City Ballet of Cleveland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270915563
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2168489088
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Dance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,522
- Expenses
- $121,196
- Assets
- $124,715
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Naomi Hollander (President)
People named in this filing
- Heather Young (Executive Dir.)
- Courtney Laves-Mearini (Artistic Dir.)
- Naomi Hollander (President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
City Ballet of Cleveland ("Company") was incorporated as a non-profit public benefit corporation in the State of Ohio on July 23, 2009. Company is organized and will be operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"). In particular, Company intends to provide opportunities to (1) promote and develop education and performance of dance as one of the cultural arts, (2) encourage excellence in dance through the teaching of and performance of dance, and (3) present dance and dance-related performances for the general public. In order to promote and develop public awareness of dance.
What it reported doing in 2025
CCDC Shaker Square Cleveland - Preparations for Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker begins with the engagement of professional dancers, choreographers and designer. Performance space and technical staff is determined and secured. All work under the leadership of Ms. Laves-Mearini over the course of the next 6 months to develop and complete all assignments. Through master classes, technique and skill building as well as initial introduction of choreography CCDC will begin preparation of it Company members for primary roles in Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker. CCDC - Open Auditions for children's roles will be held for the community. October/November - CDDC - Rehearsals for Company members, professional dancers and children begin. November - Locations TBD - 4 community outreach performances will occur in area schools. December - Tri-C, East Campus, Cleveland - Dress rehearsal and two performances will be held on the 1st weekend of the month.
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 97% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.