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← ANNAPOLIS OPERA INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ANNAPOLIS OPERA INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,137,040
Total expenses
$922,891
Contributions and grants received
$951,429
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$155,815
Investment income
$29,796
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,485,948
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,976
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,465,972
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$717,692
Management and general expenses
$157,964
Fundraising expenses
$47,235
Program service expenses (Part III)
$717,692

Program services were 77.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $66,130

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $99,957

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $785,342

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FULLY STAGED OPERA

    total $147,527 · related or exempt $147,527

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADVERTISEMENT

    total $5,475 · related or exempt $5,475

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUDITION FEES

    total $2,813 · related or exempt $2,813

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,418 · excluded $8,418

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $399,403

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

    other assets $378,025

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $21,378

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $21,378

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,017

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

    $66,130

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,017

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 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 $85,055 · program services $51,915 · management and general $23,083 · fundraising $10,057

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $155,898 · program services $101,657 · management and general $34,548 · fundraising $19,693

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,542 · management and general $14,542

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,192 · program services $11,632 · management and general $2,560

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,371 · program services $44,960 · management and general $2,411

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $23,304 · program services $11,875 · management and general $10,836 · fundraising $593

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,117 · program services $1,718 · management and general $24,686 · fundraising $713

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,774 · management and general $13,774

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23 · management and general $16 · fundraising $7

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $389 · program services $156 · management and general $164 · fundraising $69

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,555 · management and general $4,555

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTIONS

    total $500,730 · program services $473,561 · management and general $20,201 · fundraising $6,968

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $30,134 · program services $15,072 · management and general $5,927 · fundraising $9,135

  • 24c · Other expenses: CATERING HOSPITALITY

    total $5,807 · program services $5,146 · management and general $661

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $103,995 · end of year $118,564

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $153,626 · end of year $374,074

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

    $4,410

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

    $4,410

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $871,987 · end of year $993,310

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $19,976

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $368,344 · end of year $301,901

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $761,264 · end of year $1,164,071

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ANNAPOLIS OPERA COMPANY IS TO BE A CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH DELIGHTS AUDIENCES WITH MUSICAL STORYTELLING ENGAGES NEW AUDIENCES WITH DIVERSE PROGRAMMING THAT INSPIRES CURIOSITY FOR OPERA AND ATTRACTS EMERGING ARTISTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE ANNAPOLIS OPERA COMPANY IS TO BE A CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH DELIGHTS AUDIENCES WITH MUSICAL STORYTELLING CONTINUED ON PART II, LINE 1

  • ITS PURPOSE IS TO ORGANIZE AND OPERATE AN OPERA COMPANY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF OPERA AND OTHER STAGE PERFORMANCES AND TO GIVE AND PROMOTE ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION, LECTURES, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, AND CELEBRATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PURSUITS AS AN OPERA COMPANY. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO DEVELOP THE AUDIENCES OF THE FUTURE THROUGH VARIED TICKET PRICING, FREE PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS ITS SERVICES TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, THE SURROUNDING REGION AND STATES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE COMMUNITIES IN AND AROUND ANNAPOLIS

    Expenses $717,692 · Revenue $155,815

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KATHY SWEKEL

    GENERAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,190
    From this org
    $79,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,575
    Hours/week
    40
  • PAULA ABERNETHY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • ANDREW NOEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • CARLETTA ALLEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BETTY AUSTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GEORGIANNA CROBY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KATHRYN DAHL

    VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MICHAEL LEHR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • THOMAS DEKORNFELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD HACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD KRIMM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MELISSA OSMOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • KIMBERLY ROSS PAGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LYN SONGY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WILLIAM THAM

    GOVERNANCE CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MARTIN WASSERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBERT YOUNG

    GOVERNANCE CO-CHAIR, GUILD LIASON

    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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
21 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521119349300127

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