Charity profile · Historical source record

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

EIN 41-1428998Arts, Culture, Humanities Minnesota Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Joy. Centerstage.

The Ordway is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading nonprofit performing arts centers and Saint Paul's most elegant and inviting performance space. The Ordway's Music Theater and McKnight stages attract diverse audiences with an array of productions showcasing the finest in American musical theater, world music, dance, and vocal performance. Education and community engagement are integral to the Ordway's mission, with major initiatives including the annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival and Ordway Education programs that serve over 50,000 students annually. The Ordway also sponsors the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, a professionally guided academic and artistic environment that trains aspiring pre-professional performing artists. Together with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera and The Schubert Club, the Ordway is a member of the Arts Partnership and serves as the principal venue for their performances.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.33Overall score
out of 100

94.60Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & 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$18,960,000

Total expenses · USD$21,131,100

Program expenses

$17,665,599.60 recorded amount

83.6%

Fundraising expenses

$1,035,423.90 recorded amount

4.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,387,814.30 recorded amount

11.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 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: Jamie Grant
Recorded compensation: $259,302.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.22%

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 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The Ordway is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading nonprofit performing arts centers and Saint Paul's most elegant and inviting performance space. The Ordway's Music Theater and McKnight stages attract diverse audiences with an array of productions showcasing the finest in American musical theater, world music, dance, and vocal performance. Education and community engagement are integral to the Ordway's mission, with major initiatives including the annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival and Ordway Education programs that serve over 50,000 students annually. The Ordway also sponsors the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, a professionally guided academic and artistic environment that trains aspiring pre-professional performing artists. Together with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera and The Schubert Club, the Ordway is a member of the Arts Partnership and serves as the principal venue for their performances.
`ein` EIN	41-1428998
`tot_exp` Total expenses	21131100.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.113
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.14
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.049
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.836
`fscore` Financial score	94.6
`leader` Recorded leader	Jamie Grant
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	259302.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.012199999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Joy. Centerstage.
`name` Charity name	Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
`tot_rev` Total revenue	18960000.0
`score` Overall score	91.33
`state` State code	MN
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	17665599.599999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1035423.9
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2387814.3000000003

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.