Transcendance

Name

Transcendance

Legal name

transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project

Website

https://tdarts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Performing Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Child and Youth Services (62411), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ), Arts & Design Camps (Visual Arts, Crafts, Design Thinking) (EDAMALAH)

Keywords

• Youth arts education
• Creative youth development
• Performing arts programs
• After-school dance programs
• Community arts nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Lemon Grove

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible monetary donations from individuals supporting the nonprofit mission. Donors can contribute via credit card online or by mailing checks.
2. Foundation and Grant Funding: Support from private foundations including Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation, La Jolla Religious Society of Friends, Lynn Fayman Fund for Dance at San Diego Foundation, Prebys Foundation, The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, Zable Foundation, and others. Also includes government funding from City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
3. Program Fees and Scholarships: Sliding-scale tuition based on household income guidelines. Organization uses trust-based model asking families to self-determine scholarship eligibility. Cost is never a barrier and no one is turned away due to lack of funds.
4. Corporate Sponsorships: Support from corporate entities including Blue Shield of California, Alex Morgan, County of San Diego, City of San Diego, Sempra, U.S. Bank, and others.
5. Stock Donations: Organization accepts donations of stock, with process coordinated through Managing Director.
6. In-Kind Gifts: Accepts in-kind donations such as art supplies and office supplies to reduce operating expenses.
7. Studio Rentals: The El Cajon Boulevard studio space (nearly 1,000 sq ft with sprung maple wood dance floor, mirrors, sound system, projector) is available for rental. Sliding scale rates available; 10% discount for 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project delivers dance and performing arts instruction to youth ages 4-24 from underserved San Diego County communities through a three-tiered program model (CONNECT, CREATE, CONTRIBUTE). Programs are delivered via studio classes, in-school and afterschool residencies, community performances, and summer camps, and are augmented with mental health support from licensed therapists, college readiness services, and a trust-based sliding-scale scholarship program.

Product overview

Transcendance (transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project) is a Creative Youth Development organization offering a three-tiered program model for youth ages 4-24: CONNECT (entry-level programs for ages 4+ including school-based residencies, studio classes, and community performances), CREATE (core program for ages 9-18 featuring rigorous dance training, social change curriculum, annual professional stage performances, and summer camps), and CONTRIBUTE (alumni engagement providing paid roles, mentorship, mental health support, and college coaching). The organization provides holistic wraparound services including mental health/wellness support from licensed therapists, college readiness assistance, leadership development, and a trust-based scholarship program with sliding-scale tuition to eliminate financial barriers to participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CONNECT Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of CREATE students said dancing at transcenDANCE helped build their confidence overall
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ArtPower at UC San DiegominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UC San Diego's arts program for student performances and cultural enrichment opportunities
• Emota Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner supporting youth arts programming
• King Chavez SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-school residency programming at King Chavez Academy and King Chavez High School
• La Mesa-Spring Valley School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-school and afterschool residency programming in partnership with the district
• Lemon Grove School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-school and afterschool residency programming in Lemon Grove schools
• The PEAR Institute (Program in Education, After School, and Resiliency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to use Holistic Student Assessment (HSA) for measuring social-emotional learning outcomes. PEAR is a joint initiative of Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital.
• San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-wide educational partnership supporting youth programming
• San Diego Youth Civic Development Network (SDCYDN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partnership for youth civic development initiatives
• San Diego State University Music DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership with SDSU music program
• San Diego Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary district partnership for in-school and afterschool residency programming across multiple schools including Herbert Hoover High School
• The New Children's MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for alumni dance performances at museum events. Partnership continued into 2026 for Saya Woolfalk Exhibition Opening as part of 'Science Fiction Creates the Future' theme anchored in Octavia Butler's work.
• Family Health Centers of San DiegominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerforming at annual Spirit of the Barrio luncheon focused on mental health and community wellness themes
• San Diego International AirportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst major performance contract in 2017 for in-airport performance residency. Recognized as significant cultural partnership.
• A Reason To Survive (ARTS) CampusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoved to ARTS campus in National City in 2012, expanding youth and community reach to multiple neighborhoods

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• A Reason To Survive (ARTS): San Diego-based Creative Youth Development nonprofit serving youth through arts, leadership, and healing programs. Direct peer because transcenDANCE previously moved to the ARTS campus in National City and they share mission, geography, and beneficiary population.
• Inner-City Arts: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing arts education and creative youth development for underserved K-12 students, with similar SEL, mentorship, and wraparound service orientation. Comparable as a same-model CYD organization with multi-site studio delivery.
• Destiny Arts Center: Oakland-based nonprofit offering dance, theater, and martial arts programs for youth with a focus on social-emotional development and community equity. Direct peer because it shares the CYD dance/arts + SEL + sliding-scale model serving youth from low-income communities.
• National Dance Institute: NYC-based nonprofit delivering in-school dance education programs to thousands of children regardless of ability to pay. Direct peer because it shares the dance-arts-instruction + sliding-scale access + school-district delivery focus, though at significantly larger scale.
• DreamYard Project: Bronx-based Creative Youth Development nonprofit combining arts education, academic support, and social justice programming for K-12 youth. Comparable because of the integrated arts + SEL + college readiness service mix and underserved youth focus.
• AileyCamp: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's national summer camp program serving underserved youth through dance and creative arts. Comparable as a dance-focused youth development program with similar mission and demographic targeting, though camp-only delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP): CalArts partnership program offering free arts education to LA-area youth from underserved communities. Broader incumbent because it sits within a major arts institution and shares the arts-access-for-underserved-youth mission and SEL framing.
• Young Audiences Arts for Learning: National nonprofit network delivering arts-in-education programming to K-12 students through artist residencies and school partnerships. Broader incumbent because it shares the school-district-residency + arts-education delivery model but at far larger national scale.
• The Music Center: Los Angeles performing arts center running extensive community arts education and youth programming. Broad incumbent because it operates a comparable arts-education-for-underserved-youth portfolio as part of a larger institutional mission.

Emerging players

• CASA 0101: East LA-based nonprofit theater and arts education organization serving primarily Latino youth and families. Emerging player because it shares the cultural-arts-for-underserved-youth positioning with comparable scale and LA/California geographic overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tdartsyouth

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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