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← SEATTLE OPERA

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SEATTLE OPERA.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,202,519
Total expenses
$24,071,168
Contributions and grants received
$17,054,895
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,802,959
Investment income
$385,336
Other revenue
-$40,671
Total assets, end of year
$80,567,295
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,929,562
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$67,637,733
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,858,745
Management and general expenses
$3,722,584
Fundraising expenses
$1,489,839
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,858,745

Program services were 78.3% 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

    $168,660

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $939,440

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,331,952

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,623,249

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,991,594

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $431,429

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OPERA TICKET SALES

    total $5,058,435 · related or exempt $5,058,435

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM INCOME

    total $528,893 · related or exempt $528,893

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SET BUILD RENTALS

    total $122,873 · related or exempt $122,873

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EDUCATION & COMMUNITY

    total $92,758 · related or exempt $92,758

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $385,851 · excluded $385,851

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $459,412

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $274,893

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $184,519

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $184,519 · excluded $184,519

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $373,828

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

    securities $374,343

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$515

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$515 · excluded -$515

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,580

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

    $939,440

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $336,029

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$255,449 · excluded -$255,449

  • 11a · Other revenue: SONG & DANCE REVENUE

    total $30,259 · related or exempt $14,589 · unrelated business $15,670

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $30,259

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $906,809 · program services $359,666 · management and general $547,143

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $9,530,134 · program services $7,509,838 · management and general $1,136,960 · fundraising $883,336

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $89,788 · program services $89,788

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,191,228 · program services $913,556 · management and general $163,410 · fundraising $114,262

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $928,387 · program services $718,238 · management and general $142,686 · fundraising $67,463

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $507 · management and general $507

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $391,813 · management and general $391,813

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $28,832 · fundraising $28,832

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,241,467 · program services $2,899,284 · management and general $203,370 · fundraising $138,813

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,440,758 · program services $1,381,942 · management and general $58,816

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $363,837 · program services $242,852 · management and general $64,133 · fundraising $56,852

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $314,998 · program services $17,170 · management and general $246,638 · fundraising $51,190

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $14,121 · program services $14,121

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,732,040 · program services $1,508,575 · management and general $208,726 · fundraising $14,739

  • 17 · Travel

    total $803,250 · program services $459,731 · management and general $291,064 · fundraising $52,455

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $17,429 · program services $1,972 · management and general $5,678 · fundraising $9,779

  • 20 · Interest

    total $203,508 · program services $181,293 · management and general $17,920 · fundraising $4,295

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,193,185 · program services $1,072,498 · management and general $97,343 · fundraising $23,344

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $158,944 · program services $85,137 · management and general $59,038 · fundraising $14,769

  • 24a · Other expenses: COSTUME/ SET MATERIALS

    total $778,644 · program services $778,644

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $368,269 · program services $337,699 · management and general $3,592 · fundraising $26,978

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRUCKING

    total $152,116 · program services $152,116

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $41,126 · program services $5,355 · management and general $34,306 · fundraising $1,465

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $179,978 · program services $129,270 · management and general $49,441 · fundraising $1,267

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,699,861 · end of year $1,488,957

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,346,166 · end of year $4,313,229

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,121,806 · end of year $1,982,298

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $42,679 · end of year $86,231

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,435

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $878,954 · end of year $499,305

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

    $59,450,039

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

    $6,531,952

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $53,844,062 · end of year $52,918,087

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,178 · end of year $10,379,835

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $107,404 · end of year $99,818

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,277,925 · end of year $8,798,100

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,918,540 · end of year $1,573,893

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,363,659 · end of year $3,249,801

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,500,000 · end of year $2,500,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,576,935

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,366,415 · end of year $5,605,868

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,859,643 · end of year $60,681,987

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,738,843 · end of year $6,955,746

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO THRILL, INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THROUGH THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF OPERA. SEATTLE OPERA IS VITAL TO THE DYNAMIC CULTURAL AND CIVIC LIFE OF OUR REGION AND TO THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA ACROSS THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO THRILL, INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THROUGH THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF OPERA.

