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← OPERA GUILD INC OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OPERA GUILD INC OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,506,981
Total expenses
$2,924,694
Contributions and grants received
$643,841
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$863,140
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,484,882
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$6,484,882
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,103,619
Management and general expenses
$568,266
Fundraising expenses
$252,809
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,103,619

Program services were 71.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $173,881

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $469,960

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE TICKET SALES AND FEES

    total $724,360 · related or exempt $724,360

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $138,780 · related or exempt $138,780

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $706,426 · program services $405,002 · management and general $210,695 · fundraising $90,729

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $74,835 · program services $52,193 · management and general $15,898 · fundraising $6,744

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,767 · program services $28,980 · management and general $14,997 · fundraising $6,790

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $519 · management and general $519

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,862 · management and general $46,862

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $635,921 · program services $522,306 · management and general $61,221 · fundraising $52,394

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,647 · program services $4,978 · management and general $5,135 · fundraising $9,534

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $390,905 · program services $309,707 · management and general $62,325 · fundraising $18,873

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,114 · program services $38 · management and general $15,235 · fundraising $4,841

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $1,418 · program services $1,418

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $639,610 · program services $525,872 · management and general $113,738

  • 17 · Travel

    total $219,379 · program services $209,400 · management and general $6,258 · fundraising $3,721

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $60,780 · program services $2,012 · fundraising $58,768

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,021 · management and general $3,021

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,334 · program services $4,463 · management and general $871

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $44,237 · program services $38,320 · management and general $5,917

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,919 · program services -$1,070 · management and general $5,574 · fundraising $415

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,500 · 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

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $302,375 · end of year $109,841

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,777,294 · end of year $6,375,041

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$5,067,169 · end of year -$6,484,882

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENRICH PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH AN AWARENESS AND DEEPER APPRECIATION OF OPERA IN BROWARD COUNTY.

  • PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF OPERAS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGES TO THE PUBLIC. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE BENEFITED FROM THE PRODUCTIONS HELD IN THE 2024/2025 SEASON. STUDIO ARTIST PROGRAM - FOUNDED IN 1984, THE STUDIO ARTIST ("SA") PROGRAM HAS GAINED WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION AS ONE OF THE LEADING OPERATIC TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SA PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR ARTISTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ADVANCED DEGREES FROM THE TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY AND HAVE OFTEN PARTICIPATED IN OTHER YEARLONG RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY EXISTS TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST CALIBER TRAINING FOR YOUNG OPERA SINGERS BUT ALSO SERVES AS AN INVALUABLE COMMUNITY LIAISON. A VAST NUMBER OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EVENTS ARE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY, BRINGING OPERA TO NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

    Expenses $2,103,619 · Revenue $863,140

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry Kamin

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Robert B Glick CPA

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Tina Vidal-Duart

    CHAIR/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Andrey Ilyasov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Arlene H Mendelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Chang Oh Turkmani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Dr Claes Wahlestedt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Elliot Krowe

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Fidelma Farinas-Cobas

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Giacomo Bossa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • John Keeler

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 03/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Joseph Gulino

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 09/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Marcelo De Santis

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Nancy Jean Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Narendra Kini

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Patrice Tedesko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Patricia Guinn

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 05/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Per Loof

    DIRECTOR/CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Radmila Lolly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Robert C Gang Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Robert Dinerstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Sandra Savini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Thomas Heisler

    DIRECTOR (THRU 02/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Victor H Mendelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4 + 0.6 related

  • Maria Todaro

    GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CEO (AS OF 06/2024)

    Total calculated
    $176,751
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $166,212
    Other
    $10,539
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $166,212 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,539 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $176,751 related

  • Susana Diaz

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $117,027
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $105,724
    Other
    $11,303
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

  • Tanya Byng

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER (THRU 02/2025)

    Total calculated
    $112,041
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $102,480
    Other
    $9,561
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

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, Part I, Line 3 Arrangement used to establish the top management official's compensation
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA, INC., A RELATED ORGANIZATION OF OPERA GUILD, INC. OF FORT LAUDERDALE, USES THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CEO: - WRITTEN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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.

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.

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 SOCIETY

    OPERA · FL · income $121,539 · assets $7,758

    Directly controlled by OPERA GUILD INC OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202601059349301045

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