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← SAN DIEGO OPERA ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SAN DIEGO OPERA ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,236,335
Total expenses
$11,104,070
Contributions and grants received
$4,425,749
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,663,231
Investment income
$49,592
Other revenue
$97,763
Total assets, end of year
$13,243,536
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,530,133
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,713,403
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,370,934
Management and general expenses
$975,381
Fundraising expenses
$757,755
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,370,934

Program services were 84.4% 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

    $503,848

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $770,636

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,151,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $2,663,231 · related or exempt $2,663,231

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $69,463 · excluded $69,463

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

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

    securities $19,871

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$19,871

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$19,871 · excluded -$19,871

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $296,159

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

    $503,848

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $215,827

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $80,332 · excluded $80,332

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,132,738

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,156,291

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$23,553 · unrelated business -$23,553

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $40,984 · related or exempt $40,984

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $40,984

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 $679,288 · management and general $172,894 · fundraising $506,394

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,415,870 · program services $4,026,365 · management and general $301,772 · fundraising $87,733

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $522,483 · program services $444,571 · management and general $45,469 · fundraising $32,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $447,998 · program services $370,002 · management and general $42,194 · fundraising $35,802

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,407 · program services $14,127 · management and general $15,280

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $647,360 · program services $599,050 · fundraising $48,310

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $111,486 · program services $43,140 · management and general $64,724 · fundraising $3,622

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $774,717 · program services $613,137 · management and general $161,580

  • 17 · Travel

    total $295,761 · program services $285,904 · management and general $935 · fundraising $8,922

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,497 · management and general $33,497

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,714 · program services $58,714

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION COST

    total $2,490,101 · program services $2,485,061 · fundraising $5,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $316,289 · program services $208,226 · management and general $89,907 · fundraising $18,156

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $112,254 · program services $112,254

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND OTHER FEES

    total $105,007 · program services $100,839 · management and general $4,168

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $63,838 · program services $9,544 · management and general $42,961 · fundraising $11,333

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,126,055 · end of year $2,064,983

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,835,656 · end of year $39,935

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $467,278 · end of year $284,029

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $229,539 · end of year $244,137

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $85,831 · end of year $65,405

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $564,948 · end of year $431,446

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

    $732,374

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

    $572,427

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $115,118 · end of year $159,947

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $9,501,890 · end of year $9,084,120

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $869,534

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $456,796 · end of year $438,502

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $896,317 · end of year $204,754

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $21,525 · end of year $886,877

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,730,074 · end of year $2,428,888

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,821,603 · end of year $9,284,515

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MISSION: THE MISSION OF SAN DIEGO OPERA IS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES AND EXCITING, ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES, FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE.AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO MAKE OPERA ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, SAN DIEGO OPERA OFFERS EXTENSIVE OPERA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WHICH SERVE ADULTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NORTHERN MEXICO, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.VISION: THE SAN DIEGO OPERA WILL BE RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AS A LEADING EXAMPLE OF ADAPTABILITY, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY, PROMOTING DIVERSITY ON STAGE, IN OUR REPERTOIRE, AND IN OUR STAFF AND LEADERSHIP, WITH A COMMITMENT TO WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF SAN DIEGO OPERA IS TO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES AND EXCITING, ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES, FOCUSING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE. AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO MAKE OPERA ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, SAN DIEGO OPERA OFFERS EXTENSIVE OPERA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WHICH SERVE ADULTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NORTHERN MEXICO, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.

  • DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023, SAN DIEGO OPERA PRODUCED THREE MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS AT SAN DIEGO CIVIC THEATER, 1 CHAMBER OPERA AT THE BALBOA THEATER AND A CONCERT AT THE CONRAD.

    Expenses $9,058,329 · Revenue $2,663,231

  • AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO MAKE OPERA ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, SAN DIEGO OPERA OFFERS EXTENSIVE OPERA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, WHICH SERVE ADULTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND NORTHERN MEXICO, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.

    Expenses $312,605 · Revenue $40,984

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Bennett

    GENERAL DIR

    Total calculated
    $317,360
    From this org
    $300,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,816
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,544
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,816
    Filer's total
    $317,360
  • Jeannie Posner

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $249,227
    From this org
    $233,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,074
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,153
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,074
    Filer's total
    $249,227
  • Bruce Stasyna

    RES. CONDUCTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,156
    From this org
    $137,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,509
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Shavitz

    CDO

    Total calculated
    $113,843
    From this org
    $109,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,292
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert H Kaplan PhD

    VP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sarah B Marsh-Rebelo Gg

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Janet White Ma MBA Csci

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brett McClain

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Veronica Leff Mam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda Spuck

    Executive VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Candace Carroll

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Joann Clark

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karl Hostetler MD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joan Henkelmann

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Clarice Perkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carol Lazier

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ronald G Leonardi PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph P Martinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Coreen G Petti

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brett MacLeod

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Reiss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Novak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hope Carlson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gloria M Shurman PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Lindenstein Walshok PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400169349302315

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