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OPERA HOUSE ARTS

EIN 01-0526734 STONINGTON, ME

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Revenue 2023
$1,451,119
Expenses 2023
$971,161

Program services were 61.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A600
Classification
1000
Street
1 SCHOOL ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OPERA HOUSE ARTS WAS ESTABLISHED AS A 501(C)3 IN 1999 TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC 1912STONINGTON OPERA HOUSE TO ITS CENTRAL ROLE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE DEER ISLE COMMUNITY. OUR MISSION IS TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN ALL THE WAYS WE PERFORM OUR LIVES:INCITE ART, CREATE COMMUNITY. TODAY, THE STONINGTON OPERA HOUSE IS A HISTORIC CENTER OF CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, A PERFORMANCE SPACE, AND A CIVIC GATHERING PLACE. OUR WORK IS ROOTED IN THE BELIEF THAT ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS TRANSFORMS LIVES. WE OFFER A YEAR-ROUND SCHEDULE OF THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, FILM, CONCERTS - INCLUDING A JAZZ FESTIVAL - TRIVIA AND OPENMIC NIGHTS, AND EVENTS THAT HONOR DOWNEAST CULTURE AND GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A VOICE.WE OPERATE UNDER AN ACTORS EQUITY SMALL PROFESSIONAL THEATRE CONTRACT AND PRODUCE NEW AND ORIGINAL PROFESSIONAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCES THAT ARE RECOGNIZED LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. OUR AUDIENCES ARE THE RESIDENTS OF DEER ISLE, THE BLUE HILL PENINSULA, AND HANCOCK COUNTY W

  • OPERA HOUSE ARTS SERVED DEER ISLE, BLUE HILL PENINSULA, AND HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITIES, REGIONAL VISITORS, AND TOURISTS BY OFFERING PROFESSIONAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, CONCERTS, INTERGENERATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT, AND CIVIC GATHERINGS. WE FEATURED REGIONAL AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, AND SPEAKERS IN A WELCOMING AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT WHILE REMAINING A GOOD STEWARD OF A 112 YEAR OLD THEATER ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

    Expenses $593,591 · Revenue $146,917

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • William Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Stephens

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Kate Caldwell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Galen Koch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Bloom

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pamela Dewell

    EXEC DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $68,238
    From this org
    $66,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,988
    Hours/week
    40

  • John McVeigh

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sal Taylor Kydd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sasha Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caleb Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erika Sanger

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,451,119
    Expenses
    $971,161
    Contributions
    $1,295,252
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $737,845
    Expenses
    $857,924
    Contributions
    $497,992
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $553,744
    Expenses
    $916,461
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,089,674

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $996,461
    Expenses
    $668,188
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,484,317

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $634,869
    Expenses
    $518,233
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,104,182

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $929,063
    Expenses
    $915,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,988,162

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $896,322
    Expenses
    $767,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,972,362

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $611,762
    Expenses
    $711,885
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,028,911

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $711,221
    Expenses
    $839,772
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,352,304

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $686,359
    Expenses
    $758,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,549,696

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,751,753
    Expenses
    $774,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,196,589

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $693,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,227,966

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.