Charity profile · Historical source record

Canton Symphony Orchestra

EIN 34-6533119Arts, Culture, Humanities Ohio Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Perform and present live orchestral music at the highest possible level

Founded in 1937, the Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performs and presents at the highest possible artistic level live orchestral music to enrich, entertain, educate, and challenge diverse audiences in a variety of settings. The orchestra performs both standard and contemporary repertoire, and annually begins the classical series with a work by an American composer. It commissions new music, and it showcases established guest soloists and new young talent. The CSO provides service to American orchestras by offering its musicians experience in performing a wide range of repertoire, under the direction of conductors of high quality.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.06Overall score
out of 100

89.13Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,763,811

Total expenses · USD$1,605,860

Program expenses

$1,173,883.66 recorded amount

73.1%

Fundraising expenses

$118,833.64 recorded amount

7.4%

Administrative expenses

$309,930.98 recorded amount

19.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Michelle Mullaly
Recorded compensation: $72,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.48%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

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 Canton Symphony Orchestra
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1937, the Canton Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performs and presents at the highest possible artistic level live orchestral music to enrich, entertain, educate, and challenge diverse audiences in a variety of settings. The orchestra performs both standard and contemporary repertoire, and annually begins the classical series with a work by an American composer. It commissions new music, and it showcases established guest soloists and new young talent. The CSO provides service to American orchestras by offering its musicians experience in performing a wide range of repertoire, under the direction of conductors of high quality.
`ein` EIN	34-6533119
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1605860.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.193
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.731
`fscore` Financial score	89.13
`leader` Recorded leader	Michelle Mullaly
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	72000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.044800000000000006
`motto` Tagline	Perform and present live orchestral music at the highest possible level
`name` Charity name	Canton Symphony Orchestra
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1763811.0
`score` Overall score	89.06
`state` State code	OH
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1173883.66
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	118833.64000000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	309930.98

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.