OPERA THEATRE OF SAINT LOUIS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A6A0

Classification

2300

Street

210 HAZEL AVE

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

• THE 2025 FESTIVAL SEASON WAS OTSL'S 50TH, AND INCLUDED FOUR BRAND NEW PRODUCTIONS, INCLUDING STRAUSS'S DIE FLEDERMAUS, DONIZETTI'S DON PASQUALE, BRITTEN'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THIS HOUSE BY COMPOSER RICKY IAN GORDON AND LIBRETTISTS LYNN NOTTAGE AND RUBY AIYO GERBER. IN ADDITION, THE SEASON FEATURED TWO CONCERTS, CENTER STAGE AND OUR SONGS. THE MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCES FEATURED EARLY CAREER SINGERS IN CHORUS, FEATURE, AND PRINCIPAL ROLES ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED PERFORMERS IN PRODUCTIONS LED BY WORLD RENOWNED CONDUCTORS, STAGE DIRECTORS, AND DESIGNERS. THE ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ACCOMPANIES ALL PERFORMANCES. SETS, PROPS, COSTUMES, AND LIGHTING ARE CREATED LOCALLY BY PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE. THE 27 PERFORMANCES SAW 14,490 TICKETS SOLD, AND 2,253 GIVEN AWAY AS PART OF THE PHYLLIS' SEATS INITIATIVE TO BRING NEW PEOPLE TO OPERA. ATTENDEES CAME FROM ACROSS THE REGION, COUNTRY, AND GLOBE.

  Expenses $9,697,805 · Grants $43,500 · Revenue $1,445,973

• IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 THE EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS REACHED MORE THAN 75,000 STUDENTS IN 312 SCHOOLS ACROSS 42 STATES AND CANADA. PROGRAMS INCLUDED: A DIGITAL STREAMING OPERA PROGRAM IN PRIVATE, PAROCHIAL, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACROSS THE WORLD; DOCENT PRESENTATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY; ARTS INTENSIVE PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS CULMINATING IN STUDENTS CREATING AND PERFORMING THEIR OWN WORLD PREMIERE OPERAS; VOCAL INSTRUCTION AND COACHING FOR HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS FROM LOCAL SCHOOLS CULMINATING IN A PUBLIC RECITAL AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS; CAMPS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS; AND TRAILBLAZERS IN OPERA-AN INTERACTIVE LESSON SERIES SPOTLIGHTING GROUNDBREAKING PAST AND PRESENT BLACK OPERA SINGERS AND COMPOSERS.

  Expenses $492,503 · Grants $39,400 · Revenue $40,280

• NEW WORKS COLLECTIVE IS A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO EXPAND THE AMERICAN OPERA CANON WITH ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE PRODUCTIONS THAT AUTHENTICALLY REPRESENT STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE NEW WORKS COLLECTIVE IS A DYNAMIC GROUP OF ST. LOUIS-BASED ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND EDUCATORS THAT IS TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING AND COMMISSIONING WORKS THAT ARE RELEVANT AND RELATABLE FOR THE BROADER ST. LOUIS REGION. IN 2025 THE COLLECTIVE SELECTED THREE CREATIVE TEAMS FROM A BROAD, NATIONWIDE OPEN CALL. THE CYCLE OF THREE NEW WORKS SELECTED BY THE COLLECTIVE PREMIERED IN FEBRUARY 2025 TO SOLD OUT AUDIENCES AT THE KIRKWOOD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. THE THREE PREMIERES WERE BLACK COFFEE BY COMPOSER CONCERT BLACK AND LIBRETTIST ALICIA REVE LIKE, FAMILY STYLE BY COMPOSER MEILINA TSUI AND LIBRETTIST MELISA TIEN, AND KANDAKE BY COMPOSER TIM AMUKELE AND LIBRETTIST JARROD LEE.

  Expenses $360,722 · Revenue $34,029

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $34,927,077

  Expenses

  $14,408,506

  Contributions

  $17,397,358

  Grants paid

  $82,900

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,294,582

  Expenses

  $13,738,196

  Contributions

  $5,688,627

  Grants paid

  $60,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,866,665

  Expenses

  $13,676,716

  Contributions

  $7,355,710

  Grants paid

  $74,400

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

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,751,372

  Expenses

  $12,893,055

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,731,636

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,625,492

  Expenses

  $8,861,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $111,453,146

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $57,968,919

  Expenses

  $6,712,187

  Assets (EOY)

  $95,362,863

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,974,453

  Expenses

  $10,978,283

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,565,927

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,045,129

  Expenses

  $10,707,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,813,001

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,398,691

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $697,712

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $524,892

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $285,000

  2022 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $175,000

  2024 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $174,900

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ST LOUIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

  $163,100

  2022 · IN SUPPORT OF A MAGICAL RETURN TO OPERA EVENT - NO ATTENDANCE

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $159,804

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC

  $150,000

  2023 · CCS - Community Stability and crisis Response

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $150,000

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

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

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