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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BALLET METROPOLITAN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,860,862
Total expenses
$8,596,083
Contributions and grants received
$4,100,350
Grants paid
$439,943
Program service revenue
$5,455,069
Investment income
$309,769
Other revenue
-$4,326
Total assets, end of year
$15,665,541
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,666,537
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,999,004
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,583,324
Management and general expenses
$772,387
Fundraising expenses
$240,372
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,583,324

Program services were 88.2% 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

    $256,832

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,759,461

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,084,057

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $175,918

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $2,553,267 · related or exempt $2,553,267

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DANCE ACADEMY

    total $2,293,173 · related or exempt $2,293,173

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $487,927 · related or exempt $487,927

  • 2d · Program service revenue: TOURING AND RENTALS

    total $90,559 · related or exempt $90,559

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $30,143 · related or exempt $30,143

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $313,038 · excluded $313,038

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $173,767

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

    securities $177,036

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,269

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,269 · excluded -$3,269

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,150

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $256,832

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $116,487

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$57,337 · excluded -$57,337

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $98,838

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $45,827

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $53,011 · related or exempt $53,011

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $439,943 · program services $439,943

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $363,570 · program services $196,840 · management and general $166,730

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,750,474 · program services $3,312,651 · management and general $231,077 · fundraising $206,746

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $365,021 · program services $343,267 · management and general $20,976 · fundraising $778

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $472,755 · program services $401,917 · management and general $46,848 · fundraising $23,990

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,327 · management and general $67,327

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,078 · management and general $1,078

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $321,224 · program services $321,224

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $303,254 · program services $299,396 · fundraising $3,858

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $218,639 · program services $196,443 · management and general $18,427 · fundraising $3,769

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $92,551 · management and general $92,551

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $182,271 · program services $166,800 · management and general $15,471

  • 17 · Travel

    total $92,712 · program services $88,150 · management and general $4,562

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $237,279 · program services $216,740 · management and general $20,539

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION/SUPPLIES

    total $1,339,968 · program services $1,339,968

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD/TICKET FEES

    total $175,865 · program services $175,865

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $172,152 · program services $84,120 · management and general $86,801 · fundraising $1,231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $393,544 · end of year $173,024

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,699,265 · end of year $5,696,985

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $895,611 · end of year $1,076,862

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $37,196 · end of year $18,113

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $123,479 · end of year $149,985

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

    $13,162,408

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

    $5,249,221

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,229,549 · end of year $7,913,187

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $979,944 · end of year $637,385

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $597,036 · end of year $578,220

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,004,768 · end of year $1,088,317

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,713,111 · end of year $12,672,451

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,043,673 · end of year $1,326,553

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BALLETMET WILL CELEBRATE DANCE BY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH QUALITY PERFORMANCES, INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND CREATION OF NEW WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DANCE CREATION AND PERFORMANCES, DANCE ACADEMY INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION/COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

  • PROFESSIONAL COMPANY PERFORMANCES - BALLETMET IS ONE OF COLUMBUS'S LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND AMONG THE NATION'S TOP BALLET COMPANIES. A RESIDENT COMPANY OF 26 PROFESSIONAL DANCERS PERFORMS AN ANNUAL SEASON OF 60-90 PERFORMANCES, WITH A REPERTOIRE RANGING FROM CLASSICAL BALLETS TO CONTEMPORARY MASTERWORKS. THE COMMISSION AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW WORKS IS A CORE PRIORITY AND AN ESSENTIAL ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS, AND BALLETMET HAS COMMISSIONED THE WORLD'S MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER CHOREOGRAPHERS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OBALLETMET ALSO SUPPORTS EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHERS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF ITS COMPANY DANCERS WHO HAVE EARNED SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK. BALLETMET IS A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR FOR COLUMBUS, TOURING NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING TWICE BY INVITATION AT NEW YORK CITY'S PRESTIGIOUS JOYCE THEATER. COLUMBUS PERFORMANCE VENUES INCLUDE THE OHIO AND JOANN DAVIDSON THEATRES AND THE 225-SEAT PERFORMANCE SPACE ON BALLETMET'S DOWNTOWN CAMPUS.

