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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,774,850
Total expenses
$11,427,764
Contributions and grants received
$3,520,727
Grants paid
$31,670
Program service revenue
$5,808,510
Investment income
$389,822
Other revenue
$55,791
Total assets, end of year
$11,379,312
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,288,173
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,091,139
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,906,366
Management and general expenses
$1,900,025
Fundraising expenses
$621,373
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,906,366

Program services were 77.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $17,323

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $267,894

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $909,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,326,210

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $115,419

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS/EVENTS

    total $3,732,603 · related or exempt $3,732,603

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ACADEMY TUITION

    total $600,662 · related or exempt $600,662

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SET CONSTRUCTION

    total $563,012 · related or exempt $563,012

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

    total $393,910 · related or exempt $393,910

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $518,323 · related or exempt $467,626 · unrelated business $50,697

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $196,509 · unrelated business -$2,165 · excluded $198,674

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,529,345

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

    securities $1,336,032

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $193,313

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $193,313 · excluded $193,313

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $334,736

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

    $267,894

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $317,102

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $17,634 · excluded $17,634

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $38,157

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $38,157 · excluded $38,157

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $16,220 · program services $16,220

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $15,450 · program services $15,450

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $430,487 · program services $106,993 · management and general $191,153 · fundraising $132,341

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,858,889 · program services $3,123,185 · management and general $439,051 · fundraising $296,653

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $629,636 · program services $450,889 · management and general $178,746 · fundraising $1

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $363,137 · program services $288,330 · management and general $45,308 · fundraising $29,499

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,500 · program services $7,500 · management and general $10,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $93,191 · management and general $93,191

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $21,779 · management and general $21,779

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $865,830 · program services $650,105 · management and general $214,597 · fundraising $1,128

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $596,338 · program services $582,983 · management and general $2,309 · fundraising $11,046

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $532,591 · program services $401,412 · management and general $123,381 · fundraising $7,798

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $192,227 · management and general $192,227

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $385,796 · program services $385,796

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $181,742 · program services $119,303 · management and general $62,439

  • 17 · Travel

    total $454,033 · program services $415,081 · management and general $13,444 · fundraising $25,508

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,612 · program services $44 · management and general $6,518 · fundraising $2,050

  • 20 · Interest

    total $122,807 · management and general $122,807

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $203,608 · program services $183,169 · management and general $20,439

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $157,966 · management and general $157,966

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COSTS

    total $2,111,896 · program services $2,101,843 · fundraising $10,053

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONOR RECOGNITION

    total $105,293 · fundraising $105,293

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS EXPENSES

    total $28,717 · program services $28,717

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,019 · program services $29,346 · management and general $4,670 · fundraising $3

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $289,328 · end of year $432,466

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,661,324 · end of year $2,631,655

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $703,463 · end of year $871,599

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $110,907 · end of year $199,285

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

    $4,964,074

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

    $2,652,160

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,655,923 · end of year $2,311,914

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,593,342 · end of year $4,521,393

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $382,000 · end of year $411,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,100,655 · end of year $2,930,611

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,339,937 · end of year $1,357,562

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,267,379 · end of year $3,087,167

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,688,316 · end of year $4,003,972

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PRESERVE, PERPETUATE AND CREATE THE VERY BEST OF MUSICAL THEATER AND ENCOURAGE ITS APPRECIATION BY PRODUCING AND PRESENTING FIRST-RATE PERFORMANCES AND CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. CLO IS DEDICATED TO THE FUTURE OF THE MUSICAL THEATER ART FORM THROUGH ITS SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ACADEMY OF MUSICAL THEATER, THE GENE KELLY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER, AND THE CLO/CMU NEW WORKS PROJECT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVE, PERPETUATE, CREATE AND ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION OF MUSICAL THEATER.

  • FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS, THE PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA HAS BEEN PROVIDING CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS TO OVER 200,000 PATRONS A YEAR. THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S MAJOR ACTIVITY IS THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF A SIX SHOW, MULTI-VENUE SUMMER SEASON OF MUSICALS, WHICH RAN FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER IN 2024. PRODUCTIONS WERE HELD AT THE BENEDUM THEATER, BYHAM THEATER, AND GREER CABARET IN PITTSBURGH FOR THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND ENJOYMENT OF ITS AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY. VIBRANT PRODUCTIONS, INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND BOLD NEW WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO DEFINE PITTSBURGH CLO AS A LEADER IN THE MUSICAL THEATER INDUSTRY FOR YEARS TO COME.

