's Pillow | Becket, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vail Valley Foundation Vail International Dance Festival | Avon, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victory Dance | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mccarter Theater | Princeton, NJ | $19,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts Arena - Amer University of Paris | Denver, CO | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Classic Stage Company | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roundabout Theatre Company | New York, NY | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soho Repertory Theatre | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Audiences Nj | Princeton, NJ | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Dance Project | Los Angeles, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington Ballet | Washington, DC | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Batsheva | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Yiddish Theatre | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nevada Ballet Theatre | Las Vegas, NV | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Theatre Ballet | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Primary Stages | New York, NY | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Texas Ballet Theater | Dallas, TX | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New 42ND Street | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pilobolus Dance Theatre | Washington Depot, CT | $14,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Page 73 Productions | Brooklyn, NY | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Ballet | Milwaukee, WI | $11,375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CUNY Dance Initiative | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pentacle | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prospect Theater Company | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Repertorio Espanol | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Civilians | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Thresh Dance | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Yard | Chilmark, MA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mastervoices | New York, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandale, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Music Theatre Project | Brooklyn, NY | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas - Amber Sloan | New York, NY | $5,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abrons Arts Center | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Jersey Ballet | Florham Park, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gallim Dance | Brooklyn, NY | $4,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Doug Varone & Dancers | New York, NY | $4,125 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Field - the Bessies | New York, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| George Street Playhouse | New Brunswick, NJ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Our Steps | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| George Balanchine Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Live Source Theatre Group | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entertainment Community Fund | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John Kelly Performance | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Film Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shed Nyc Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Zionist Organization - American Section | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
108 of 122 (89%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 96%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 250 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 104 | $1,397,675 | $8,250 |
| 2022 | 111 | $1,495,875 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 97 | $1,132,250 | $7,000 |
| 2024 | 99 | $1,286,500 | $7,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
78% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jerome Robbins Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 156 West 56TH Street Suite 900, New York, NY, 10019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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