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Minnesota Opera

EIN 41-0946789Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Producing opera and opera education programs at the highest artistic level

The Minnesota Opera's mission is to produce opera and opera education programs at the highest artistic level that inspire and entertain our audiences and enrich the cultural life of our community. Now regarded as America's most exciting opera company, The Minnesota Opera was founded as Center Opera in 1963 when the Walker Art Center commissioned an opera for its performing arts program. At the start of the 21st century, The Minnesota Opera is enjoying unprecedented stability and unity of mission. Now the 15th largest opera company in the nation, The Minnesota Opera prides itself in creating a new, dynamic opera company model based upon innovation, world-class artistic quality and strong community service. The Minnesota Opera performs at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.27Overall score
out of 100

82.31Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$8,929,896

Total expenses · USD$11,190,288

Program expenses

$8,459,857.73 recorded amount

75.6%

Fundraising expenses

$839,271.60 recorded amount

7.5%

Administrative expenses

$1,868,778.10 recorded amount

16.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ryan Taylor
Recorded compensation: $129,259.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.15%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Minnesota Opera
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Minnesota Opera's mission is to produce opera and opera education programs at the highest artistic level that inspire and entertain our audiences and enrich the cultural life of our community. Now regarded as America's most exciting opera company, The Minnesota Opera was founded as Center Opera in 1963 when the Walker Art Center commissioned an opera for its performing arts program. At the start of the 21st century, The Minnesota Opera is enjoying unprecedented stability and unity of mission. Now the 15th largest opera company in the nation, The Minnesota Opera prides itself in creating a new, dynamic opera company model based upon innovation, world-class artistic quality and strong community service. The Minnesota Opera performs at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota.
`ein` EIN	41-0946789
`tot_exp` Total expenses	11190288.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.16699999999999998
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.075
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7559999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	82.31
`leader` Recorded leader	Ryan Taylor
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	129259.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0115
`motto` Tagline	Producing opera and opera education programs at the highest artistic level
`name` Charity name	Minnesota Opera
`tot_rev` Total revenue	8929896.0
`score` Overall score	85.27
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	8459857.727999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	839271.6
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1868778.096

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 41-0946789
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Minnesota (MN)
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.