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Grant recipient EIN 61-1594913Arts and culture

Who funds Yaa Samar Dance Theater?

6 private foundations gave Yaa Samar Dance Theater in Brooklyn, NY $169,000 across 15 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

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Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

15 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Emma A Sheafer Charitable TR XXXXX7006Chicago, IL 2025

    Capacity building

    $25,000
  2. Covillo Lynch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2025

    Unrestricted grant for exempt purposes

    $7,500
  3. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY 2024

    For general support

    $35,000
  4. The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Foundation grant - general operating

    $30,000
  5. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Arts education

    $7,500
  6. Covillo Lynch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Unrestricted grant for exempt purposes

    $5,000
  7. The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Foundation grant - general operating

    $10,000
  8. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Arts education

    $7,500
  9. Covillo Lynch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Unrestricted grant for exempt purposes

    $5,000
  10. The Devlin FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General purpose

    $2,000
  11. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Arts education

    $5,000
  12. The Devlin FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General purpose

    $2,000
  13. The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Foundation grant - general operating support

    $7,500
  14. Covillo Lynch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    Unrestricted grant for exempt purposes

    $10,000
  15. Covillo Lynch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    Restricted grant for exempt purposes yaa samar! Dance theatre: received a restricted grant to be put towards their grant-writer to increase institutional capacity in fulfillment of their mission. Ysdt's activities include international performance, lecture demonstrations and arts education outreach programs for disenfranchised youth in underserved areas in both NYC and the middle east. Ysdt has worked with LGBTQ, and incarcerated youth in NYC, and has worked with palestinian youth in the west bank.

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Brooklyn, NY and are not among Yaa Samar Dance Theater’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 779 grants Preselected only $47,143 to similar organizations
  2. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 154 grants Accepts applications $18,160,438 to similar organizations
  3. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 75 grants Accepts applications $564,900 to similar organizations
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 84 grants Preselected only $121,042 to similar organizations
  5. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 55 grants Accepts applications $33,724,993 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 78 grants Accepts applications $295,496 to similar organizations
  7. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 40 grants Preselected only $625,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Harkness Foundation for Dance IncNew York, NY 96 grants Accepts applications $270,150 to similar organizations

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Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 61-1594913 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.