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HOMER OPUS

EIN 84-3921663 HOMER, AK

Revenue 2024
$109,389
Expenses 2024
$118,503

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A25
Classification
1200
Street
355 W PIONEER AVE STE 300

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 · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

HOMER OPUS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DELIVERS STRING-BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS TO YOUTH AGES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE, AND ADULTS, IN HOMER, ALASKA. OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD A STRONGER COMMUNITY BY CREATING MUSIC TOGETHER, AND TO CREATE BETTER LEARNERS AND CITIZENS THROUGH INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE.

  • THERE ARE THREE IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS OFFERING FREE INSTRUCTION TO ALL K- 2 STUDENTS. IN HOMER, PAUL BANKS PRELUDES AND FIREWEED FRESCOES, AND IN ANCHOR POINT, CHAPMAN'S EAGLE ENSEMBLE. THESE PROGRAMS USE VIOLIN INSTRUCTION TO BUILD BRAIN CAPACITY AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS. THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM, HOMER YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA CLUB (HYSOC) OFFERS A FEE-BASED OPPORTUNITY FOR GRADES 3-12 STUDENTS THAT WISH TO GAIN MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS. HYSOC ALSO SPONSORS AN ADULT ORCHESTRA THAT ALLOWS MORE ADVANCED STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM AND PERFORM WITH ADULT AND PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS. WHILE THE FOCUS OF INSTRUCTION DIFFERS SLIGHTLY IN THE IN-SCHOOL AND THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THEY ARE RUN IN A COORDINATED MANNER AND SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR PERFORM TOGETHER. VARIOUS FUNDRAISING EVENTS TARGET EACH SCHOOL'S PARENT GROUP, BUT THE FUNDS ARE NOT RETAINED FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THAT SCHOOL.

    Expenses $3,550

  • HOMER OPUS IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN HOMER, AK WITH A MISSION TO BUILD LEARNING SKILLS AND COMMUNITY COHESIVENESS BY TEACHING CHILDREN ORCHESTRAL STRING INSTRUMENTS AND BY PERFORMING. HOMER OPUS SERVES THE SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA AND HAS IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN PAUL BANKS ELEMENTARY, FIREWEED CHARTER, AND CHAPMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR K-2 CHILDREN. WE ALSO OFFER AN AFTER-SCHOOL YOUTH ORCHESTRA FOR OLDER STUDENTS AND ADULTS. OUR IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM REACHES OVER 240 YOUTH USING VIOLIN INSTRUCTION TO DEVELOP THE KINDS OF LEARNING SKILLS THAT BRAIN RESEARCH SHOW STRING INSTRUCTION CAN PROVIDE. THESE SKILLS ARE KNOWN A EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS AND INCLUDE SUCH THINGS AS ATTENTION FOCUS, PERSEVERANCE, PLANNING, MULTI-TASKING, AND IMPULSE CONTROL - THINGS THAT IMPROVE CHILDREN'S LONG-TERM ACADEMIA AND LIFE SUCCESS. HOMER OPUS'S AFTER SCHOOL ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM CURRRENTLY SERVES ABOUT 35 AND DEVELOPS MUSICAL AND ORCHESTRAL SKILLS AND GIVES THEM A SENSE OF AGENCY AND BELONGING. OUR ADULT ENSEMBLE OF ABOUT 20 MEMBERS FOCUSES ON MENTORING OUR YOUTH PARTICIPANTS.

  • ORCHESTRAL INSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH ADULT.

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $114,953

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.

  • MIRANDA WEISS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • KIM FINE

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • LYN MASLOW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • LINDA REINHART

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • DANIEL PERRY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • LISA SCHALLOCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • LINDSAY BEAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHARON ROUFA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

  • URAN CHRISTENSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $109,389
    Expenses
    $118,503
    Contributions
    $102,472
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $87,483
    Expenses
    $101,891
    Contributions
    $79,355
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $127,075
    Expenses
    $117,790
    Contributions
    $119,239
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $70,813
    Expenses
    $74,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $113,989

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021
Principal officer
MIRANDA WEISS
Mailing address
355 W PIONEER AVE STE 300HOMER AK 99603
Website
HOMEROPUS.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.