Cambodian American Girls Empowering

What Cambodian American Girls Empowering does

Cambodian American Girls Empowering (CAGE) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit arts and culture organization founded in 2015 that preserves and transmits Cambodian Classical and Folk Dance within the Cambodian American community. It operates four interconnected programs: the Khmer Language & Arts (KLA) Program, delivered in partnership with the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia and offering weekly beginner, intermediate, and advanced dance classes October through May; the Professional Dance Troupe, which develops Cambodian dance artists into teaching artists; the Southeast Asian Emersion Lab (SAEL), which supports emerging Southeast Asian artists and craftspeople through pop-up markets and professional development; and Justice, Organizing & You (JOY), a capacity-building initiative centering intergenerational community wellness. The organization also produces an annual Cambodian Dance Recital at Fleisher Art Memorial, public and private performances, and teaching artist workshops and residencies.

CAGE has no proprietary technology, software products, or digital platforms; its operations are conducted in-person and via standard web/email channels. Its core technical capability is cultural and artistic — deep expertise in Cambodian Classical and Folk Dance, a national network of Cambodian cultural bearers, and a multi-generational archive of costumes and oral histories (most recently through the Five Over Fifty project funded by Independence Public Media Fund).

The business model is a hybrid nonprofit funding stack: competitive regional grants (PA Humanities Wingspan, Creative Sector Flex Fund from GPCA and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Community Voices Grant from Independence Public Media Fund), individual donations (one-time and recurring via FundRazr), modest program fees ($150 per KLA student per year), and performance fees (sliding scale for public events, standard rates for private events, with travel fees beyond 10 miles). The organization operates under CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia as its fiscal sponsor and serves a primary audience of Cambodian American families and youth in the Philadelphia region, with secondary institutional customers including schools, libraries, healthcare facilities, and community organizations.

Name

Cambodian American Girls Empowering

Legal name

Cambodian American Girls Empowering

Website

https://cagempowering.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Philadelphia-based nonprofit founded in 2015 that delivers Cambodian Classical and Folk Dance instruction, performances, and cultural programming to Cambodian American families and youth through weekly classes, an annual recital, and arts-based community partnerships in the Philadelphia region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Arts and Dance Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Dance Companies (711120)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance) (EDAMAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

Keywords

• Nonprofit arts organization
• Cambodian classical dance
• Cultural heritage programs
• Community dance education
• Cultural performance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and Funded Programs: CAGE operates as a nonprofit receiving grants from multiple sources including PA Humanities Wingspan Grant, Creative Sector Flex Fund from Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Pennsylvania Council On The Arts, and Independence Public Media Fund Community Voices Grant.
2. Donations: Individual donations supporting arts and culture programs, teaching artists, studio rent, costumes, and community programming. Accepts one-time and recurring contributions.
3. Performance Fees: Fees for private and public performances. Public events (block parties, non-ticketed) offered on sliding scale. Private events (weddings, birthday parties, ticketed events) at non-negotiable standard rates with potential travel fees for events more than 10 miles from studio.
4. Program Fees: Khmer Language & Arts Program fee of $150 per student per year covering weekly classes for 10 months, program merch, guest speakers, workshops, and dance classes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cambodian American Girls Empowering (CAGE) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that delivers Cambodian Classical and Folk Dance instruction, performances, and cultural heritage programs to the Cambodian American community and the broader Philadelphia public. Its core offerings include the Khmer Language & Arts (KLA) weekly classes program (October through May), the Professional Dance Troupe, public and private performance bookings, teaching artist workshops, and an annual Cambodian Dance Recital. Programming is supported by grants, donations, sliding-scale performance fees, and an annual student program fee of $150.

Product overview

CAMBODIAN AMERICAN GIRLS EMPOWERING (CAGE) is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit arts and culture organization founded in 2015. The organization operates as a multi-program arts entity offering Cambodian American arts, culture, and identity exploration through a portfolio of interconnected programs: the Khmer Language & Arts (KLA) Program provides weekly dance and cultural classes; the Professional Dance Troupe offers performance opportunities and teaching artist development; the Southeast Asian Emersion Lab (SAEL) supports emerging artists; and the Justice, Organizing & You (JOY) program focuses on community organizing and wellness. CAGE also produces an Annual Cambodian Dance Recital, provides public and private performances, and offers teaching artist workshops. Programs are delivered in-person and online, with a mission to create safe spaces for Cambodian American arts, culture, and identity exploration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Khmer Language & Arts (KLA) Program Weekly classes program (October-May) presented with the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, introducing and enriching Philadelphia's community through Khmer arts and culture via beginner, intermediate, and advanced Cambodian Classical Dance classes plus language and cultural immersion. Annual fee of $150 per student covers weekly classes for 10 months, program merch, guest speakers, and workshops.
• Professional Dance Troupe

Quantifiable outcome

• 558 hours of teaching artist employment annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia (CAGP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Long-standing collaborative partner for Khmer Language & Arts (KLA) Program providing weekly classes October-May. Jointly offers Beginner's, Intermediate, and Advanced Cambodian Classical Dance Classes along with language and cultural immersion programs. Partnership spans from CAGE's founding in 2015.
• Fleisher Art MemorialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVenue partner for Annual Cambodian Dance Recitals. Historical significance as location where CAGE's dance journeys began with Lokru Chamroeun Yin. Continues to host culminating events for dance students.
• CultureTrust Greater PhiladelphiamajorOthersCAGE operates as part of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, providing organizational infrastructure and support.
• Ps&QsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration partnership including annual collaborations in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025. Includes joint events and creative projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia: Fiscal-sponsor umbrella supporting 80+ arts and culture organizations across Southeastern Pennsylvania, including CAGE. Functions as the parent entity and administrator for CAGE rather than as a competitor, providing infrastructure and access to shared funder relationships.
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): National nonprofit advancing the power of Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, and other Southeast Asian American communities through advocacy, narrative change, and capacity building. Adjacent rather than competing; operates at the policy/advocacy layer that CAGE's JOY program interfaces with.
• Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia: Philadelphia-based community organization serving the local Cambodian population, and CAGE's longest-standing programmatic partner for the Khmer Language & Arts Program. Comparable in mission (Cambodian American community uplift) but broader in scope than CAGE's arts focus; serves as a strategic partner and infrastructure channel.

Regional players

• Phare Ponleu Selpak (Phare Cambodian Circus): Cambodian performing-arts nonprofit based in Battambang that trains young Cambodian artists in circus, theater, dance, music, and visual arts and tours internationally. Shares CAGE's Cambodia-rooted arts-education mission but operates from Cambodia and on a circus-based performance model.

Direct peers

• Angkor Dance Troupe: Providence, RI-based Cambodian dance troupe founded in 1986 that teaches and performs Cambodian classical and folk dance. Most direct mission-comparable organization to CAGE, with the same dance-tradition focus and community-education model, differing primarily by geography and longer operating history.

Broad incumbents

• Asian Arts Initiative: Philadelphia-based nonprofit that connects arts and community through Asian American programming. Overlaps with CAGE on Philadelphia AAPI arts programming but operates at broader scale and uses a community-arts-incubator model rather than a dance-tradition focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cagempowering
• Instagraminstagram.com/cagempowering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cagempowering

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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