American Youth Ballet (non-viewable)

American Youth Ballet (non-viewable) General Information Contact Information nprofit American Youth Ballet (non-viewable) Address 11728 Quivira Rd Overland Park, KS 66210 Phone (913) 451-3020 Website www.americanyouthballet.org Facebook facebook.com/americanyouthballet Twitter twitter.com/ Email kristopher.adc@gmail.com At A Glance American Youth Ballet, AYB Former Names How to donate, support, and volunteer Kansas Regional Ballet American Youth Ballet accepts donations year-round either through our convenient website/ paypal service or by mailing a check directly to AYB at 11728 Quivira Road, Overland Park, KS 66210. 1

Mission & Areas Served Statements Mission Statement The American Youth Ballet is a premier Kansas-based, ballet-training company. The mission of the American Youth Ballet is to nurture and inspire young dancers and audiences with professional quality performance experiences, while promoting excellence in dance training and education. Background Statement The American Youth Ballet has a long and prestigious history. Dennis and Kathy Landsman founded the original Company in 1979. The Company provided both performance opportunities for young dancers, while bringing pre-professional dance to the community and schools. In 1999, the American Youth Ballet was renamed the Kansas Regional Ballet. Three decades of performance later, the Kansas Regional ballet ended its performance era under the artistic direction of the Landsmans. The Landsmans encouraged Kristopher Estes-Brown and Jennifer Tierney to continue the Company under a new tax-exempt status. As new co-artistic directors of the Company, Estes-Brown and Tierney returned the company to its original name, the American Youth Ballet. They also created a more intensive performance schedule. Estes-Brown and Tierney are young and enthusiastic artistic directors of the Company, with the goal of defining dance excellence in Kansas City. The American Youth Ballet's standing programs include three theater productions and its Community Outreach. The AYB productions include "The Nutcracker" annually at Yardley Hall; a full-length story ballet, in late spring at the Polsky Theater; and "Project Premiere" in the month of June, at the Polsky Theater. Theater productions include full stagings, sets, costumes, props, and casts. New ballets introduced into AYB's repertoire are professionally staged and excellently presented. The goal of these performances is to give Kansas City audiences an opportunity to see a complete and accurate presentation of classical dance in a theater. Also, these presentations provide AYB the opportunity to collaborate with multiple local charities to give underprivileged youths the experience of live dance and music. The Company also tours multiple venues in the community including elementary schools to bring ballet directly to children. The overall goal of these tours is to give youths exposure to dance. Generally there are two parts to these tours. Part one entails a fully costumed presentation specially designed with young audiences in mind. Part two is an audience-participation based educational presentation. Impact Statement The American Youth Ballet is setting the bar in Kansas City for youth ballet training and performance. Artistic Directors Kristopher Estes-Brown and Jennifer Tierney brought major changes to the Company during the last four performance seasons. The AYB intensified its performance schedule and continued a "Community Outreach Tour." As a result, we reached a diverse audience of more than 12,000 in our 2012-13 season. The 2012-13 was the most successful season to date for the American Youth Ballet. AYB's performances and outreach programs reached more than 12,000 people of various demographics from the Kansas City area. Joined by the Overland Park Orchestra, AYB's "Nutcracker" at JCCC's Yardley Hall boasted full houses for multiple performances. In the Spring 2013, the performed premieres of "Firebird" and "Aurora's Wedding." AYB collaborated with local scenic designers, projectionists, costume designers, and performers to bring this work to sold out houses at the JCCC Carlsen Center. American Youth Ballet's early summer workshop/ performance, "Project Premiere," made a triumphant return in 2012-2013. Seven brand new works were presented as AYB company members were joined by local dance students and professional performers from Colorado Ballet, BalletMet, Oakland Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet. The choreographers involved are nationally recognized and have many accolades to their respective names. The Community Outreach Program that AYB provides has again positively affected the general public. AYB's partnerships with the Don Bosco Center, Bridge Home for Girls KC, Youthville, Kids TLC, Kansas Children's Services League, House of Hope, and St. Luke's South have brought the joy of live dance and music to the underprivileged. These partnerships allow AYB to give those in need the opportunity to experience dance in a theater at no cost to the charities or those they serve. Throughout the growth of AYB's programs, the Company has become more self sufficient with two annual fundraisers/performances, "One Elegant Evening" and "The Ballerina Tea Party." Success diversifying our foundation support and these fundraisers have increased our financial stability. 2

