Nonprofit · EIN 64-0674807
BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC
Tax-exempt · JACKSON, MS 39201
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $675,831 | $589,385 | $86,446 | $1,540,948 | $981,927 | $559,021 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $594,526 | $777,664 | -$183,138 | $1,702,755 | $1,229,896 | $472,859 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $681,810 | $610,349 | $71,461 | $1,966,510 | $1,310,785 | $655,725 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $263,546
- of which government grants
- $22,600
- Program service revenue
- $311,146
- Investment income
- $6,417
- Net rental income
- $94,530
- Other revenue
- $94,722
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $81,441
- Other salaries and wages
- $97,759
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $198,660
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $15,805
- Occupancy
- $34,657
- Travel
- $9,448
- Depreciation
- $51,452
- Program services (functional)
- $447,793
- Management and general (functional)
- $101,437
- Fundraising (functional)
- $40,155
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,702,755
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,540,948
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $981,927
- Net assets, end of year
- $559,021
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,392,012
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $420,906
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $138,115
- Gross unrelated business income
- $76,251
- Gross receipts
- $675,831
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 150
- Year formed
- 1983
- State of legal domicile
- MS
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID A KEARY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $72,765 | $3,780 |
| CASSANDRA BURNEY WALTER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $12,400 | $0 |
| ALEXIS MORRIS EVANS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NELL KNOX | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN WEST ALLEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY LARGENT PURVIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN BOWEN | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARGARET TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN WENTWORTH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIBBA WILKES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA WALTERS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN GILDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HOLLY MAGEE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDA SPELL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DORIS BRICKELL | MEMBER EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
11 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEREK MILES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CORA JEAN MILLER | MEMBER EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAIRE RIDGWAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTIN BRUNSON WILLIAMS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARRY PLUNKETT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GIGI WELSH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HEATHER WISE | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PRENTISS FRANKLIN | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOANNA ROBERTS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KAREN TOWRY-HOLMES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| RACHAEL MORRIS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 24 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID A KEARY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $79,278 | $4,075 |
| CAROLYN ERWIN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DORIS BRICKELL | MEMBER EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER WISE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOANNA ROBERTS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PRENTISS FRANKLIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN TOWRY-HOLMES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN GILDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIBBA WILKES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN WENTWORTH | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN BOWEN | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN WEST ALLEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICE GUILFOYLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHAILEE SALAT-BHATT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NELL KNOX | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARGARET TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY LARGENT PURVIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CLAIRE RIDGWAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDA SPELL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA WALTERS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GIGI WELSH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CORA JEAN MILLER | MEMBER EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISA HESS-JONES | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN MURPHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID A KEARY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $79,366 | $6,480 |
| ASHLEY NADER SWAIN JD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DORIS BRICKELL | MEMBER EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HEATHER WISE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOANNA ROBERTS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN HOLMES | FORMER PRESIDENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KAREN HOLMES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KERI COSMICH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIBBA WILKES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN WENTWORTH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HELEN BOWEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN WEST ALLEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICE GUILFOYLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHAILEE SALAT-BHATT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHERWIN JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARGARET TAYLOR | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 201 EAST PASCAGOULA STREET, JACKSON, MS 39201-4101
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID KEARY, PO BOX 1787, JACKSON, MS 392151787
- Signed the 990
- DAVID KEARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (601) 960-1560
- Website
- WWW.BALLETMS.COM
- Return prepared by
- MATTHEWS CUTRER & LINDSAY PA
Mission
BALLET MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO PURSUE ITS GOALS OF PROVIDING QUALITY PERFORMANCES, DEVELOPING ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY OF STUDENTS, AND PROMOTING AN APPRECIATION OF DANCE THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT.
