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Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

EIN 54-6019736Arts, Culture, Humanities Virginia Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Enriching lives, educating, and entertaining diverse audiences

Founded in 1953, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is the largest professional orchestra in Virginia west of Richmond. The RSO's mission is to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and choral concerts, and to enhance traditional performances with innovative programming in a welcoming acoustical environment. Since its founding, the orchestra has been recognized nationally for its artistic achievements, its innovative education programs and its unique outreach to diverse audiences. The RSO family also includes the Roanoke Symphony Chorus, a volunteer organization that performs with the Orchestra approximately three times per year. RSO's education programs include in-school concerts and ensembles, and the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

78.19Overall score
out of 100

73.05Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,840,401

Total expenses · USD$1,791,144

Program expenses

$1,348,731.43 recorded amount

75.3%

Fundraising expenses

$21,493.73 recorded amount

1.2%

Administrative expenses

$419,127.70 recorded amount

23.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: David Crane
Recorded compensation: $76,482.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.27%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1953, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is the largest professional orchestra in Virginia west of Richmond. The RSO's mission is to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and choral concerts, and to enhance traditional performances with innovative programming in a welcoming acoustical environment. Since its founding, the orchestra has been recognized nationally for its artistic achievements, its innovative education programs and its unique outreach to diverse audiences. The RSO family also includes the Roanoke Symphony Chorus, a volunteer organization that performs with the Orchestra approximately three times per year. RSO's education programs include in-school concerts and ensembles, and the Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra.
`ein` EIN	54-6019736
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1791144.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.23399999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.01
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.012
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.753
`fscore` Financial score	73.05
`leader` Recorded leader	David Crane
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	76482.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.042699999999999995
`motto` Tagline	Enriching lives, educating, and entertaining diverse audiences
`name` Charity name	Roanoke Symphony Orchestra
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1840401.0
`score` Overall score	78.19
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1348731.432
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	21493.728
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	419127.696

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 54-6019736
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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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.