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Impact & Transparency · Live figures

Your gift ends upon the public record.

Most charities ask you to trust a brochure. We keep the archive of competitive dance — so when a gift puts a dancer on the floor, their results land in the same public record anyone can search. Fund a dancer, then watch them compete. That is the whole model.

Raised
$2,784
15 contributions
From the founders
$2,009
72% of the total
Applications
8
dancers asking for help
Dancers funded
0
first award pending
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Of $2,784 raised, $2,009 was contributed by the Foundation’s own founders and $775 came from 9 outside donors. Figures are read live from the Foundation’s records when you load this page — nothing is rounded up, projected, or edited for effect.

WDF Scholars

The first funded dancers will be listed here — by name, with consent, each linking to their live record in the archive. Until then this section stays honestly empty: we would rather show you nothing than show you marketing.

The Dancer Relief Fund · live

$675

in the fund · 8 gifts

Board-directed grants to dancers facing career-threatening medical hardship. Launched with the Darren Hammond appeal; the Foundation covers processing costs, so 100% of each gift lands here. This figure is a live database read.

What a gift buys

Competitive dance is priced like a sport: lessons, entries, attire, travel. These are the real units gifts are spent against.

$38 / month

Roughly one private lesson, every month, for a dancer who couldn't otherwise afford it.

$450

About one competition — entry fees and coaching for a dancer already doing the work.

$2,500

A season: lessons, entries, attire, and travel across a competitive year.

Give monthly

Naming a fund? A family or studio can endow a named scholarship — write to info@worlddancefoundation.com.

Transparency

The details a careful donor checks

Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency · 2026
World Dancing Inc. holds Candid’s (GuideStar) highest transparency rating — mission, programs, leadership, financials, and quantified results, published and independently hosted. Verify on Candid →
Legal entity
World Dancing Inc., a Delaware nonstock, nonprofit corporation, operating as the World Dance Foundation.
Tax status
Recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity, effective retroactively to December 6, 2024. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
EIN
33-2738731
Records & receipts
Every gift is receipted by email through Stripe. The determination letter and financial records are available on request: info@worlddancefoundation.com.
Youth safety
Funded dancers are often minors. Nothing about a scholar is published without written consent, and public listings link only to already-public competition results — never new personal detail.
The archive is free
45,000+ competitor records and 900,000+ results stay free to every dancer, funded by gifts — never by fees, never by selling data.