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← BALLET MEMPHIS CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BALLET MEMPHIS CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,864,022
Total expenses
$4,446,380
Contributions and grants received
$1,284,263
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,269,467
Investment income
$272,019
Other revenue
$38,273
Total assets, end of year
$33,818,476
Total liabilities, end of year
$506,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,312,055
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,323,263
Management and general expenses
$1,021,741
Fundraising expenses
$101,376
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,323,263

Program services were 74.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $277,108

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,007,155

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CLASS FEES

    total $724,881 · related or exempt $724,881

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $544,586 · related or exempt $544,586

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $272,019 · excluded $272,019

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $15,765

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $15,765

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $15,765 · excluded $15,765

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $42,064

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,846

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $19,218 · excluded $19,218

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,290 · related or exempt $3,290

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,290

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $336,105 · program services $275,974 · management and general $47,738 · fundraising $12,393

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,502,624 · program services $1,233,793 · management and general $213,424 · fundraising $55,407

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $121,291 · program services $68,072 · management and general $48,505 · fundraising $4,714

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $147,140 · program services $122,351 · management and general $19,912 · fundraising $4,877

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,803 · management and general $8,803

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $249,382 · program services $157,110 · management and general $92,272

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $163,994 · program services $161,748 · management and general $57 · fundraising $2,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $110,313 · program services $3,515 · management and general $106,798

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $629,811 · program services $447,683 · management and general $182,128

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,269 · program services $30,730 · management and general $3,539

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $663,215 · program services $364,768 · management and general $298,447

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAGE HANDS & TECHNICIA

    total $213,233 · program services $213,233

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $138,991 · program services $129,087 · management and general $118 · fundraising $9,786

  • 24c · Other expenses: COSTUMES AND SETS

    total $60,476 · program services $60,476

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $54,723 · program services $54,723

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,010 · fundraising $12,010

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $469,412 · end of year $173,797

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,253 · end of year $277

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $421,111 · end of year $487,822

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,839 · end of year $9,212

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $24,058,031

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,228,693

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,472,696 · end of year $17,829,338

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $15,275,485 · end of year $15,085,301

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $311,937 · end of year $232,729

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $133,289 · end of year $124,269

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $121,207 · end of year $144,484

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $315,350 · end of year $237,668

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,163,630 · end of year $19,717,044

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,294,257 · end of year $13,595,011

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • BALLET MEMPHIS IS A DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL BALLET COMPANY WITH 18 DANCERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE GLOBE. IN THE 2023-24 SEASON, BALLET MEMPHIS STAGED 4 MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS WITH 18 PERFORMANCES. ADDITIONALLY, THE YOUTH BALLET MEMPHIS STAGED 2 PRODUCTIONS WITH 6 PERFORMANCES. OVER 18,000 INDIVIDUALS ENJOYED A BALLET MEMPHIS PERFORMANCE.

    Expenses $2,443,838 · Revenue $544,586

  • THE BALLET MEMPHIS SCHOOL AND YOUTH BALLET MEMPHIS HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 225 STUDENTS AGES 3 THROUGH 18 WHO PARTICIPATED IN CLASSICAL BALLET TRAINING. STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED INTRODUCTORY THROUGH ADVANCED TRAINING, INCLUDING POINT, MODERN DANCE, CHOREOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE, AND BOYS' TECHNIQUE CLASS. BALLET MEMPHIS PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AND/OR EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONAL DANCE TRAINING TO ANY STUDENT WHO DEMONSTRATES AN INTEREST AND IS WILLING TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO ATTEND REGULAR CLASSES. CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY PROFESSIONAL DANCE INSTRUCTORS OR MEMBERS OF THE BALLET MEMPHIS COMPANY.

    Expenses $443,895 · Revenue $311,151

  • THE BALLET MEMPHIS PILATES + WELLNESS PROGRAM OFFERS MAT AND EQUIPMENT CLASSES AT TWO LOCATIONS. BALLET MEMPHIS IS A LICENSED STOTT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION CENTER AND HAS CERTIFIED MANY OF OUR OWN DANCERS AS INSTRUCTORS. PILATES INSTRUCTION HELPS TO SUPPLEMENT INCOME FOR DANCERS AND OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATH, AS WELL AS OFFERS EXCELLENT TRAINING TO KEEP DANCERS IN PRIME PHYSICAL CONDITION AND REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY. CLIENTS OF ALL PHYSICAL ABILITIES FROM ACROSS THE REGION USE THE PILATES CENTER TO MAINTAIN PHYSICAL HEALTH, RECOVER FROM INJURY, INCREASE BALANCE AND CORE STRENGTH, AND IMPROVE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. ADDITIONALLY, BALLET MEMPHIS OFFERS ADULT CLASSES IN BALLET AND TAP FOR FUN AND FITNESS. THE PILATES + WELLNESS PROGRAM SERVED OVER 11,000 CLIENT VISITS IN FY2024.

    Expenses $435,530 · Revenue $413,730

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • SHELLEY SHANAMAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • DR NEHALI PATEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MAGGIE LOVELL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ANDREA BIENSTOCK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JOAN SCHADT BIDDLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ERIC CLAUSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • LEEANNE COX

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • NEIL GIBSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRETT GRINDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • HON RUTHIE HAGAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MONICA C JONES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • FAITH KAYE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SUE LAYMAN LIGHTMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • ERIC MATHEWS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JESSICA WEBB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • CAROL G MIRAGLIA

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFIC

    Total calculated
    $136,010
    From this org
    $135,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96
    Hours/week
    40
  • GRETCHEN WOLLERT MCLENNON

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $200,096
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $96
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $96
    Filer's total
    $200,096

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE BOARD REVIEWS THE CEO AND OFFICER LEVEL COMPENSATION ANNUALLY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510179349301311

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