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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA.

Totals

Total revenue
$450,793
Total expenses
$450,793
Contributions and grants received
$450,793
Grants paid
$450,793
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$55,000
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$450,793
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$450,793

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $275,793

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $175,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $450,793 · program services $450,793

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $55,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $65,000 · end of year $55,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA IS TO ADVISE, SUPPORT AND OVERSEE THE CONTINUED ARTISTIC QUALITY AND IMPACT OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION IS TO ADVISE, SUPPORT AND OVERSEE THE CONTINUED ARTISTIC QUALITY AND IMPACT OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

  • THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA PROVIDED SEVERAL GRANTS TO THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS TO SUPPORT ITS WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA PROGRAM AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $450,793 · Grants $450,793

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mr Timothy O'Leary

    GENERAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $464,292
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $413,385
    Other
    $50,907
    Hours/week
    1.15 + 38.85 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $412,935 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $450 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,100 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,807 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $464,292 related
  • Ms Stacey Johnson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $375,579
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $339,717
    Other
    $35,862
    Hours/week
    1.15 + 38.85 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $339,267 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $450 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,868 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,994 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $375,579 related
  • Ms Jacqueline Badger Mars

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Mr Eric Jon Larsen

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Jeffrey P Cunard

    PRESIDENT (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Andy Pharoah

    PRESIDENT(AS OF 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr William Cox

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Edward Asher

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Roswitha S Augusta

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Omar Baker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Ellen S Berelson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Camille S Biros

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Jane Lipton Cafritz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Mr Robert B Downing

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Kenneth R Feinberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr James A Feldman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Alan Fleischmann

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Patricia Froyo-McCarty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Greg Gallopoulos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Daniel L Glaser

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Monica L Greenberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Paul Hamill

    TRUSTEE (THRU 11/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Mary Anne Huntsman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Ian M Jefferson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Eric Kadel Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Chip Kahn

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Michele Kang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Anne Kline

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Kent Knutson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Ineke Kreeger

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr John Malcolm

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Terri Malone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Ramona Mockoviak

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Kendra Perkins Norwood

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mr Scott Plumridge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Diana Prince

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Helena Rodbard

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amb Selwa S Roosevelt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Mona Siddiqui

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Molly Wilkinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Dorothy M Woodcock

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ms Nancy M Zirkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE-J. OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
THE NON-TRUSTEE OFFICERS OF WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA (WNO) ARE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (KENNEDY CENTER). AS A RESULT THE WNO DOES NOT DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE KENNEDY CENTER'S KEY EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION EVALUATION PROCESS. PLEASE SEE THE KENNEDY CENTER'S 990 FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION REGARDING THE COMPENSATION EVALUATION PROCESS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202512249349302316

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