    Expenses $7,213,099 · Revenue $4,706,189

  • THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S ACADEMY OF MUSICAL THEATER TRAINS 500 STUDENTS RANGING FROM AGES FIVE THROUGH EIGHTEEN IN VOICE, DANCE AND ACTING. THE MISSION OF THE ACADEMY IS TO TRAIN STUDENTS ACCORDING TO A HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND TO OFFER STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND ENHANCE THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT THEY PLAN TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. THROUGHOUT ITS 36-YEAR HISTORY, THE ACADEMY HAS EDUCATED, INSPIRED, AND ENRICHED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES, ASPIRATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. ALSO, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ACADEMY AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA, THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY UNDER-SERVED POPULATIONS.CLO OFFERS IN PERSON AND HYBRID CLASSES, AND CONTINUES TO ADD NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH BROADWAY PROFESSIONALS VIRTUALLY AND CREATES DIGITAL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $1,130,110 · Grants $31,670 · Revenue $784,066

  • THE CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE IS A VENUE FOR SMALL-SCALE MUSICALS AND PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND PRESENCE FOR THE PITTSBURGH CLO. THIS 200-SEAT BLACK BOX SPACE HAS GIVEN THE PITTSBURGH CLO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS MARKET ITS PRODUCTIONS, HAS ADDED A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE PITTSBURGH CLO AND HAS BECOME AN ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT AND CITY OF PITTSBURGH. SINCE IT OPENED IN 2004, MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED AT THE PITTSBURGH CLO CABARET.

    Expenses $563,157 · Revenue $318,255

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ALEX OVERSTROM

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWARD T KARLOVICH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHANNA G O'LOUGHLIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH DIVITO JR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PRITAM ADVANI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGHAN N BARRERA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE BENDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATTY M BLENKO

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS BRUSSALIS

    DIRECTOR (ENTER 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN S BLOOMBURG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL I BOOKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY BENEVENTO

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN DICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE DIXON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLARE DONAHUE

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GUS ENGEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLEY EVANCHO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON GALATIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE GANS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER J GERMAIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERRI GRASAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD S HAMILTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILIE HAMMERSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VICKI HENN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL HENNIGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEON HOFFMAN

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE HYDE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET IZZO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEEDRA KNAUS

    DIRECTOR (ENTER 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN KOBLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE M KOBUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA PENROD KRONK

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE LANDERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN A LEMMEX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICK LIPARULO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD J LIPOVICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT C MCCARTNEY ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARGARET MCLEAN

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM MCVAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK J MINNAUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURIE M MUSHINSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT F NEILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA P O'TOOLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEAH OHODNICKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBIN RANDALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE RIZZO

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC A SCHAFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGG SCHMIDTETTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUKE SIZEMORE

    EX-OFFICIO/AMBASSADOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN SPALARIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ARLENE SOKOLOW

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LASHAWNDA THOMAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANN TISSUE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTICE DEBRA TODD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GLENN D TODD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DENNIS UNKOVIC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLA J VRSANSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL F WALSH

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAKE WHEATLEY JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YARONE ZOBER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIMOTHY K ZIMMERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE A DAVIDSON JR

    EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH C GUYAUX

    EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN HANNA CASEY

    EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM LAMBERT

    EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK FLEISCHER

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $207,532
    From this org
    $198,207
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,325
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,207
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,325
    Filer's total
    $207,532

  • ANGELA LANGILL DIRECTOR OF

    FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $121,170
    From this org
    $111,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,300
    Hours/week
    40

  • WYNNE FEDELE

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $121,820
    From this org
    $112,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,300
    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. 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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)

PART I, LINE 1A
CLO PAYS FOR THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MEMBERSHIP FEES TO THE DUQUESNE CLUB IN ORDER TO BE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
PART I, LINE 3
A COMPENSATION SURVEY WAS COMPLETED BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE GAVE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES REVIEW AND APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

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

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.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • AAIP LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner

  • PCLO-ADDAMS LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · DE · 2.34% owned · general or managing partner

  • MERMAID ON TOUR LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · MD · 50% owned · general or managing partner

  • THE MYTHIC MUSICAL LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NJ · 43% owned · general or managing partner

  • SPAMILTOUR LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 33.34% owned · general or managing partner

  • PARIS ACROSS AMERICA LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner

  • AAIP LONDON LLC

    RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    T · PA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503179349309115

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