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← THE ATLANTA OPERA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE ATLANTA OPERA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$52,412,526
Total expenses
$17,804,763
Contributions and grants received
$48,016,015
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$14,652,897
Management and general expenses
$1,959,561
Fundraising expenses
$1,192,305
Program service expenses (Part III)
$14,652,897

Program services were 82.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • TOMER ZVULUN

    GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $582,521
    From this org
    $474,992
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,529
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $356,623
    Bonus
    $73,369
    Other
    $45,000
    Deferred
    $87,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,515
    Filer's total
    $582,525

  • MICAH FORTSON

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $279,074
    From this org
    $217,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,552
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,522
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,249
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,309
    Filer's total
    $279,080

  • JONATHAN BLALOCK

    DIR OF ADVANCEMENT REVENUE

    Total calculated
    $158,245
    From this org
    $136,131
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,114
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,131
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,034
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,083
    Filer's total
    $158,248

  • JESSICA LANGLOIS

    MANAGING DIR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $149,451
    From this org
    $134,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,156
    Hours/week
    40

  • MEREDITH WALLACE

    DIR OF ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $134,784
    From this org
    $119,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,257
    Hours/week
    40

  • REBECCA BROWN

    DIR OF SALES & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $132,426
    From this org
    $115,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,784
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROB REYNOLDS

    DIR OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $124,810
    From this org
    $105,234
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,576
    Hours/week
    40

  • MR RHYS T WILSON

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MR JOHN L HAMMAKER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MS BUNNY WINTER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MR MICHAEL E PAULHUS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

  • MS CATHY CALLAWAY ADAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS SUSAN M ANDERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR BRYAN H BARNES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR DANTE BELLIZZI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR MONTAGUE L BOYD IV

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR HAROLD J BRODY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS ROSEMARY KOPEL BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR FRANK H BUTTERFIELD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR FRANK A CRITZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR ROBERT DEAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CARLOS DEL RIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR TODD ELLIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR DIETER ELSNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR DONALD J FILIP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR KEVIN GREINER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS JOANNE CHESLER GROSS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MS CAROLINE HARDIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR JOHN HAUPERT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR JAMAEL HESTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRHOWARD W HUNTER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR ANDREW R LONG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR ALFREDO MARTIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MS KELLY MAYHALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR JAMES B MILLER JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS STEPHANIE MORELA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS SANDRA S MORELLI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS TALIA MURPHY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR HOWARD PALEFSKY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR HERBERT J ROSENBERG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR THOMAS SAYLOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR ALEX SIMMONS JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MRS CHRISTINE ST CLARE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR WILLIAM E TUCKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MR CHARLES R YATES JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Qaadirah Abdur-Rahim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Kate Cook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Clark Dean

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Rashaun Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 — 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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B
DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, THE ORGANIZATION IMPLEMENTED A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE CEO/MANAGING DIRECTOR and Artistic Director. DURING THE 5 YEAR TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, THE ORGANIZATION WILL SET ASIDE AMOUNTS AS A LONG-TERM INCENTIVE BONUS. THE PARTICIPANTS ARE NOT VESTED IN THESE AMOUNTS UNTIL THE END OF THE CONTRACT PERIOD, TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE OR RESIGNATION ON GOOD TERMS. DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, THE Amounts contributed into the plan for each participant is reported on Schedule J Part II Column C.
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7
MERIT BONUSES WERE AWARDED BASED ON PERFORMANCE AT YEAR END. ADDITIONALLY, DIRECTOR FEES ARE AWARDED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SHOWS PRODUCED DURING THE YEAR.
SCHEDULE J, PART II
BONUS INCENTIVES AND DIRECTOR FEES REFLECTED IN PART II, COLUMNS B(II) AND B(III) ARE PAID OUT DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SHOWS PRODUCED DURING THE YEAR AS WELL AS DOLLARS RAISED FOR THE ORGANIZATION DURING THE YEAR. THESE ARE NON-FIXED PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY THE INDIVIDUAL BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND ARE CONTINGENT ON THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202601329349304900

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