Valley Performing Arts Council
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
VALLEY PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL VPAC WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 1997 AS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION PROVIDING LOCAL GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH EXPOSURE TO THE CLASSICAL PERFORMING ARTS. VPAC BELIEVES IN EDUCATING CHILDREN IN CLASSICAL ARTS - ARTS THAT HAVE SURVIVED THE TEST OF TIME WHICH PROVIDES LASTING VALUE TO SOCIETY. VPAC'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO EXPOSE CHILDREN TO THE BEAUTY, WISDOM, AND TRUTH THAT CLASSICAL ARTS IMPART TO US. IN THIS MODERN WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE FOCUS OF EDUCATION HAS SHIFTED FURTHER FROM A CURRICULUM CONCERNED WITH BUILDING CHARACTER. THE ARTS HAVE LONG SURVIVED AS A WAY TO BETTER THE UNDERSTANDING, EXPRESSION, AND FUTURE OF OUR RACE. LEARNING, STUDYING AND MASTERING DIFFERENT FORMS OF CLASSICAL ARTS HELPS TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE VALUE OF COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, PERSONAL STRENGTH, AND RESPECT FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS. GREAT CLASSICAL ART FOCUSES NOT ONLY ON THE TECHNICAL MASTERY OF PAINTING, DANCING OR PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT, BUT ALS
- Income
- $24,252
- Spending
- $133,199
- Reserves
- 7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $133,199 spent. FRESNO BALLET THEATER: IN 1997, YUKARI THIESEN FOUNDED THE FRESNO BALLET THEATER FBT, FORMERLY NAMED FRESNO DANCE THEATRE. THIS STUDENT BALLET COMPANY IS OPEN TO ALL BALLET STUDENTS AND NON-BALLET STUDENTS PROVIDED THERE ARE ROLES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. GROWING UP AT THE MATSUYAMA BALLET SCHOOL, AFFILIATED WITH MATSUYAMA BALLET, THEN THE LARGEST PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY IN TOKYO. IT PROVIDES THE STUDENTS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOAL TO BE ACHIEVED BY OBSERVING AND WORKING WITH THE PROFESSIONALS. CUMULATIVELY, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS REACHED 132,000 SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THIS CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY. FBT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO BALLET STUDENTS TO WORK WITH THE STATE STREET BALLET OF SANTA BARBARA AND ITS ARTISTIC STAFF MAGEN PHILIPP AND CECILY MACDOUGALL ON A SPRING BALLET PRODUCTION. THE FRESNO BALLET THEATRE AND THE STATE STREET BALLET OF SANTA BARBARA COLLABORATED TO DRAW ON DANCE AND ARTISTIC FORCES WITHIN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COMMUNITY FOR A UNITED PRESENTATION, BUILDING A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR BALLET AND DANCE WHILE REACHING OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 10,000 GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS ANNUALLY.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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