Charity profile · Historical source record

Arizona Opera

EIN 23-7169261Arts, Culture, Humanities Arizona Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

We tell stories worth singing

Founded in 1971, Arizona Opera produces fully-staged operas, concerts, and collaborative programs throughout the state of Arizona each season. We are among only a handful of companies in the United States that regularly performs in more than one city. Arizona Opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music-- cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.69Overall score
out of 100

86.43Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$7,704,444

Total expenses · USD$6,211,715

Program expenses

$4,832,714.27 recorded amount

77.8%

Fundraising expenses

$465,878.62 recorded amount

7.5%

Administrative expenses

$906,910.39 recorded amount

14.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joseph Specter
Recorded compensation: $102,917.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.65%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Arizona Opera
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1971, Arizona Opera produces fully-staged operas, concerts, and collaborative programs throughout the state of Arizona each season. We are among only a handful of companies in the United States that regularly performs in more than one city. Arizona Opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music-- cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.
`ein` EIN	23-7169261
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6211715.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.146
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.075
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.778
`fscore` Financial score	86.43
`leader` Recorded leader	Joseph Specter
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	102917.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0165
`motto` Tagline	We tell stories worth singing
`name` Charity name	Arizona Opera
`tot_rev` Total revenue	7704444.0
`score` Overall score	85.69
`state` State code	AZ
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4832714.2700000005
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	465878.625
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	906910.3899999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7169261
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Arizona (AZ)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.