Charity profile · Historical source record

Utah Symphony & Opera

EIN 51-0145980Arts, Culture, Humanities Utah Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Engaging, educating, and enriching lives

The mission of the Utah Symphony & Opera is to give great performances which engage, educate, and enrich lives.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.95Overall score
out of 100

91.03Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$22,203,175

Total expenses · USD$22,506,582

Program expenses

$19,175,607.86 recorded amount

85.2%

Fundraising expenses

$1,215,355.43 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$2,070,605.54 recorded amount

9.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 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: Paul Meecham
Recorded compensation: $124,805.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.55%

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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 Utah Symphony & Opera
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Arts, Culture, Humanities
`description` Mission & description	The mission of the Utah Symphony & Opera is to give great performances which engage, educate, and enrich lives.
`ein` EIN	51-0145980
`tot_exp` Total expenses	22506582.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.092
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.852
`fscore` Financial score	91.03
`leader` Recorded leader	Paul Meecham
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	124805.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0055000000000000005
`motto` Tagline	Engaging, educating, and enriching lives
`name` Charity name	Utah Symphony & Opera
`tot_rev` Total revenue	22203175.0
`score` Overall score	91.95
`state` State code	UT
`subcategory` Subcategory	Performing Arts
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	19175607.864
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1215355.428
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2070605.544

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 51-0145980
Source category: Arts, Culture, Humanities
Source subcategory: Performing Arts
Recorded location: Utah (UT)
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.