Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $16,198,060
Total expenses: $12,506,680
Contributions and grants received: $8,370,647
Grants paid: $193,430
Program service revenue: $6,632,301
Investment income: $854,417
Other revenue: $340,695
Total assets, end of year: $55,981,428
Total liabilities, end of year: $3,850,333
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $52,131,095
Program services expenses (Part IX): $9,657,821
Management and general expenses: $1,988,715
Fundraising expenses: $860,144
Program service expenses (Part III): $9,657,821

Program services were 77.2% 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.

1c · Fundraising events

$620,065
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$331,170
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$7,419,412
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$3,323,071
2a · Program service revenue: performances

total $4,775,686 · related or exempt $4,775,686
2b · Program service revenue: Tuition

total $1,856,615 · related or exempt $1,856,615
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $699,956 · excluded $699,956
6a · Gross rents

real property $9,320 · personal property $750
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $9,320 · personal property $750
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $10,070 · excluded $10,070
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $2,109,994 · other assets $19,140
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $1,974,673
7c · Gain or loss

securities $135,321 · other assets $19,140
7d · Net gain or loss

total $154,461 · excluded $154,461
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$178,680
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$620,065
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$251,188
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$72,508 · excluded -$72,508
11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

total $403,133 · excluded $403,133
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$403,133

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $193,430 · program services $193,430
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $479,593 · program services $220,613 · management and general $196,633 · fundraising $62,347
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $5,201,793 · program services $4,334,117 · management and general $442,544 · fundraising $425,132
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $60,372 · program services $16,759 · management and general $43,613
9 · Other employee benefits

total $729,504 · program services $613,681 · management and general $67,575 · fundraising $48,248
10 · Payroll taxes

total $461,137 · program services $370,642 · management and general $50,286 · fundraising $40,209
11b · Fees: legal

total $58,240 · program services $23,520 · management and general $34,720
11c · Fees: accounting

total $46,895 · management and general $46,895
11f · Fees: investment management

total $65,691 · management and general $65,691
11g · Fees: other

total $328,292 · program services $109,260 · management and general $146,546 · fundraising $72,486
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $558,271 · program services $558,271
13 · Office expenses

total $207,043 · program services $134,160 · management and general $37,159 · fundraising $35,724
14 · Information technology

total $25,268 · program services $5,056 · management and general $20,212
16 · Occupancy

total $941,109 · program services $310,185 · management and general $630,924
17 · Travel

total $178,020 · program services $145,035 · management and general $6,004 · fundraising $26,981
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $999,238 · program services $942,349 · management and general $34,566 · fundraising $22,323
23 · Insurance

total $122,844 · management and general $122,844
24a · Other expenses: ORCHESTRA & GUEST ARTISTS

total $615,359 · program services $615,359
24b · Other expenses: THEATER EXPENSES

total $521,465 · program services $521,465
24c · Other expenses: COSTUMES, SETS & SHOES

total $266,365 · program services $266,365
24d · Other expenses: SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM DORMS

total $258,605 · program services $258,605
24e · All other expenses

total $188,146 · program services $18,949 · management and general $42,503 · fundraising $126,694

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $2,195,082 · end of year $2,330,331
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $314,782 · end of year $332,607
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $298,929 · end of year $285,001
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$30,201,696
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$9,153,802
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $21,859,008 · end of year $21,047,894
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $23,405,161 · end of year $30,005,878
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $20,255 · end of year $60,525
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $2,082,492 · end of year $1,919,192
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $751,646 · end of year $671,267
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $1,153,376 · end of year $1,346,637
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $2,014,428 · end of year $1,832,429
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $23,779,813 · end of year $27,023,281
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $22,476,446 · end of year $25,107,814
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $0
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

beginning of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE AND ENGAGE THROUGH THE BEAUTY, POWER AND PASSION OF DANCE

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INSPIRE AND ENGAGE THROUGH THE BEAUTY, POWER AND PASSION OF DANCE.

