^{Prepared February 2012.}

Economic Profile of the Dance Field

The following points summarize some information about the 299 companies with expense budgets of $100,000 or more for fiscal years ending in 2010.¹

These 299 companies:²

• Employed over 12,800 people in a mix of full-time and part-time positions.
• Had more than 4,000 members collectively serving on their 501c3 boards.
• Had expenses totaling $589.4 million.
• Paid approximately $316.0 million, or 54% of expenses, in wages and benefits.
• Earned approsimately $178.9 million, or 30% of their income, from performances.³
• Received $235.7 million, or 47% of their income, in contributions.
• Collected the remaining 23% of their income form a variety of sources.

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¹The distribution of U.S. dance companies is drawn from Dance/USA’s National Company Roster, a listing of all known 501c3 dance companies in the U.S. with expense budgets greater than $100,000 for fiscal years ending in 2010.

²This data is somewhat approximate because it draws on publically available data for 2010 fiscal years with 263 companies reporting information in this year of the 299 total.

³A majority of companies reporting this figure (55% of 160 reporting) listed performance revenue between 25% and 55% of total income.
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