Needs Statement The most urgent need of the American Youth Ballet is funding. Our major funding needs are theater costs and costuming for our spring ballet, "Don Quixote." All production costs for the season are anticipated to cost around $52,500. In addition, we anticipate operating costs of $22,000. CEO/Executive Director/Board Chair Statement Anytime a successful enterprise, like the American Youth Ballet, transitions control and management from the founders (the Landsmans) to new leadership, there are always risks and challenges. Despite operating on a shoestring budget with no paid staff, Jennifer and Kristopher have accomplished three important milestones in the last year: They have successfully transitioned the AYB with three very successful productions. Kristopher and Jennifer did not opt for the low risk, easy way out. They didn't just produce the same old performances with the same costumes and dances. They created totally new and fresh performances that required completely new choreography, costumes and support. The AYB was able to expand AYB's historical reach with an additional production for school children, the "Community Outreach School Tour," that was extremely well done and reaches thousands of young children. Finally, Kristopher and Jennifer have brought tremendous energy and passion to a group of young dancers that has inspired and helped to prepare them for careers as professional dancers. The dancers in their company train up to 20 hours a week, year round, in addition to attending school full time. Kristopher and Jennifer have built essentially a preparatory school for young dancers who want to become professional dancers. The challenges that we face are two fold. The organization has very limited resourced, but aspires to produce world-class shows and develop world-class dancers. So, we must explicitly limit the scope and scale of the organization, and focus on developing a few outstanding performances that can be produced to our high standards. At the same time we are continuing to try to expand AYB's base of financial and non-financial support. Service Categories Dance Areas of Service Areas Served Areas KS - Johnson County MO - Jackson County KS - Wyandotte County 3

Programs Programs The Nutcracker Description Category Population Served Short-Term Success Long- Term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success The American Youth Ballet performs "The Nutcracker" annually at the Johnson County Community College's Yardley Hall. AYB is accompanied by the Overland Park Orchestra and has affordable ticket prices to accommodate a variety of demographics. The Company enjoys exceptional ticket sales to this holiday classic. AYB also partners with Don Bosco Center, Bridge Home KC, Youthville, Kids TLC, House of Hope, Children's Service League, and St. Luke's South to bring underprivileged young people to the theater to enjoy this production. "The Nutcracker" includes the famous snow scene and a growing tree made by Paul Mesner especially for the American Youth Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker." This production of "The Nutcracker" is choreographed by Kristopher Estes-Brown. The cast for the ballet is almost entirely youth. The American Youth Ballet holds open auditions for this production in September. Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other Dance Children and Youth (0-19 years), General/Unspecified, Short-term success is measured by ticket sales and the number of participating charities. AYB strives to continue to grow their audience and increase ticket sales by 10% for the next three years. The goal of the American Youth Ballet is to provide exceptional dance training for our dancers, and inspiring dance performance for the community. Long term, the Company intends on the name American Youth Ballet is synonymous with dance excellence in Kansas City. The American Youth Ballet holds open auditions for each September for "The Nutcracker," inviting all children ages 4-17 to audition. As the AYB builds a following, the Company's goal is that this becomes a production both dancers and audiences plan on attending or participating in annually. Monitoring success for the "Nutcracker" is done through ticket sales, and returning audience members, both charitable and paying patrons. This production's house sizes grew by 14% last year. 4

Spring Story Ballet Description Category Population Served Short-Term Success Long- Term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success The American Youth Ballet has worked tirelessly to create new productions of full-length story ballets for Kansas City audiences. This year's endeavor of "Don Quixote" is no exception. These performances take place in May at JCCC's Carlsen Center. AYB's past success in this program include "Firebird," "Aurora's Wedding," "Swan Lake," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland." Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other Dance Performances Children and Youth (0-19 years), General/Unspecified, Short-term success is measured through the number of returning patrons and participating charities. Long-term success is measured by the familiarity of local audiences and charities with this program. Success of this program is monitored through ticket sales and returning interest from local charities. The spring story ballet presented by AYB has consistently full houses and a large following. 100% of charity organizations renew their participation from season to season. Project Premiere Description Category "Project Premiere" is held annually in June at the Polsky Theater. "Project Premiere" is a mixed repertoire by different choreographers of all new works. This performance is the culmination of a unique program where dancers attend a summer intensive workshop with the American Youth Ballet. At the workshop, the dancers are instructed by nationally recognized choreographers, such as Kristopher Estes-Brown, Jennifer Owen, and Sabrina Madison Canon (last season's choreographers). The dancers learn newly choreographed works which are then performed at "Project Premiere." Last seasons' "Project Premiere" also included professional performances, giving the Company dancers the opportunity to perform along side experienced professional dancers. Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other Dance Instruction Population Served Children and Youth (0-19 years),, Short-Term Success Long- Term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success Short-term success is measured by ticket sales and the percentage of returning charities Long-term success of this program would mean greater community awareness of this program and a high returning rate of audience members and charities. Success is monitored by ticket sales and the returning of participating charities. Project Premiere presented by AYB has consistently full houses and a large following. 100% of charity organizations renew their participation from season to season. 5

