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← OPERA LAFAYETTE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OPERA LAFAYETTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,516,400
Total expenses
$1,704,224
Contributions and grants received
$1,370,134
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$179,537
Investment income
$7,348
Other revenue
-$40,619
Total assets, end of year
$399,158
Total liabilities, end of year
$108,431
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$290,727
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,115,283
Management and general expenses
$295,694
Fundraising expenses
$293,247
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,115,283

Program services were 65.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $176,126

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $30,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,164,008

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $391,206

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ticket sales - program

    total $145,926 · related or exempt $145,926

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Performance fees

    total $32,500 · related or exempt $32,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Recordings

    total $1,111 · related or exempt $1,111

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,221 · excluded $12,221

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $570,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $574,873

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,873

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,873 · excluded -$4,873

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $20,676

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $176,126

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $61,295

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$40,619 · excluded -$40,619

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $174,592 · program services $84,988 · management and general $44,473 · fundraising $45,131

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $352,003 · program services $181,877 · management and general $73,545 · fundraising $96,581

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,491 · management and general $14,491

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,107 · program services $21,339 · management and general $9,437 · fundraising $11,331

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $77,604 · management and general $77,604

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $527,584 · program services $453,842 · management and general $8,866 · fundraising $64,876

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,688 · program services $39,088 · fundraising $600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $97,452 · program services $36,466 · management and general $33,241 · fundraising $27,745

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,685 · program services $10,608 · management and general $9,155 · fundraising $922

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,375 · program services $8,002 · management and general $5,894 · fundraising $479

  • 17 · Travel

    total $148,602 · program services $137,422 · fundraising $11,180

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,616 · program services $740 · management and general $241 · fundraising $8,635

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,019 · management and general $12,019

  • 24a · Other expenses: Production venue

    total $79,299 · program services $68,510 · fundraising $10,789

  • 24b · Other expenses: Music and recordings

    total $48,930 · program services $40,776 · fundraising $8,154

  • 24c · Other expenses: Production materials

    total $37,674 · program services $31,613 · fundraising $6,061

  • 24d · Other expenses: Opera memberships

    total $4,815 · management and general $4,815

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,388 · program services $12 · management and general $1,613 · fundraising $763

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$2,676 · end of year -$3,124

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $542,091 · end of year $279,800

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $118,491 · end of year $70,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $12,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,455 · end of year $7,872

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,537

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,537

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,610 · end of year $32,610

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $169,185 · end of year $108,431

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $131,734 · end of year $90,727

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $346,052 · end of year $200,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Opera Lafayette seeks to bring fresh interpretations of rediscovered gems and historical masterpieces from the 17th through 19th centuries to modern audiences. We seek to illuminate the contemporary relevance of the works while simultaneously highlighting their original appeal. Central to the company's mission is building a legacy of the timeless repertoire Opera Lafayette brings back to life with period instruments. This is achieved through an extensive discography, mounting revivals, and inspiring a public appreciation for this repertoire through its audience engagement programs for audiences of all ages.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To perform rediscovered gems and historical masterpieces from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

  • Annual Performances: Performances of 1600 and 1700s music throughout the Washington DC and New York City Metro areas, including Mouret's Les Fetes de Thalie at the Kennedy Center and El Museo del Barrio, From Saint-Cyr to Cannons: Moreau and Handel's Esther at The Kennedy Center and St. Peter's Church, and Couperin le Grand at the Kennedy Center and the Kosciuszko Foundation.

    Expenses $940,503 · Revenue $178,426

  • Community Engagement and Education: Opera Lafayette is committed to inspiring a public appreciation for forgotten repertoire through audience engagement programs for people of all ages. During the FY24 season, Opera Lafayette presented educational events at DMV institutions such as George Mason University, the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Tregaron Conservancy, and Stanford in Washington; in NY, our events were hosted at Villa Albertine, the Children's Museum of Manhatten and the United Palace theater. We also presented our online adult learning Salon Series, engaging patrons from the United States and beyond, hosted free pre-show discussions prior to each performance, and commissioned and published a collection of academic essays to complement our season, which are freely available to the public online.

    Expenses $173,892

  • Recording Initiative: As part of our ongoing mission to create and preserve a legacy of rediscovered works, Opera Lafayette created archival recordings of all performances which took place throughout the year.

    Expenses $888 · Revenue $1,111

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dorsey Dunn

    Co-Chair (7/1/24-6/27/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Nizam Kettaneh

    Co-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ellen McCoy

    Co-Chair (6/27/24-6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Ross Ain

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrienne Jamieson

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Parker Jayne

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Pamela Hines

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Annelyse Allen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jill Esterman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Cheryl Gorelick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Kitchen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Lynner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Catherine Michaelson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Merri Moken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ashwani Rajput

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leonard Ralston

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Thys

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JoAnn Willis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Brown

    Artistic Director

    Total calculated
    $72,400
    From this org
    $72,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Lisa Mion

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $107,500
    From this org
    $107,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Eric Simpson

    Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $110,500
    From this org
    $110,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Opera Lafayette LLC

    Obtain grants from NY private foundations and NYC agencies. · NY · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by Opera Lafayette

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520559349300807

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