Program accomplishments
- BALLET MISSISSIPPI PERFORMANCES:APPROXIMATELY 3,000 PATRONS ATTENDED BALLET MISSISSIPPI PERFORMANCES DURING THE YEAR ENDING6/30/2025. IN DECEMBER, BALLET MISSISSIPPI PRESENTED THE NUTCRACKER, WHICH OFFERED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON THROUGH THE ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION OF THIS BALLET CLASSIC. THE PRODUCTION FEATURED GUEST ARTISTS MARCUS ALFORD IN THE ROLE OF DROSSELMEIER AND DANCERS FROM THE MEMPHIS BALLET. IN DECEMBER OF 2023, BALLET MISSISSIPPI WAS SO EXCITED TO RESUME SCHOOL PERFORMANCES THAT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 ISSUES. BALLET MISSISSIPPI HOSTED WELL OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER MISSISSIPPI FOR A MATINEE OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE NUTCRACKER AT THALIA MARA HALL. UNFORTUNATELY, IN DECEMBER OF 2024 BALLET MISSISSIPPI HAD TO PAUSE THESE SCHOOL PERFORMANCES AGAIN DUE TO CLOSING OF THALIA MARA HALL IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON. BALLET MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO PRESENT A YEAR-END PERFORMANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL. THIS PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY MAY AND IS NOW AT THE JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL'S FORTENBERRY THEATRE.Expenses $198,535 · revenue $165,125
- BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL:BALLET MISSISSIPPI OFF ERS CLASSES AND PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, FROM AGE THREE TOADULT. THE SCHOOL'S FOCUS IS CLASSICAL BALLET AND STUDENTS COMPLEMENT THEIR TRAINING WITH CLASSES IN DIFF ERENTSTYLES OF DANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE YEAR-END PERFORMANCE. THE BALLETMISSISSIPPI FACULTY INSTRUCTED CLASSES FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 STUDENTS IN SUMMER CLASSES LED BY GUEST ARTISTSAS WELL AS BALLET MISSISSIPPI FACULTY. THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI FACULTY IS LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, DAVID KEARY. DAVID KEARY IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET AND WAS PERSONALLY INVITED BY GEORGEBALANCHINE TO JOIN THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET. BALLET MISSISSIPPI HOLDS THE DISTINCTION THAT ITSEXECUTIVE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS COMPANY AND IS NOW TRAININGMISSISSIPPI'S CHILDREN! THE BALLET MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL HAS CONTINUED TO OFF ER A TWO-WEEK INTENSIVEWORKSHOP WITH FACULTY FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. OTHER WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON THE VERY YOUNG DANCERSTHAT TRAIN AT BALLET MISSISSIPPI.Expenses $245,291 · revenue $143,121
- BALLET MISSISSIPPI OUTREACH:BALLET MISSISSIPPI SUSPENDED ITS OUTREACH PROGRAM IN THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE LINGERINGISSUES OF COVID-19, LACK OF FACULTY AND FI NANCES TO PURSUE THIS GOAL. HOWEVER, IN 2023 TO PRESENT BALLETMISSISSIPPI EXTENDED ITS OUTREACH TO OFF ER BALLET CLASSES AT JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN FLOWOOD, MS, ST.LUKE'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN JACKSON, MS AND ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN MADISON, MS. BALLETMISSISSIPPI IS WORKING AT REDEVELOPING ITS OUTREACH INTO THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT VEHICLE TO INCREASE AUDIENCE ACCESSIBILITY. BALLETMISSISSIPPI PERFORMED AT BLAIR E. BATSON'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND THE ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ARTSON THE GREEN EVENT. OTHER PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE: THE JACKSON JUNIOR LEAGUE'S MISTLETOE MARKETPLACEWHERE THE BALLET PERFORMED EXCERPTS OF THE NUTCRACKER FOR AUDIENCES, MADISON COUNTY LIBRARY INMADISON, MS, CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI'S DOWN SYNDROME BUDDY WALK, FONDREN'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARADE, ANDARTS DAY AT THE CAPITOL DURING MISSISSIPPI'S SPRING LEGISLATIVE SESSION, JUST TO NAME A FEW.Expenses $3,967 · revenue $2,900
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 64-0674807
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1984
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,540,948
- Income (IRS master file)
- $675,831
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $675,831 | $589,385 | $1,540,948 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $594,526 | $777,664 | $1,702,755 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $681,810 | $610,349 | $1,966,510 | XML |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $994,326 | $603,915 | $1,960,651 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 64-0674807).
Questions about BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC
- What is the EIN of BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC is 64-0674807.
- Is BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1984.
- Are donations to BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DAVID KEARY.
- Who are the officers and directors of BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 26 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $72,765 (DAVID A KEARY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does BALLET MISSISSIPPI INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $675,831, expenses of $589,385 and total assets of $1,540,948 at year end.
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