Boston Ballet Inc: $43.1M Revenue, $43.8M Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts Boston Ballet Inc at a B grade: a composite of 68/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

Boston Ballet Inc reported $43.1M in 2024 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. Financial health is a strength: Boston Ballet Inc carries a healthy operating-reserve cushion against $43.8M in annual expenses, the kind of balance-sheet stability that helps an organization weather funding gaps without cutting programs.

Revenue has been roughly stable over the five-year filing window. The pattern is normal for established organizations operating in a mature program area. Compensation for current officers and key employees runs $1.4M against $43.1M in revenue — within the band third-party charity raters typically consider reasonable for an organization of this size and complexity. This is an aggregate across all listed officers, not a single executive's salary. Boston Ballet Inc sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.