Funding search · EIN 131926551 · New York, NY

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Name: The Harkness Foundation for Dance grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

511
grants reported: $3.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

9 grants matching “dancers” · $44,500

$5,000
Camille a Brown & Dancers (Cabd) · Jamaica, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dova Inc (Doug Varone and Dancers) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Rio Grande Union Inc (Douglas Dunn Dancers) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Cabdinc (Camille a Brown & Dancers) · Jamaica, NY · 2024
Program grant
$4,000
Dova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Dancers · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$5,000
Cabdinc (Camille a Brown & Dancers) · Jamaica, NY · 2023
Program grant
$4,000
Dova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Dancers · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$7,500
Cabdinc (Camille a Brown & Dancers) · Jamaica, NY · 2022
Program grant
$4,000
Dova Inc Dba Doug Varone and Dancers · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brooklyn Academy of Music3 grants · $300,000
92nd Street Y2 grants · $225,000
92nd Street Y2 grants · $220,000
Joyce Theater2 grants · $200,000
Joyce Theater Foundation2 grants · $165,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Bam)1 grant · $75,000
Works & Process4 grants · $60,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation4 grants · $50,000
The Field14 grants · $42,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$804,125

2022

$822,650

2023

$883,500

2024

$933,285

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 511 grants.

$125,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2024
Partner grant
$115,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2023
Partner grant
$110,000
Joyce Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Partner grant
$105,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2022
Partner grant
$100,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$100,000
Joyce Theater · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$100,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Partner grant
$100,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Partner grant
$100,000
Joyce Theater · New York, NY · 2023
Partner grant
$100,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Partner grant
$75,000
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Bam) · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Program grant
$55,000
Joyce Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Partner grant
$25,000
Nyu Langone - Harkness Ctr for Dance Injuries · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$20,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
GALA DONATION and program grant
$20,000
Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$15,000
Works & Process · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$15,000
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant and gala donation
$15,000
Works & Process · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$15,000
Works & Process · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$15,000
Works & Process · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
American Friends of Batsheva Dance Company · Forest Hills, NY · 2025
Gala donation
$10,000
Ballet Hispanico · Washington, DC · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Gina Gibney Dance (Gibney) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Jose Limon Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Paul Taylor Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
The Fund for Public Schools (Sai & Creative Pipeli · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
The Misty Copeland Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$10,000
Ballet Hispanico · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Fund for Public Schools · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
International Assn of Blacks in Dance · Washington, DC · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Jose Limon Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Sozo Impact · New York, NY · 2024
Project grant
$10,000
The Misty Copeland Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$10,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
PROGRAM GRANT - Ailey Exhibtion
$10,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
International Assn of Blacks in Dance · Washington, DC · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Misty Copeland Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$10,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
Jacob'S Pillow · Becket, MA · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$10,000
New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022
Program grants - to support the performing arts and dance division
$10,000
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Program grant
$7,500
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
La Mama Expermiental Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
Martha Graham Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
Project grant
$7,500
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
Parsons Dance · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
Trisha Brown Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
Zvi Dance · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$7,500
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program grant
$7,500
Parsons Dance Company · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$7,500
Trisha Brown Dance Company · New York, NY · 2024
Program grant
$7,500
Ballet Hispanico · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant
$7,500
Cabdinc (Camille a Brown & Dancers) · Jamaica, NY · 2022
Program grant
$6,500
Dance Theatre of Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
Program grant & gala contribution
$5,435
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2025
Micaela taylor / the tl collective (c/o fractured atlas) promise award
$5,375
Unique Projects · New York, NY · 2023
Promise award - baye & asa llc
$5,350
Unique Projects · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
ANNIE RIGNEY (c/o Unique Projects Inc) 2025 PROMISE AWARD
$5,350
The Field · New York, NY · 2022
Promise award - kayla farrish/decent structures arts
$5,275
Unique Projects · New York, NY · 2023
Project grant - omar roman de jesus/boca tuya
$5,275
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Promise award - johnnie cruise mercer
$5,000
Abraham in Motion Inc (Aim By Kyle Abraham) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
American Dance Festival · Durham, NC · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Art Sweats Inc (David Dorfman Dance) · New York, NY · 2025
Project grant
$5,000
Arts Resources in Collaboration Inc (Eye On Dance) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Bard College Fisher Center · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2025
PAM TANOWITZ DANCE (c/o Bard College Fisher Center) PROJECT GRANT
$5,000
Baryshnikov Arts Center · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Battery Dance Company · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Buglisi Dance Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Camille a Brown & Dancers (Cabd) · Jamaica, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dance Now Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dance Theatre of Harlem · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dancenyc · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Danceusa · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dancewave · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Danspace Project · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dixon Place · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dorrance Dance · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Dova Inc (Doug Varone and Dancers) · New York, NY · 2025
Program grant
$5,000
Ethical Culture Fieldston School · New York, NY · 2025
YOUNG DANCEMAKERS CO (c/o Ethical Culture Fieldston Schl) PROGRAM GRANT
$5,000
Foundation for Independent Artists · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Company sbb // stefanie batten bland (c/o fia) program grant
$5,000
Foundation for Independent Artists · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Ephrat asherie dance (c/o fia) project grant
$5,000
Gallim Dance Company · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Program grant

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.