Charity profile · Historical source record

Houston Ballet

EIN 74-1394920Arts, Culture, Humanities Texas Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

An internationally acclaimed ballet company

Founded in 1969, Houston Ballet is an internationally acclaimed ballet company which is now America's fifth largest. The company is comprised of 59 dancers and has toured extensively to critical praise in Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, Canada, and in cities throughout the United States. The company's home is the magnificent Wortham Theater Center, a state-of-the-art facility in which the company currently performs over 81 performances seven months out of the year. In February of 2011, Houston Ballet moved into its new Center for Dance located at 601 Preston and connected to The Wortham Theater Center by skybridge. This state-of-the-art facility is the largest center dedicated solely to dance in the U.S. Houston Ballet Academy has an enrollment of 691 students, between the ages of 3 through 60, and more than half of the professional company's dancers have come from the ranks of the academy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

96.63Overall score
out of 100

97.41Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & 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$34,555,867

Total expenses · USD$34,183,785

Program expenses

$28,953,665.89 recorded amount

84.7%

Fundraising expenses

$2,153,578.46 recorded amount

6.3%

Administrative expenses

$3,008,173.08 recorded amount

8.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.13 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: James D. Nelson
Recorded compensation: $280,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.81%

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

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All 23 original fields for Houston Ballet
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1969, Houston Ballet is an internationally acclaimed ballet company which is now America's fifth largest. The company is comprised of 59 dancers and has toured extensively to critical praise in Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, Canada, and in cities throughout the United States. The company's home is the magnificent Wortham Theater Center, a state-of-the-art facility in which the company currently performs over 81 performances seven months out of the year. In February of 2011, Houston Ballet moved into its new Center for Dance located at 601 Preston and connected to The Wortham Theater Center by skybridge. This state-of-the-art facility is the largest center dedicated solely to dance in the U.S. Houston Ballet Academy has an enrollment of 691 students, between the ages of 3 through 60, and more than half of the professional company's dancers have come from the ranks of the academy.
`ein` EIN	74-1394920
`tot_exp` Total expenses	34183785.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.13
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.063
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.847
`fscore` Financial score	97.41
`leader` Recorded leader	James D. Nelson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	280000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.008100000000000001
`motto` Tagline	An internationally acclaimed ballet company
`name` Charity name	Houston Ballet
`tot_rev` Total revenue	34555867.0
`score` Overall score	96.63
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	28953665.895
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2153578.455
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3008173.08

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.