Charity profile · Historical source record

Kansas City Starlight Theatre

EIN 44-0552079Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

There's something about a Starlight night

The mission of Kansas City Starlight Theatre is to present first quality professional entertainment and arts education to diverse audiences, while building an appreciation for the performing arts and preserving and enhancing the Starlight venue for future generations. As it carries out this mission, Starlight will remain committed to family-oriented entertainment at affordable prices, with a focus on musical theatre. Starlight Theatre's vision is to be the premier entertainment treasure of the heartland, where performing arts share center stage with education. Presenting Broadway entertainment since 1951, Starlight is Kansas City's oldest and largest performing arts organization.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.40Overall score
out of 100

94.88Financial 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$19,749,500

Total expenses · USD$20,852,373

Program expenses

$17,641,107.56 recorded amount

84.6%

Fundraising expenses

$417,047.46 recorded amount

2.0%

Administrative expenses

$2,752,513.24 recorded amount

13.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.31 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: Richard Baker
Recorded compensation: $309,956.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.48%

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

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All 23 original fields for Kansas City Starlight Theatre
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of Kansas City Starlight Theatre is to present first quality professional entertainment and arts education to diverse audiences, while building an appreciation for the performing arts and preserving and enhancing the Starlight venue for future generations. As it carries out this mission, Starlight will remain committed to family-oriented entertainment at affordable prices, with a focus on musical theatre. Starlight Theatre's vision is to be the premier entertainment treasure of the heartland, where performing arts share center stage with education. Presenting Broadway entertainment since 1951, Starlight is Kansas City's oldest and largest performing arts organization.
`ein` EIN	44-0552079
`tot_exp` Total expenses	20852373.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.132
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.31
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.02
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.846
`fscore` Financial score	94.88
`leader` Recorded leader	Richard Baker
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	309956.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0148
`motto` Tagline	There's something about a Starlight night
`name` Charity name	Kansas City Starlight Theatre
`tot_rev` Total revenue	19749500.0
`score` Overall score	95.4
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17641107.558
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	417047.46
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2752513.236

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.