KANSAS CITY BALLET ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A630

Classification

1000

Street

500 W PERSHING RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

• BARBRA STORM

  President

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CAROLYN PARKERSON

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CICI 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 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 BLACK

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CINDY HAMPTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DERALD DAVIS EDD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DONNA M DAVIS PHD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOAB ORTIZ

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOHN D HUNKELER

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Karen Yungmeyer

  PRESIDENT, KC BALLET GUILD

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• KENT STALLARD

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Kyle Danner

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LINDA LENZA

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LUCY WELLS COULSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MARK SAPPINGTON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $16,198,060

  Expenses

  $12,506,680

  Contributions

  $8,370,647

  Grants paid

  $193,430

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,025,600

  Expenses

  $12,004,768

  Contributions

  $3,914,270

  Grants paid

  $233,060

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,528,310

  Expenses

  $11,009,039

  Contributions

  $5,276,072

  Grants paid

  $212,348

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,814,564

  Expenses

  $10,115,657

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,028,561

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,818,532

  Expenses

  $5,946,138

  Assets (EOY)

  $45,461,137

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,481,892

  Expenses

  $9,717,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,562,557

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,481,892

  Expenses

  $9,717,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,562,557

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,918,325

  Expenses

  $9,910,899

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,232,881

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $253,468

  2024 · Arts & Culture

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $71,725

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $56,600

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $45,950

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $34,050

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $30,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $30,000

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER HORIZONS

  $22,000

  2024 · Arts & Culture

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $20,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $15,835

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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