Charity profile · Historical source record

Seattle Opera

EIN 91-0760426Arts, Culture, Humanities Washington Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Producing grand operas

Seattle Opera strives to produce musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing uniformly high quality casts, dramatically aware conductors, and innovative yet textually concerned directors and designers. By continuing our emphasis on the work of Richard Wagner and by achieving national and international recognition for the quality of all our programming, Seattle Opera commits itself to advancing the cultural life of the Pacific Northwest through education and performance.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

82.88Overall score
out of 100

81.01Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & 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$43,021,814

Total expenses · USD$23,067,246

Program expenses

$16,746,820.60 recorded amount

72.6%

Fundraising expenses

$2,352,859.09 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$3,921,431.82 recorded amount

17.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: Aidan Lang
Recorded compensation: $271,876.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.17%

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 Seattle Opera
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	Seattle Opera strives to produce musically extraordinary, theatrically compelling operas, employing uniformly high quality casts, dramatically aware conductors, and innovative yet textually concerned directors and designers. By continuing our emphasis on the work of Richard Wagner and by achieving national and international recognition for the quality of all our programming, Seattle Opera commits itself to advancing the cultural life of the Pacific Northwest through education and performance.
`ein` EIN	91-0760426
`tot_exp` Total expenses	23067246.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.17
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.726
`fscore` Financial score	81.01
`leader` Recorded leader	Aidan Lang
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	271876.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.011699999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Producing grand operas
`name` Charity name	Seattle Opera
`tot_rev` Total revenue	43021814.0
`score` Overall score	82.88
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	16746820.595999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2352859.0919999997
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	3921431.8200000003

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.