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Boston Lyric Opera

EIN 04-2469627Arts, Culture, Humanities Massachusetts Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

It's your BLO. You make opera happen.

The mission of Boston Lyric Opera is to build curiosity, enthusiasm, and support for opera, by creating musically and theatrically compelling productions, events, and educational resources, for our community and beyond. We produce opera in all forms, large to small, popular to less known, from early music to newly commissioned works.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.03Overall score
out of 100

84.59Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$10,026,570

Total expenses · USD$7,961,986

Program expenses

$6,361,626.81 recorded amount

79.9%

Fundraising expenses

$812,122.57 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$772,312.64 recorded amount

9.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Esther Nelson
Recorded compensation: $188,307.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.36%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Boston Lyric Opera
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Boston Lyric Opera is to build curiosity, enthusiasm, and support for opera, by creating musically and theatrically compelling productions, events, and educational resources, for our community and beyond. We produce opera in all forms, large to small, popular to less known, from early music to newly commissioned works.
`ein` EIN	04-2469627
`tot_exp` Total expenses	7961986.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09699999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.799
`fscore` Financial score	84.59
`leader` Recorded leader	Esther Nelson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	188307.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0236
`motto` Tagline	It's your BLO. You make opera happen.
`name` Charity name	Boston Lyric Opera
`tot_rev` Total revenue	10026570.0
`score` Overall score	88.03
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6361626.814
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	812122.5719999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	772312.6419999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2469627
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
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.