KANSAS CITY BALLET PERFORMANCES. 62,435 PERFORMANCE ATTENDANCE. KANSAS CITY BALLET OPENED ITS 67TH SEASON WITH 'ALICE (IN WONDERLAND)' (OCTOBER 11-20), (CHOREOGRAPHY BY SEPTIME WEBRE, MUSIC BY MATTHEW PIERCE). IN DECEMBER, KANSAS CITY BALLET PERFORMED DEVON CARNEY'S HOLIDAY CLASSIC 'THE NUTCRACKER' WITH MUSIC BY PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY IN TWO SCHOOL, ONE SENSORY AND TWENTY-THREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES (DECEMBER 6-24). EACH SHOW IS PERFORMED BY THE OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL COMPANY OF KANSAS CITY BALLET WITH MEMBERS OF THE KANSAS CITY BALLET SCHOOL AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY. KANSAS CITY BALLET SHOWCASED CONTEMPORARY BALLET IN AN INTIMATE SETTING WITH ITS 'NEW MOVES' SERIES, FEATURING VARIOUS EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS (JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 2). FOR ITS WINTER PERFORMANCE (MARCH 21-30), KANSAS CITY BALLET PERFORMED 'DON QUIXOTE' (CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANNA-MARIE HOLMES AFTER MARIUS PETIPA, MUSIC BY LUDWIG MINKUS). KANSAS CITY BALLET CONCLUDED ITS 2024-25 PERFORMANCE SEASON WITH A MIXED REPERTOIRE PROGRAM CALLED 'FUSION' (MAY 9-18). SELECTIONS INCLUDED 'TULIPS AND LOBSTER' (CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA), 'CELTS' (CHOREOGRAPHY BY LILA YORK), 'IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED' (CHOREOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM FORSYTHE) AND 'HOLD ON TIGHT' (CHOREOGRAPHY BY CAROLINE DAHM).

Expenses $6,976,097 · Revenue $4,775,686
KANSAS CITY BALLET SCHOOL DANCE ACADEMY 2,665 PEOPLE SERVED. PROVIDING EXCELLENCE IN DANCE TRAINING SINCE 1981, KANSAS CITY BALLET SCHOOL HAS TWO CAMPUSES, DOWNTOWN AND IN JOHNSON COUNTY, SERVING THE NEEDS OF PRE-PROFESSIONAL AND RECREATIONAL DANCE STUDENTS, BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE ACADEMY OFFERS CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-19 VARYING FROM CREATIVE MOVEMENT, BALLET, POINTE, MODERN, JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY, VARIATIONS, CONDITIONING, FLAMENCO & MORE. WE OFFER AN ADAPTIVE DANCE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MIXED COGNITIVE ABILITIES AS WELL AS A DAYTIME PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO FURTHER THEIR DANCE EDUCATION EVEN MORE. STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMY PROGRAM HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO AUDITION FOR COMPANY PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS THE NUTCRACKER, AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A SPRING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. OUR PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ALSO ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN KANSAS CITY YOUTH BALLET (THE PERFORMING ENSEMBLE OF THE SCHOOL) AND IN COMPETITIONS SUCH AS YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX AND UNIVERSAL BALLET COMPETITION. EACH YEAR KCBS OFFERS A FIVE-WEEK SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM, WHICH ATTRACTS STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. KANSAS CITY BALLET'S SECOND COMPANY SERVES AS AN EMERGING PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM FOR EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED YOUNG DANCERS. OUR STUDIO PROGRAM OFFERS DROP-IN CLASSES FOR TEENS AND ADULTS OF ANY LEVEL IN VARIOUS STYLES OF DANCE AND FITNESS. THERE ARE CLASSES SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR SILVER COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE RECOVERING FROM A BRAIN INJURY. WE OFFER CLASSES IN BALLET, TAP, JAZZ, FLAMENCO, PROGRESSING BALLET TECHNIQUE (PBT), PILATES, YOGA, DANCEFIX, BEMOVED, BALLET BOD, BARRE FITNESS, BABY BUNDLE AND MORE.

