Charity profile · Historical source record

Center Stage

EIN 52-0780194Arts, Culture, Humanities Maryland Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

CENTERSTAGE: Welcome to the Conversation.

Launched in 1963 by an ambitious community drama group, Center Stage soon became a leader in the regional theater movement, working to produce first-rate professional theater in communities across America. Center Stage is an artistically driven institution committed to engaging, entertaining, and enriching audiences of today and tomorrow through joyous and bold performance. The professional, nonprofit theater company is dedicated to the creation and presentation of a dynamic and diverse array of new and classic work, and each year hosts an audience of more than 100,000 in its historic home in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood. With its signature focus on civic and community engagement, Center Stage, The State Theater of Maryland, enters its second 50 years with a commitment to exploring how art and entertainment communicate in the 21st century, and to igniting conversation in Baltimore and beyond.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.65Overall score
out of 100

84.67Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$11,480,977

Total expenses · USD$9,050,818

Program expenses

$6,806,215.14 recorded amount

75.2%

Fundraising expenses

$588,303.17 recorded amount

6.5%

Administrative expenses

$1,638,198.06 recorded amount

18.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Michael Ross
Recorded compensation: $101,044.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.11%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Center Stage
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Launched in 1963 by an ambitious community drama group, Center Stage soon became a leader in the regional theater movement, working to produce first-rate professional theater in communities across America. Center Stage is an artistically driven institution committed to engaging, entertaining, and enriching audiences of today and tomorrow through joyous and bold performance. The professional, nonprofit theater company is dedicated to the creation and presentation of a dynamic and diverse array of new and classic work, and each year hosts an audience of more than 100,000 in its historic home in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood. With its signature focus on civic and community engagement, Center Stage, The State Theater of Maryland, enters its second 50 years with a commitment to exploring how art and entertainment communicate in the 21st century, and to igniting conversation in Baltimore and beyond.
`ein` EIN	52-0780194
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9050818.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.18100000000000002
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.065
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.752
`fscore` Financial score	84.67
`leader` Recorded leader	Michael Ross
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	101044.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0111
`motto` Tagline	CENTERSTAGE: Welcome to the Conversation.
`name` Charity name	Center Stage
`tot_rev` Total revenue	11480977.0
`score` Overall score	86.65
`state` State code	MD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6806215.136
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	588303.17
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1638198.0580000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 52-0780194
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Maryland (MD)
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.