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ACADEMY OF MUSIC OF PHILADELPHIA INC

EIN 23-1501159 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2024
$2,919,401
Expenses 2024
$3,509,654

Program services were 6.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A110
Classification
2000
Street
300 S BROAD 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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ACADEMY'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO RAISE FUNDS THROUGH THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION FUND TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE 168-YEAR-OLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE OLDEST KNOWN CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING OPERA HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE FUNDS THROUGH THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION FUND TO RESTORE (CONTINUED IN SCH O)(CONTINUED):AND MAINTAIN THE 168-YEAR-OLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE OLDEST KNOWN CONTINUOUSLY USED OPERA HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY IS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC BUILDING THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PROGRAM. COMBINED PROCEEDS ARE USED TO FUND NUMEROUS RESTORATION PROJECTS AS APPROVED BY THE ACADEMY BOARD. THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND THEREFORE ITS UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE IS THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY CONCERN. FOR THE YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 2025, THE RESTORATION PROJECTS INCLUDED SOUND SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION, AND LAVATORY & BOX OFFICE RENOVATIONS. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O).(CONTINUED):THESE PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITY EXPENDITURES ARE REPORTED AS PART OF FIXED ASSETS IN SCHEDULE D, PART VI.

    Expenses $234,393

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Matias Tarnopolsky - Board

    MEMBER (PRESIDENT-POKC)(THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $1,225,614
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,159,583
    Other
    $66,031
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $736,838 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $216,300 related
    Other
    $0 + $206,445 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,431 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,225,614 related
  • Ryan Fleur - Board

    MEMBER (PRESIDENT-POKC)(AS OF 04/25)

    Total calculated
    $551,140
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $486,110
    Other
    $65,030
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $435,393 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $717 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,430 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $551,140 related
  • Mario Mestichelli

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER (CFO-POKC)

    Total calculated
    $420,406
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $358,273
    Other
    $62,133
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $356,983 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,290 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,533 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $420,406 related
  • Ralph W Muller

    BOARD MEMBER (CHAIR-POKC)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 15 related
  • Caroline B Rogers

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 6 related
  • Adele K Schaeffer

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • James P Brandau

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Anne F Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harry Edward Hill III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott S Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Teresa C Kenny

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bruce G Leto

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 4 related
  • John H McFadden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • John R Saler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Linda Fynes Siegfried

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Zisman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 12 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,919,401
    Expenses
    $3,509,654
    Contributions
    $3,297,479
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,405,807
    Expenses
    $3,385,410
    Contributions
    $2,139,568
    Grants paid
    $20,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,878,504
    Expenses
    $3,532,925
    Contributions
    $5,221,433
    Grants paid
    $20,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,432,012
    Expenses
    $4,003,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,102,895
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,266,946
    Expenses
    $3,411,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,910,650
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,254,547
    Expenses
    $3,494,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,708,691
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,303,334
    Expenses
    $3,417,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $33,369,162
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,503,847
    Expenses
    $3,432,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,199,408
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,740,267
    Expenses
    $3,546,199
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,085,994
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,791,414
    Expenses
    $3,582,582
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,854,651
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,824,853
    Expenses
    $3,436,272
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,700,398

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

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Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.