  • DURING SEATTLE OPERA'S 2022/2023 SEASON, THE COMPANY WITNESSED CONTINUED GROWTH OF IN-PERSON ATTENDENCE AT MCCAW HALL, TAGNEY JONES HALL, AND OTHER VENUES, ESPECIALLY AS PEOPLE BECAME MORE COMFORTABLE WITH GOING OUT IN PUBLIC. THIS PAST SEASON ROUGHLY 50,000 TOTAL TICKETS WERE SOLD TO MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES. AMONG THOSE TICKETS, MORE THAN 6,600 WERE NEW PATRONS. THE SEASON FEATURED FIVE MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS, AMONG THEM ALL-TIME FAVORITES LIKE "THE ELIXIR OF LOVE AND "LA TRAVIATA". AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE OPERATIC ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING NOVEL "A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS" WAS A SEASON HIGH POINT, A PRODUCTION THAT GARNERED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.

    Expenses $17,837,558 · Revenue $5,724,790

  • SEATTLE OPERA'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE 2022/2023 SEASON. THROUGH NEW AND LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIC AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND DOZENS OF LOCAL INSTITUTIONS WE STRIVE TO MAKE LIVING IN WASHINGTON STATE HEALTHIER, SMARTER, MORE PEACEFUL AND MORE ENJOYABLE. NEARLY 700 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE. WHAT'S MORE, OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM VISITED 58 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND REACHED MORE THAN 13,000 K-12 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,021,187 · Revenue $92,758

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maryanne Tagney

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • John F Nesholm

    CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lesley Chapin Wyckoff

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Brian Marks

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Joshua Rodriguez

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related
  • Jonathan Rosoff

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Gary Houlahan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ellen Evans

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related
  • Alva Wright Butcher

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Susan MacGregor Coughlin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Adam Fountain

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • A Richard Gemperle

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bruce E H Johnson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Brian Lamacchia

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Louise Miller

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Martha Sherman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Stephen A Sprenger

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Moya Vazquez

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related
  • Willie C Aikens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Bergevin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barry Bolding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Bozeat

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Toby Bright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brenda Bruns MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Buske

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stella Choi-Ray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles B Cosse

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • George Counts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James D Cullen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Susan Detweiler MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Fries

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eldridge Harding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marvin Hoffert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ron Hosogi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maritta Ko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nathan Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amiee Mell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brendan Murphy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wanda Nuxoll

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven C Phelps

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Tom Puentes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Sprenger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean Stark

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Milkana Stefanova

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael P Theisen MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russell F Tousley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judy Tsou

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susanne Wakefield Ph D

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joan S Watjen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephen Whyte

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Betsy Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen Wright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Scheppelmann

    GENERAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $354,604
    From this org
    $337,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,831
    Hours/week
    60 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $331,395
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,378
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,831
    Filer's total
    $354,604
  • Janey Repensek

    COO/CFO (DEPARTED 03/23)

    Total calculated
    $220,037
    From this org
    $210,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,062
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,975
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,062
    Filer's total
    $220,037
  • Angela Gist

    COO

    Total calculated
    $113,972
    From this org
    $104,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,047
    Hours/week
    60
  • Marissa Betz-Zall

    CFO (FROM 03/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    60 + 2 related
  • Kristina Murti

    MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,582
    From this org
    $164,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,062
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,062
    Filer's total
    $173,582
  • Douglas Provost

    DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $150,878
    From this org
    $141,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,453
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,425
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,453
    Filer's total
    $150,878
  • Aren Der Hacopian

    DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $145,873
    From this org
    $135,430
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,443
    Hours/week
    60
  • Allison Rabbitt

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $126,919
    From this org
    $120,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,303
    Hours/week
    60

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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.

Related partnerships

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

  • SONG AND DANCE LLC

    RELATED · RETAIL · WA · 50% owned · share of income $30,259 · share of assets $293,395 · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

    MANAGE INVESTMENTS · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
25 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431229349301648

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