Arts, Culture, Humanities : Performing Arts

Houston Ballet

An internationally acclaimed ballet company

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (64.85)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 84.9%    
Administrative Expenses 9.5%    
Fundraising Expenses 5.4%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.07    
Efficiency Rating    
      (38.49)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 20.6%    
Program Expenses Growth 6.3%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 4.29    
Capacity Rating    
      (26.36)

Income Statement     (FYE 06/2007)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $20,771,197
Other Revenue $7,988,339
Total Revenue $28,759,536
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $14,713,483
Administrative Expenses $1,657,948
Fundraising Expenses $947,106
Total Functional Expenses $17,318,537
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $11,440,999
   
Net Assets $78,167,104

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Contact Information

Houston Ballet
1921 West Bell Street
Houston, TX 77019
tel: (713) 535-3271
fax: (713) 523-4038
EIN: 74-1394920

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Leadership      (FYE 06/2007)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Cecil C. Conner Jr. Managing Director (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $181,951 1.05%
Other Salaries of Note
Stanton Welch Artistic Director (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $194,409 1.12%

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Mission

Founded in 1969, Houston Ballet is an internationally acclaimed ballet company which is now America's fourth largest. The company is comprised of 54 dancers and has toured extensively to critical praise in Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, Canada, and in cities throughout the United States. The company's home is the magnificent Wortham Theater Center, a state-of-the-art facility in which the company currently performs over 75 performances seven months out of the year. Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy has an enrollment of 300 students, between the ages of four and 60, and more than half of the professional company's dancers have come from the ranks of the academy.

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Houston Ballet - TX 64.85
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