Charity profile · Historical source record

Kansas City Symphony

EIN 43-1297475Arts, Culture, Humanities Missouri Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Transforming hearts, minds and communities

The Kansas City Symphony (KCS), founded in 1982, aims to transform hearts, minds and communities through the power of symphonic music. The orchestra's 80 full-time musicians are area residents and vital contributors to the artistic life of Kansas City. During its 42 week season, the Symphony performs a wide variety of subscription, educational, touring, and outreach concerts. In addition, the KCS performs for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet. The Symphony's various education programs, including specially programmed youth concerts and workshops for high school students, reach more than 40,000 people each year.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.67Overall score
out of 100

88.82Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & 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$17,914,727

Total expenses · USD$16,520,157

Program expenses

$13,530,008.58 recorded amount

81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,156,410.99 recorded amount

7.0%

Administrative expenses

$1,817,217.27 recorded amount

11.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Frank Byrne
Recorded compensation: $273,045.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.65%

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

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 Kansas City Symphony
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Kansas City Symphony (KCS), founded in 1982, aims to transform hearts, minds and communities through the power of symphonic music. The orchestra's 80 full-time musicians are area residents and vital contributors to the artistic life of Kansas City. During its 42 week season, the Symphony performs a wide variety of subscription, educational, touring, and outreach concerts. In addition, the KCS performs for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet. The Symphony's various education programs, including specially programmed youth concerts and workshops for high school students, reach more than 40,000 people each year.
`ein` EIN	43-1297475
`tot_exp` Total expenses	16520157.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.11
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.07
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8190000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	88.82
`leader` Recorded leader	Frank Byrne
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	273045.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0165
`motto` Tagline	Transforming hearts, minds and communities
`name` Charity name	Kansas City Symphony
`tot_rev` Total revenue	17914727.0
`score` Overall score	90.67
`state` State code	MO
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	13530008.583
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1156410.9900000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1817217.27

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.