As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, BFS and its many programs are funded with a mix of admission fees, sponsorships, tax-deductible contributions from individuals and businesses, and grant funding.

Support Belfast Flying Shoes

Four ways to get involved:

Donate

Your gifts of Support keep the shoes flying! You can mail a check or donate online now. Click for info including our EIN

Donate

Sponsor

Your business can bolster our community effort, with your logo featured on our publicity.

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Volunteer

Lend a hand at dances and community programs. To get started, fill out our volunteer info form.

Volunteer

Serve

Nominate someone (or yourself!) to the Board of Directors, a program committee, or the roster of teaching artists.

Nominate

Make a Donation

Cash, check or venmo puts 100% of your donation to work — no fees!

Gifts are tax deductible. Our Federal Tax ID (EIN) is 37-1752620 (Note: Our EIN sometimes appears as Country Dance & Song Society, the nonprofit of which we are an affiliate member.)

Mail Your Check:

Belfast Flying Shoes
PO Box 133
Belfast, ME 04915

Credit/Debit Card or PayPal

Click below to use Credit / Debit / or PayPal.

(You don’t need a PayPal account, but BFS is charged fees.)

BFS PayPal page

Venmo

Donate at @belfast-flying-shoes using the BFS Venmo Page

If prompted for last 4 digits, enter 5665. Let us know it’s a gift of nonprofit support)

Generous contributions from individuals are vital to sustain our nonprofit and to pay for BFS programs, including ones that don’t generate enough revenue to cover expenses. (These include older adult programs, school residencies, programs with incarcerated men, dances on the Armistice Footbridge, the Radio Hour & Podcast, ECD programs, workshops, concerts, special dances, and many more.) Thank you for making our work possible!

Annual Appeal 2026:

In 2025, gifts from individuals comprised 25% of our yearly revenue, and programs accounted for 75% of our expenses. Your financial support is vital to our nonprofit! We put your donations to good use!

Our Annual Appeal goal is to raise $30,000 from 250 donors in 2026.

60/40 Matching Challenge: If at least 60 people under 40 years old make a donation, a group of generous supporters over 60 years old will match those gifts. Hurrah for intergenerational collaboration!

How much do people give? The average donation to the Annual Appeal in 2025 was $155. Give an amount that feels right, considering your own finances and how much you value BFS programs in our community!

Supporters make our Shoes Fly!

Belfast Flying Shoes is funded with a mix of grants, sponsorships, admission income, partnership contributions, and individual donations to the Annual Appeal & Year End Support. In FY25, our small nonprofit was also funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Scroll down for all of our amazing supporters this year!!

(Curious who supported BFS in the past? Click to view 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)