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The School of American Ballet

EIN 13-1275970Arts, Culture, Humanities New York Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Training the nation's most promising young dancers for professional careers in ballet

The School of American Ballet (SAB), the official training academy of the New York City Ballet, was established in 1934 by legendary choreographer George Balanchine and philanthropist Lincoln Kirstein as the first and most essential step in their quest to create an American classical ballet company. SAB, located at New York City's Lincoln Center, is today the premier ballet academy in the United States, training more students who go on to become professional dancers than any other school. SAB alumni fill the ranks of the New York City Ballet and other leading U.S. and international ballet companies.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.14Overall score
out of 100

86.33Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$13,407,409

Total expenses · USD$15,413,167

Program expenses

$11,174,546.07 recorded amount

72.5%

Fundraising expenses

$1,988,298.54 recorded amount

12.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,234,909.21 recorded amount

14.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Marjorie L. Van Dercook
Recorded compensation: $364,347.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.36%

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All 23 original fields for The School of American Ballet
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The School of American Ballet (SAB), the official training academy of the New York City Ballet, was established in 1934 by legendary choreographer George Balanchine and philanthropist Lincoln Kirstein as the first and most essential step in their quest to create an American classical ballet company. SAB, located at New York City's Lincoln Center, is today the premier ballet academy in the United States, training more students who go on to become professional dancers than any other school. SAB alumni fill the ranks of the New York City Ballet and other leading U.S. and international ballet companies.
`ein` EIN	13-1275970
`tot_exp` Total expenses	15413167.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.145
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.129
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.725
`fscore` Financial score	86.33
`leader` Recorded leader	Marjorie L. Van Dercook
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	364347.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0236
`motto` Tagline	Training the nation's most promising young dancers for professional careers in ballet
`name` Charity name	The School of American Ballet
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13407409.0
`score` Overall score	89.14
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	11174546.075
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1988298.543
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2234909.215

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-1275970
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.