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← BALLET RHODE ISLAND

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BALLET RHODE ISLAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,240,584
Total expenses
$2,626,914
Contributions and grants received
$406,381
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,665,348
Investment income
$19,958
Other revenue
$148,897
Total assets, end of year
$1,393,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$707,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$686,055
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,057,130
Management and general expenses
$460,152
Fundraising expenses
$109,632
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,057,130

Program services were 78.3% 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)

    $43,287

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $363,094

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $1,096,555 · related or exempt $1,096,555

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $493,127 · related or exempt $493,127

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM FEES

    total $75,666 · related or exempt $75,666

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,243 · excluded $21,243

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $11,980

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $11,980

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $11,980 · related or exempt $11,980

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $68,808

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $70,093

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,285

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,285 · related or exempt -$1,285

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,163

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $5,992

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $13,171 · excluded $13,171

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $138,478

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $43,822

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $94,656 · related or exempt $94,656

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $29,090 · related or exempt $29,090

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,062,811 · program services $685,522 · management and general $295,755 · fundraising $81,534

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,295 · program services $38,424 · management and general $18,297 · fundraising $4,574

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $126,418 · program services $86,743 · management and general $31,740 · fundraising $7,935

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,500 · management and general $3,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,606 · management and general $40,606

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $5,457 · management and general $5,457

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,159 · program services $14,285 · management and general $3,099 · fundraising $775

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $173,262 · program services $173,262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,197 · management and general $12,197

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,643 · program services $5,643

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,794 · program services $15,794

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $112,762 · program services $84,571 · management and general $22,553 · fundraising $5,638

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,183 · program services $25,708 · management and general $2,780 · fundraising $695

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSE

    total $762,391 · program services $762,391

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $30,993 · program services $23,668 · management and general $5,860 · fundraising $1,465

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUMMER HOUSING

    total $24,883 · program services $24,883

  • 24d · Other expenses: STORAGE

    total $24,489 · program services $24,489

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $117,071 · program services $91,747 · management and general $18,308 · fundraising $7,016

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $568,713 · end of year $232,828

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,157 · end of year $50,121

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $47,919 · end of year $24,065

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

    $1,810,330

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

    $1,294,882

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $597,243 · end of year $515,448

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $391,428 · end of year $471,662

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $10,263

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,263 · end of year $99,397

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,771 · end of year $80,971

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $116,633 · end of year $86,715

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $465,484 · end of year $439,394

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,263 · end of year $100,386

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $872,175 · end of year $601,055

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $122,660 · end of year $85,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO THRILL AND MOVE OUR AUDIENCES, DANCERS, CHOREOGRAPHERS, SUPPORTERS AND STAFF WITH ART AND DISCIPLINE. OUR VISION IS TO CONTINUOUSLY INCREASE IN PASSION AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND STRENGTH, ACHEIVING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AS A CREATIVE FORCE IN DANCE.

  • DURING THE 2023-2024 SEASON, BALLET RI PRODUCED A FULL SEASON OF PERFORMANCES AT FOUR VENUES: THE VETS, WOODMAN CENTER, THE UNITED THEATRE IN WESTERLY, AND ITS OWN BLACK BOX THEATER. THE PERFORMANCES MARKED THE COMPANY'S EXPANSION TO A FULL SEASON OF PROGRAMMING MATCHING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF PRE-COVID SEASONS. PROGRAMMING RANGED FROM MIXED REPERTORY SHOWS LIKE "DEATH AND THE MAIDEN", "UP CLOSE ON HOPE", AND "OFF THE CHARTS", WHICH FEATURED A RANGE OF CLASSICAL, NEOCLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY WORKS, TO TRADITIONAL OFFERINGS LIKE THE NUTCRACKER AND CINDERELLA. THE FORMER RETURNING TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND INCREASED NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES FEATURING OVER 100 PERFORMERS AFTER ITS PREMIERE IN 2021, AND THE LATTER PRESENTING THE FIRST MAINSTAGE, FULL LENGTH PRODUCTION SINCE 2019. THE COMPLETELY REIMAGINED FAIRYTALE WITH THRILLING NEW CHOREOGRAPHY AND STAGING BY ARTISTIC CURATOR YURY YANOWSKY BROUGHT THE COMPANY BACK TO THE VETS FOR A TRIUMPHANT END TO THE FIRST SEASON AS BALLET RI. THE COMPANY WAS COMPRISED OF 17 COMPANY DANCERS, 14 APPRENTICES, 12 TRAINEES, AND FOUR ARTISTIC STAFF WHO COLLABORATIVELY REHEARSE AND PERFORM SEPTEMBER THROUGH MAY. BALLET RI CONTINUED TO EXPAND IN SCOPE AND REACH, CONNECTING WITH GREATER AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $1,655,875

  • DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, THE BALLET RI SCHOOL CONTINUED TO GROW AND EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS, OFFERING A WIDER VARIETY OF CLASSES AND EXPERIENCES. THE SCHOOL CONTINUED ITS WORK THROUGH THE ALL COURSE NETWORK AS AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF THE RI DEPT OF EDUCATION, ALLOWING FOR DANCE STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SUBSIDIZED TUITION SUPPORT. THE SCHOOL EXPANDED ITS ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM AND ADDED RESUME BUILDING AND MENTORSHIP CONNECTIONS FOR STUDENTS WISHING TO EXPLORE A CAREER IN DANCE. STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITION ENSEMBLE, NEXTGEN CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP, AND THE CULMINATION YEAR-END PERFORMANCE. THE SCHOOL'S NEW TRANSFORMATIONAL PROVIDANCE PROGRAM, WHICH COMMENCED IN OCTOBER 2021, BEGAN IT'S THIRD YEAR OF PROGRAMMING AND EXPANDED TO MULTIPLE SCHOOLS IN RI. THE PROGRAM WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, OFFERING OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME LEARNING ACROSS FOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PROVIDENCE AND PAWTUCKET, WITH ADDITIONAL WEEKLY CLASSES HELD AT BALLET RI STUDIOS. THESE ADVANCING STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH TRANSPORTATION, TUITION SUPPORT, AND SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE THEIR DANCE EDUCATION.

    Expenses $401,255

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laurine Ryan-Perry

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bianca Bator

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Goff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Hourahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betsy Keady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Councilman John Goncalves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Wineberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phillip Kydd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Nauman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Saltzman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maria Montanaro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dana Alexander Nolfe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stefan Petrella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Rosenbaum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eva Rounds

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ana Coronel

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Breen Combes

    EXECUTIVE DIR/NONVOTING DI

    Total calculated
    $116,710
    From this org
    $104,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,206
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
19 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541769349300144

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