Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association's (PNB) mission is to set new standards for artistic excellence, innovation and creativity; attract the most talented dancers, choreographers, musicians, collaborative artists, staff and volunteers; educate and develop dance artists as well as enthusiasts; captivate a devoted, supportive, growing and diverse audience; and strengthen our financial and organizational foundation.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association at a glance
In short: Pacific Northwest Ballet Association gave $406K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $406K), mostly in Washington. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $406,145
- -65.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $406,145
- -65.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $406,145
- Total assets
- $31,027,243
- -14.8% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Washington (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Who Pacific Northwest Ballet Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation ($406K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 2 grants of 5 (40%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Pacific Northwest Ballet Association gives
- Giving fell 70% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $148K (2020) to $1.4M (2022). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $406K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation Seattle, WA | Bequests received by PNB Association have been designated by its Board of Trustees to PNB Association's supporting foundation for investment in its endowment. | $406,145 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $31,027,243 | $29,482,227 | $32,715,149 | $406,145 | 1 | $441,197 |
| 2024 | $36,402,072 | $37,179,777 | $31,603,969 | $1,159,979 | 1 | $369,314 |
| 2023 | $30,844,012 | $25,475,416 | $29,947,572 | $611,626 | 1 | $329,889 |
| 2022 | $27,529,180 | $38,841,685 | $28,745,977 | $1,356,367 | 1 | $42,551 |
| 2021 | $17,925,584 | $12,920,719 | $14,887,792 | $210,287 | 1 | $5,366 |
| 2020 | $18,272,549 | $24,911,742 | $25,196,894 | $148,314 | 1 | $95,000 |
About Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
Based on IRS filings
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $31.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $406K. Net investment income was $441K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association is led by Ellen Walker, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 10 of 51 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ellen Walker
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$290K (2020) → $385K (2025)
Lynne Graybeal
President
Vice President of Governance → President, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Toni Hoover
Chair
Trustee → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Emil de Cou
Music Director & Principal Conductor
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$161K (2020) → $184K (2025)
Peter Boal
Artistic Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$425K (2020) → $494K (2025)
Ezra Thompson
Rehearsal Director
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$125K (2025)
Aimee Truchard
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Ries
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carl Behnke
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol Neiman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Connie Walsh
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Stokes
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frederick McDonald
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerald Farley
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jodi Wong
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Conte
Trustee
Trustee → Vice President of Education, 2021
Vice President of Education → Trustee, 2022
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Josh Lieberman
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Yamada
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan Kirley
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Natasha Lalji Verjee
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sara A Jones
Trustee
Trustee → Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations, 2021
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations → Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Falkner
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie True
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen E Fuhs
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terrell Lefferts
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom A Puentes
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
W Daniel Heidt
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
April Kieburtz
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jenna Owens
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristin Pastoriza
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Wahbe
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie von Geldern
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lena Saba
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Schmeiser
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ron Runyon
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Thorpe
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$127K (2020) → $149K (2025)
Lia Chiarelli
Chief Marketing & Advancement Officer
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$128K (2020) → $177K (2025)
Dylan Wald
Principal Dancer
On filings since 2023
30 hrs/week
$118K (2023) → $123K (2025)
Dustin Lucien Postlewaite
Principal Dancer
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$121K (2025)
Ellexandra Macy
Principal Dancer
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$123K (2025)
Kyle Davis
Principle Dancer
New on the 2025 filing
30 hrs/week
$125K (2025)
Aya Hamilton
Immediate Past Chair & Vice President Fund Development
Chair → Immediate Past Chair & Vice President of Fund Development, 2024
Immediate Past Chair & Vice President of Fund Development → Immediate Past Chair & Vice President Fund Development, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dan Kingston
Treasurer
Trustee → Assistant Treasurer, 2021
Assistant Treasurer → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna Barnett
Secretary
Trustee → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joan Fitzmaurice
Vice President of Governance & Immediate Past President
President → Vice President of Governance, 2022
Vice President of Governance → Vice President of Governance & Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Lindsay
Assistant Secretary
Secretary → Assistant Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Horvitz
Vice President at Large
Trustee → Vice President of Fund Development, 2021
Vice President of Fund Development → Vice President at Large, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sue Buske
Vice President of Education
Trustee → Vice President of Education, 2022
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mariana Keller
Vice President of Board Development
Trustee → Vice President of Board Development, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Chadwick
Assistant Treasurer
Trustee → Assistant Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Len Sorrin
Vice President Marketing & Public Relations
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (31)
- Former: Denise R Bolstad (2020–2024) — School Managing Director
- Former: Maria Mackey (2020–2024) — Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Therese A Flaming (2020–2024) — Director of Human Resources
- Former: Vivian Schwab (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Thompson (2021–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Leonard Sorrin (2021–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Lesley Rausch (2023–2024) — Principal Dancer
- Former: Cecilia Iliesiu (2024) — Principal Dancer
- Former: Kiyon Ross (2024) — Associate Artistic Director
- Former: David Hadley (2020–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Kalen Holmes (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Brotman (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Angelica Generosa (2023) — Principal Dancer
- Former: Elle Macy (2023) — Principal Dancer
- Former: Lucien Postlewaite (2023) — Principal Dancer
- Former: Levke Haas (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Shirley Zaic (2021–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Catherine Ries (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: H David Kaplan (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: James Raisbeck (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: William Grinstein (2020–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Alex Lange (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Christy Jones (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Guez (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Pirnat (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Gail James (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Gwendolyn Payton (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jonathan M Porretta (2020) — Dancer & Ballet Teacher
- Former: Shannon Tierney (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Susan Okamoto (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Wendy Kizzier (2020) — Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $494K, to Peter Boal (Artistic Director). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Pacific Northwest Ballet Association
How much does Pacific Northwest Ballet Association give each year?
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association gave $406K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.2M across 1 grant.
How large is Pacific Northwest Ballet Association?
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association reported $31.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $29.5M.
What is Pacific Northwest Ballet Association?
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Seattle, WA. It holds $31.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Pacific Northwest Ballet Association operate?
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association has awarded grants in Washington.
What is Pacific Northwest Ballet Association's EIN?
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-0897129. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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