Expenses $2,446,484 · Grants $174,030 · Revenue $1,836,339
KANSAS CITY BALLET PARTNERSHIP AND REACH OUT AND DANCE (ROAD) PROGRAMS. YOUTH AND ADULTS WERE IMPACTED THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS OFFERED BY KANSAS CITY BALLET'S PARTNERSHIP AND ROAD DEPARTMENTS. 4,464 GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDED 3 STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES OF 'THE NUTCRACKER', INCLUDING 1,061 FROM TITLE I SCHOOLS. 874 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATTENDED SENSORY-FRIENDLY NUTCRACKER AND ALICE (IN WONDERLAND) PERFORMANCES. THE PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT SPONSORED 81 DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING 17 COMMUNITY DANCE WORKSHOPS (5,119 ATTENDED) AND 7 SECOND COMPANY INFORMANCES (1,837 ATTENDED) PLACED IN SCHOOLS, SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC SPACES. IN FY25 A TOTAL OF 84 NEW REACH OUT AND DANCE (""R.O.A.D."") SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO COME AND STUDY DANCE AT KC BALLET. 40 R.O.A.D. SCHOLAR FAMILIES ATTENDED TWO PARENT/GUARDIAN ORIENTATIONS. 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE R.O.A.D. SCHOLARSHIP SHOWCASE PERFORMED BY THE R.O.A.D. SCHOLARS FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS WITH A R.O.A.D. SCHOLAR RECEPTION HELD WITH 48 R.O.A.D. SCHOLARS IN ATTENDANCE. KCB'S 12 TO 24 - WEEK DANCE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TAUGHT BY KANSAS CITY BALLET TEACHING ARTIST TO LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT SERVED 798 THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS FROM 14 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI AND KANSAS. FALL AND SPRING R.O.A.D. RALLIES WERE CONDUCTED IN PERSON WITH A TOTAL OF 1,821 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

Expenses $235,240 · Grants $19,400 · Revenue $20,276

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Barbra StormBARBRA STORM

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Carolyn ParkersonCAROLYN PARKERSON

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cici RojasCICI ROJAS

IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Gray

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$220,393

From this org

$211,262

From related orgs

$0

Other

$9,131

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$211,262

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$9,131

Filer's total

$220,393
David Harris

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Devon E Carney

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$249,440

From this org

$237,273

From related orgs

$0

Other

$12,167

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$237,273

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$4,583

Nontaxable benefits

$7,584

Filer's total

$249,440
Julia Irene Dennie-Kauffman

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kathy Nemechek

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rachel Merlo

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alexis Strauss

PRESIDENT, BARRE KC

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Angela WalkerANGELA WALKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anne Elseberry

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Aviva Ajmera

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Charlotte Kemper BlackCHARLOTTE KEMPER BLACK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cindy HamptonCINDY HAMPTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Derald Davis EdDDERALD DAVIS EDD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Donna M Davis PhDDONNA M DAVIS PHD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joab OrtizJOAB ORTIZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John D HunkelerJOHN D HUNKELER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Karen Yungmeyer

PRESIDENT, KC BALLET GUILD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kent StallardKENT STALLARD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kyle Danner

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Linda LenzaLINDA LENZA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lucy Wells CoulsonLUCY WELLS COULSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mark SappingtonMARK SAPPINGTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patricia MacDonaldPATRICIA MACDONALD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sarah PedrazaSARAH PEDRAZA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve DoyalSTEVE DOYAL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Steve McDowellSTEVE MCDOWELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Suzanne ShankSUZANNE SHANK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tracy Musolf

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
George Hans

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Total calculated

$127,233

From this org

$114,614

From related orgs

$0

Other

$12,619

Hours/week

40
Jennifer Wampler

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Total calculated

$130,716

From this org

$112,704

From related orgs

$0

Other

$18,012

Hours/week

40
Kevin Amey

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Total calculated

$137,225

From this org

$125,531

From related orgs

$0

Other

$11,694

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. 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 · Compensation committee
3 · Form 990 of other organizations
3 · Written employment contract
3 · Compensation survey or study
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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

KCBA HOLDINGS LLC

HOLDINGS · MO · income $3,077,482 · assets $0

Directly controlled by KC BALLET

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

OZ Ballet LLC

Related · Ballet Production · CO · 33.333% owned · share of income $41,191 · share of assets $57,161 · general or managing partner

Directly controlled by KC Ballet Assn

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 21 April 2026
IRS schema version: 2024v5.1
Source object: 202611119349300826

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