Ballet Idaho Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820301511
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Boise, ID, USA
Phone
2083430556
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,152,068
Expenses
$3,620,222
Assets
$2,261,925
Liabilities
$598,233

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY BETH CHANDLER (PRESIDENT)
  • BRAD MILLER (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • LAUREN NOONAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MADELINE TURNOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GARRET ANDERSON (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR): $135,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ballet Idaho's mission is to engage with Idaho communities to create immersive dance performances and educational experiences that are accessible to all. We enrich our community through quality performances, disciplined training, dance outreach, and education. Our vision is to create transformative experiences that enrich lives and celebrate the human spirit.

What it reported doing in 2024

"four professional mainstage performances of ballet were performed in boise, id, in addition to our preprofessional program performance and a chamber concert with the boise philharmonic. Ballet Idaho opened its season in october with a fall program titled sound in motion. This included works by justin peck and terrance marling and was presented at the morrison center for the performing arts onstage with live orchestra in collaboration with the boise philharmonic. In november, a performance at the argyros center for the performing arts in ketchum combined the content of the sound in motion program with two other works to present a mixed repertory performance for the wood river valley community. The fifth year of our new production of the nutcracker, which includes vibrant new sets and costumes, had 11 public performances over two weekends in december, again held at the morrison center. These performances also featured live music by the boise philharmonic. Additionally, the company gave four performances of an abbreviated version of this production in caldwell, featuring a number of local dance students in the children's roles. In february, our annual anthology program included works by company dancer ashley baker, dani rowe and alejandro cerrudo as well as an excerpt of a new work by artistic director garrett anderson and associate artistic director anne mueller.in march, students in the trainee program were featured in their own performance featuring original choreography, titled emergence.in may, the iconic classical ballet the sleeping beauty was performed, featuring choreography by christopher stowell and the entire cast of company and trainee dancers.the season ended with another collaboration with the boise philharmonic titled chamber series, featuring works by dani rowe and garrett anderson/anne mueller again accompanied by musicians from the boise philharmonic. "

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $418.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 64.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.