    Expenses $5,088,740 · Revenue $2,553,267

  • DANCE ACADEMY CLASSES - THE BALLETMET DANCE ACADEMY OFFERS A FULL CURRICULUM FOR THE SERIOUS AND THE RECREATIONAL STUDENT, WITH A VARIETY OF CLASSES FOR AGES THREE TO SENIOR ADULT. CLASSES INCLUDE BALLET, POINTE, MODERN, TAP, JAZZ, FLAMENCO, YOGA AND PILATES. YOUTH STUDENTS PERFORM IN AN ANNUAL ACADEMY PERFORMANCE, WITH MORE ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES AND, BY AUDITION, IN LARGE-CAST COMPANY PRODUCTIONS. INTENSIVE STUDY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED STUDENTS, AND A TRAINEE PROGRAM FOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLERS AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES PROVIDES ADVANCED TRAINING FOR A PROFESSIONAL CAREER. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OTHE ANNUAL SUMMER INTENSIVE OFFERS A FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM FOR LOCAL AND NATIONALLY AUDITIONED STUDENTS TO BUILD AND REFINE DANCE SKILLS, TRAINING WITH BALLETMET ARTISTS AND FACULTY. THE TRAINEE AND INTENSIVE PROGRAMS OFTEN IDENTIFY FUTURE BALLETMET DANCERS, AND A NUMBER OF TRAINEES HAVE GRADUATED TO DANCE WITH COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.

    Expenses $2,095,652 · Grants $439,943 · Revenue $2,293,173

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:DANCE INSTRUCTION - ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES - DANCE-IN-SCHOOLS PROGRAMS CONNECT STUDENTS, PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING ARTISTS, AND CLASSROOM EDUCATORS THROUGH RESIDENCIES, LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PERFORMANCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES. IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES INTEGRATE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ODE) DANCE CONTENT STANDARDS. MOVING INTO LITERACY, DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1 - 3, FUSES DANCE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT LITERACY AND CRITICAL THINKING. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OA SECOND RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE THAT PREPARES PRESCHOOLERS FOR KINDERGARTEN BY INTEGRATING MOVEMENT WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND LITERACY SKILLS. STUDENTS MAY ALSO VIEW A PERFORMANCE IN THEIR SCHOOL WITH NARRATION THAT EXPLAINS DANCE. WORKSHOPS PROVIDE TEACHER TRAINING THAT INTEGRATES ODE DANCE CONTENT STANDARDS WITH CURRICULUM STUDIES. MORNING AT THE BALLET IS A FULLY STAGED THEATRE PERFORMANCE BY BALLETMET THAT INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO DANCE AS A PERFORMING ART AND ENHANCES INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING WITH RELATED CLASSROOM RESOURCE MATERIALS.CULTURAL & ETHNIC AWARENESS - ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES: COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - BALLETMET IS COMMITTED TO INVOLVING A BROAD SEGMENT OF THE CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITY IN DANCE. UP TO 3,500 COMPLIMENTARY KIDTIX TICKETS AND PREPARATION MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED FOR UNDERSERVED GROUPS IDENTIFIED THROUGH YOUTH, SOCIAL SERVICE, AND FAITH-BASED AGENCIES.STUDENT FINANCIAL AID: EDUCATION - BALLETMET'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1987 WITH NET PROCEEDS FROM A COLUMBUS PRESENTATION OF DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM. NOW NAMED THE DANCE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, THIS OFFERING HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND REFINED TO SERVE A GREATER NUMBER OF STUDENTS. SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDE DANCE ACADEMY TRAINING AND DANCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES TO DESERVING URBAN AND SUBURBAN YOUTH. UP TO 70 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ANNUALLY AND RANGE FROM FULL ANNUAL TUITION TO PARTIAL TUITION. SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE IS AWARDED BY AUDITION, AND IS BASED ON TALENT AND FINANCIAL NEED. THE MAJORITY OF RECIPIENTS REPRESENT MINORITY OR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. FINANCIAL AID IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS.

    Expenses $364,605 · Revenue $487,927

  • TOURING AND RENTALS.

    Expenses $34,327 · Revenue $120,702

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Edwaard Liang

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,895
    From this org
    $193,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,945
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,950
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,945
    Filer's total
    $200,895
  • Sue Porter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $161,370
    From this org
    $141,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,928
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,442
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,928
    Filer's total
    $161,370
  • Amy Bonitatibus

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Borowicz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Phillips Bower

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Coleman

    TRUSTEE (ENTER 09/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trish Cadwallader

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rod Chu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Conner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Decola

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amelia Gandara

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra Dendahl Hadley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Hutchinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doris Ing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Jennings

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Kass

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Kauffman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Klingbeil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Kridler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Lilly

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Lynch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elisa McCurdy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kara Mundy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Powers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Salopek

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Simon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Slayman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Press Southworth

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Strause

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Walther

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robyn Wenzke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susanna Zhu

    TRUSTEE (ENTER 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Herb Bresler

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan Douglass

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ellen German Berndt

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Adrienne Brokaw

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Beth Fisher

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Marion Fisher

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric Henderson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michele Holcomb

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Debora Kane

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jasmine Zellner

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patricia Jackson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
E. LIANG AND S. PORTER EACH RECEIVED A BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000.

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.

  • MOMENTUM - DANCE IN SCHOOLS LLC

    IN-SCHOOL DANCE PROGRAM · OH · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by BALLET METROPOLITAN INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530249349300343

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