92nd STREET Y
new york, NY
$125KTax year 2024
Partner grant
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The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 13-1926551 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Grantmaking Program
- Phone
- (212) 755-5540
- Deadlines
- August 1 for consideration at the fall board meeting December 1 for consideration at the winter boar
- Application materials
- Email a copy of your proposal that clearly identifies your address, email and contact phone number: One-page cover letter detailing amount requested and purpose, Narrative describing your proposed program(s) or project, Historical summary of organization, Program or project budget, Organization or Artist annual budget, Copy of tax exempt letter (Fiscally sponsored artists must include letter of fiscal sponsorship plus tax exempt letter of sponsoring organization), List of board members & their affiliation, Biographical sketch of key artistic personnel, Financial statement (last available); and Support material such as a performance review, lesson plan, and/or video samples of representative work via Vimeo or YouTube links.
- Restrictions
- Only for programs or projects related to dance. Exclusions for applying: endowment funds capital projects private schools below college level video, film, book projects outside of the new york city
Original filing text
- Contact
- Grantmaking Program
- Address
- 145 EAST 48TH STREET SUITE 26C NEW YORK, NY, 10017
- Phone
- 2127555540
- Deadlines
- AUGUST 1 FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE FALL BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 1 FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE WINTER BOAR
- Application materials
- Email a copy of your proposal that clearly identifies your address, email and contact phone number: One-page cover letter detailing amount requested and purpose, Narrative describing your proposed program(s) or project, Historical summary of organization, Program or project budget, Organization or Artist annual budget, Copy of tax exempt letter (Fiscally sponsored artists must include letter of fiscal sponsorship plus tax exempt letter of sponsoring organization), List of board members & their affiliation, Biographical sketch of key artistic personnel, Financial statement (last available); and Support material such as a performance review, lesson plan, and/or video samples of representative work via Vimeo or YouTube links.
- Restrictions
- ONLY FOR PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS RELATED TO DANCE. EXCLUSIONS FOR APPLYING: ENDOWMENT FUNDS CAPITAL PROJECTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS BELOW COLLEGE LEVEL VIDEO, FILM, BOOK PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE NEW YORK CITY
Reported organization name: The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | $933.3K |
| 2024 | 127 | $883.5K |
Where The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
92nd STREET Y
New York, NY
$100KTax year 2025
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$100KTax year 2024
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Brooklyn Academy of Music (Bam)
Brooklyn, NY
$75KTax year 2025
Program grant
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (273 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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