CENTRAL OHIO YOUTH BALLET
EIN 31-1598802 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A63Z)
What they do
In Our 2024-2025 Fiscal Year We Offered 3 Productions A Free 1-hour Performance As Part of The Mt Vernon Arts Festival In August The Nutcracker In 2 Locations Cast of 65 and A Mixed Program In May Cast of 42. Our Free Performance As A Key Participant In The Mt Vernon Arts Festival Was Attended By Nearly 200 People and In Conjunction With This Effort We Offered A Free Master Class for 28 School-aged Children On The Stage. Four of Them Chose to Join Us for Additional Experience. The Combined Audience Was Roughly 3500. Our School Offers Over 30 Classes Per Week In Ballet Modern Dance and Conditioning for Dancers At All Levels. We Support Any Dancer Who Wishes to Learn This Art With Quality Instruction Supportive Cross Training and Tuition Support If The Student Has Sufficient Commitment But Lacks The Funds. This Year We Provided Scholarships to About 12% of Our Dancers. We Also Offered Two Weeks of Free Classes to The Community and 15 Community Members Took Advantage of This. Our Home Tow
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ROBERT COLEPRESIDENT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
LISA COLESECRETARY AND ADMINISTRATOR
BEN BURTBOARD MEMBER
JIM WIGGINSVICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER
TAVARIS TAYLORBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1998
- Location
- PO BOX 735, NEWARK, OH 43058
- County
- Licking
- In care of
- Lisa Cole
- Primary officer
- Lisa Cole, Co-founder and administrator
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- July 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Arts, Culture & Humanities (A63Z)