Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,682,298
- Total expenses
- $1,321,462
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,522,987
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $161,376
- Investment income
- -$2,084
- Other revenue
- $19
- Total assets, end of year
- $724,117
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $72,554
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $651,563
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $909,822
- Management and general expenses
- $243,264
- Fundraising expenses
- $168,376
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $909,822
Program services were 68.8% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$209,921
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,313,066
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$137,161
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2a · Program service revenue: Ticket sales - program
total $148,376 · related or exempt $148,376
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2b · Program service revenue: Performance fees
total $13,000 · related or exempt $13,000
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3 · Investment income
total $5,008 · excluded $5,008
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $3,598 · other assets $3,494
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$3,598 · other assets -$3,494
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$7,092 · excluded -$7,092
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11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous receipts
total $19 · excluded $19
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11e · Other revenue, total
$19
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $20,000 · program services $9,363 · management and general $5,132 · fundraising $5,505
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $345,098 · program services $170,889 · management and general $73,735 · fundraising $100,474
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $13,085 · management and general $13,085
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,206 · program services $12,938 · management and general $5,661 · fundraising $7,607
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $77,437 · management and general $77,437
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $150 · management and general $150
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11g · Fees: other
total $418,324 · program services $397,540 · management and general $9,096 · fundraising $11,688
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $30,461 · program services $30,389 · fundraising $72
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13 · Office expenses
total $64,765 · program services $47,561 · management and general $8,427 · fundraising $8,777
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14 · Information technology
total $18,701 · program services $6,604 · management and general $12,097
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16 · Occupancy
total $13,800 · management and general $13,800
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17 · Travel
total $91,727 · program services $89,440 · fundraising $2,287
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $29,286 · program services $184 · management and general $3,318 · fundraising $25,784
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23 · Insurance
total $15,710 · management and general $15,710
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24a · Other expenses: Production venue
total $70,449 · program services $65,863 · management and general $0 · fundraising $4,586
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24b · Other expenses: Music and recordings
total $51,330 · program services $50,798 · fundraising $532
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24c · Other expenses: Production materials
total $28,995 · program services $28,251 · fundraising $744
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24d · Other expenses: Opera memberships
total $5,575 · management and general $5,575
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24e · All other expenses
total $363 · program services $2 · management and general $41 · fundraising $320
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year -$3,124 · end of year $6,670
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $279,800 · end of year $462,358
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $232,547
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $4,775
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $7,872 · end of year $7,157
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,537
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,537
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $32,610 · end of year $10,610
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $108,431 · end of year $62,349
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $10,205
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $90,727 · end of year $551,563
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $100,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Opera Lafayette seeks to bring fresh interpretations of rediscovered gems and historical masterpieces from the 17th through 19th centuries to modern audiences. We seek to illuminate the contemporary relevance of the works while simultaneously highlighting their original appeal. Central to the company's mission is building a legacy of the timeless repertoire Opera Lafayette brings back to life with period instruments. This is achieved through an extensive discography, mounting revivals, and inspiring a public appreciation for this repertoire through its audience engagement programs for audiences of all ages.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To perform rediscovered gems and historical masterpieces from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
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Annual Performances: Music from the 16th - 18th centuries performed throughout the Washington DC and New York City Metro areas, including RE / CLAIM: Ensemble Amedyez and Kalanidhi Dance at the Kennedy Center, RE / STORE: Dede's Morgiane at Lincoln Theatre in DC, The University of Maryland, and Jazz at Lincoln Center in NY, and RE / JOICE: 30 Years of Ryan Brown at the Kennedy Center in DC and St. Bart's Church in NY.
Expenses $756,466 · Revenue $161,376
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Opera Lafayette recorded the world premiere of Morgiane as part of its ongoing mission to rediscover and create a legacy of lost works. Morgiane is the first known opera by a Black American composer, and its recording represents a significant contribution to the operatic canon and historical understanding of American musical heritage. Opera Lafayette completed an audio recording of the world premiere production of Edmond Dede's Morgiane, the earliest known complete opera by a Black American composer, as part of its mission to rediscover and document overlooked works. The audio recording, made in partnership with OperaCrole, is scheduled for commercial release in January of, 2026, ensuring that this historically significant work enters the recorded operatic canon and remains accessible to artists, scholars, and audiences
Expenses $125,165
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Community Engagement and Education: Opera Lafayette is committed to inspiring a public appreciation for forgotten repertoire through audience engagement programs for people of all ages. During the FY25 season, Opera Lafayette presented educational events at Stanford in Washington, the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Opera Lafayette also held multiple pre-show panel discussions, as well as online virtual salon series.
Expenses $28,191
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Ryan Brown
Artistic Director
- Total calculated
- $52,400
- From this org
- $52,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Ellen McCoy
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Nizam Kettaneh
Co-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Adrienne Jamieson
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ross Ain
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Pam Hines
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Parker Jayne
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Dan Thys
Executive Committee Member At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Merri Moken
Executive Committee Member At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Annelyse Allen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dorsey Dunn
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jill Esterman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
-
Cheryl Gorelick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Stephen Kitchen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan Lynner
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Ashwani Rajput
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JoAnn Willis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa Mion
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $110,000
- From this org
- $110,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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.
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.
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Opera Lafayette LLC
Obtain grants from NY private foundations and NYC agencies. · NY · income $0 · assets $0
Directly controlled by Opera Lafayette
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 2 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202610619349301001
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