Community Outreach School Tour Description Category The American Youth Ballet will include multiple elementary schools and various charitable venues with excerpts from AYB's repertoire. We will reach approximately 8,000 area children with this season's tour. Arts, Culture & Humanities, General/Other Dance Performances Population Served Children and Youth (0-19 years),, Short-Term Success Long- Term Success Program Success Monitored By Examples of Program Success Exposure to the arts at a young age is critical to the development of an individual. This program's success is measured simply by the number of children reached and the various demographics of those children. If AYB reaches 8,000 or more local youths a year, then the Company would been confident in deeming the program successful. Exposure to the arts at a young age is critical to the development of an individual. This program's long term success is measured simply by the number of children reached and the various demographics of those children. If AYB reaches 32,000 or more local youth in four seasons, then the Company would been confident in deeming the program successful. The success of the program is monitored by both the venues and the collaborative charities AYB works alongside. The renewed interest of these charities and the high demand of elementary schools is the bar in which AYB's standards are set. Every school at which the Company performed last season would like us to perform again this season. Also, AYB has 100% of the charities returning for each theater performance. 6

Leadership & Staff Executive Director/CEO Executive Director Mr. Kristopher Estes Term Start June 2009 Email kristopher.adc@gmail.com Experience Staff Paid Full-Time Staff 0 Volunteers 50 Retention Rate 0% Plans & Policies Organization Has a Fundraising Plan Organization Has a Strategic Plan Management Succession Plan Organization Policy and Procedures ndiscrimination Policy Under Development Under Development Government Licenses Is your organization licensed by the government? 7

Board & Governance Board Chair Board Chair Ms. Sandra Rodriguez Company Affiliation Missouri Repertory Theater Term Aug 2012 to July 2013 Email sandrarod@ati-kc.com Board Members Name Mr. Kristopher Estes-Brown Mr. Lance Harshbarger Ms. Sabrina Madison-Cannon Ms. Sandra Rodriguez Mr. Matthew Sterling Ms. Lauren Thompson Ms. Jennifer Tierney Affiliation Co-Artistic Director American Youth Ballet Eagle Financial Group UMKC Kansas City Repertory Theater and UMKC The Office of the Revisor of Statutes Clinical Associates, P.A. Co-Artistic Director American Youth Ballet Board Demographics - Ethnicity African American/Black 1 Asian American/Pacific Islander 0 Caucasian 5 Hispanic/Latino 1 Native American/American Indian 0 Other 0 Board Demographics - Gender Male 3 Female 4 Unspecified 0 Governance Board Term Lengths 2 Board Term Limits 5 Board Meeting Attendance % 100% Written Board Selection Criteria? Written Conflict of Interest Policy? Percentage Making Monetary Contributions 57% 8

Percentage Making In-Kind Contributions 100% Number of Full Board Meetings Annually 2 9

Financials Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Start Jan 01, 2013 Fiscal Year End Dec 31, 2013 Projected Revenue $70,000.00 Projected Expenses $60,000.00 Endowment Value $0.00 Percentage 0% Detailed Financials Revenue and Expenses Total Revenue $37,915 $54,965 $43,480 Total Expenses $0 $57,700 $17,930 Revenue Sources Foundation and Corporation $0 $33,805 $35,088 Contributions Government Contributions $0 $0 $0 Federal $0 $0 $0 State $0 $0 $0 Local $0 $0 $0 Unspecified $0 $0 $0 Individual Contributions $0 $0 $0 Indirect Public Support $0 $0 $0 Earned Revenue $28,130 $21,160 $8,392 Investment Income, Net of Losses $0 $0 $0 Membership Dues $0 $0 $0 Special Events $0 $0 $0 Revenue In-Kind $0 $0 $0 Other $0 $0 $0 10

Expense Allocation Program Expense $49,742 $57,700 $17,930 Administration Expense $0 $0 $0 Fundraising Expense $0 $0 $0 Payments to Affiliates $0 $0 $0 Total Revenue/Total Expenses -- 0.95 2.42 Program Expense/Total Expenses -- 100% 100% Fundraising Expense/Contributed Revenue -- 0% 0% Assets and Liabilities Total Assets $39,118 $22,815 $25,550 Current Assets $39,118 $22,815 $25,550 Long-Term Liabilities $0 $0 $0 Current Liabilities $0 $0 $0 Total Net Assets $39,118 $22,815 $25,550 Short Term Solvency Current Ratio: Current Assets/Current Liabilities -- -- -- Long Term Solvency Long-Term Liabilities/Total Assets 0% 0% 0% Top Funding Sources Top Funding Source & Dollar Amount Muriel McBrien Muriel McBrien Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation Kauffman Foundation Kauffman Foundation $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Second Highest Funding Source & Dollar Francis Family -- Solstice Dance Amount Foundation $5,000 Project $5,701 Third Highest Funding Source & Dollar Amount -- -- -- Capital Campaign Currently in a Capital Campaign? Goal $0.00 Foundation Comments FY 2010: Financial data reported using IRS Form 990 EZ. Foundation/corporate revenue line item may include contributions from individuals.fiscal period 3/17/2009-12/31/2009: Financial data reported using IRS Form 990 EZ. Foundation/corporate revenue line item may include contributions from individuals. Created 04.21.2019. Copyright 2019 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation 11