Charity profile · Historical source record

James Sewell Ballet

EIN 41-1787932Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Connecting artists with audiences

James Sewell Ballet's mission is to create and perform works that connect artists with audiences and to advance contemporary ballet. James Sewell, a Minneapolis native, co-founded James Sewell Ballet in New York with Sally Rousse in 1990, and relocated the company to Minnesota in 1993. The chamber-sized ensemble of eight dancers primarily presents Sewell's contemporary ballet choreography. The troupe has worked with the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Orchestra & Chorale, North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, VocalEssence, Dale Warland Singers, Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota Dance Theatre, and Ballet Arts Minnesota.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

81.71Overall score
out of 100

78.94Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & 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$1,008,354

Total expenses · USD$1,019,266

Program expenses

$763,430.23 recorded amount

74.9%

Fundraising expenses

$119,254.12 recorded amount

11.7%

Administrative expenses

$135,562.38 recorded amount

13.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 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: George Sutton
Recorded compensation: $78,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 7.65%

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 James Sewell Ballet
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	James Sewell Ballet's mission is to create and perform works that connect artists with audiences and to advance contemporary ballet. James Sewell, a Minneapolis native, co-founded James Sewell Ballet in New York with Sally Rousse in 1990, and relocated the company to Minnesota in 1993. The chamber-sized ensemble of eight dancers primarily presents Sewell's contemporary ballet choreography. The troupe has worked with the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Orchestra & Chorale, North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Mozart Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, VocalEssence, Dale Warland Singers, Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Walker Art Center, Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota Dance Theatre, and Ballet Arts Minnesota.
`ein` EIN	41-1787932
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1019266.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.133
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7490000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	78.94
`leader` Recorded leader	George Sutton
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	78000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0765
`motto` Tagline	Connecting artists with audiences
`name` Charity name	James Sewell Ballet
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1008354.0
`score` Overall score	81.71
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	763430.234
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	119254.12199999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	135562.378

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.