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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

EIN 36-6008929 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$80,826,148
Expenses 2024
$76,783,278

Program services were 79.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A6A0
Classification
2000
Street
20 N WACKER DR STE 860

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

Mission

We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form of opera by: - Producing and performing consistently thrilling, world-class opera, with a balanced repertoire that encompasses core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works. - Creating a diverse, innovative, wide-ranging program of community engagement and education activities that reaches the widest possible public. - Developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation and to advance the development of the art form of opera.

  • DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 40 OPERA PERFORMANCES AND 8 CONCERT/RECITAL PERFORMANCES WERE PERFORMED BY LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO. THESE PERFORMANCES WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 118,269 PEOPLE.

    Expenses $58,889,615 · Revenue $15,067,236

  • LYRIC UNLIMITED, AN INITIATIVE OF LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO, OFFERS A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM OF EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ARTISTIC INITIATIVES AND INCLUDES LYRIC'S LONGSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. LYRIC SEEKS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHICAGO-AREA CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE ARTS EDUCATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON CULTIVATING A LIFELONG APPRECIATION OF OPERA AND CREATING AUDIENCES FOR THE FUTURE. LYRIC'S SCHOOL PROGRAMS EMBRACE ARTS EDUCATION AS A CORE SUBJECT AND PROMOTE CROSS-CURRICULAR INTEGRATION WHILE FULFILLING STATE LEARNING STANDARDS. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE EDUCATION ON A VARIETY OF LEVELS, FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT, WHICH HEIGHTEN THE OPERA-GOING EXPERIENCE. 44 YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ATTENDANCE FOR THESE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 28,219. PLEASE NOTE, AS REQUIRED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE REVENUE DISCLOSED HERE DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTRIBUTED REVENUE FOR THESE PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,302,224 · Revenue $2,134

  • DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THERE WERE 9 PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS HELD IN THE FACILITY WITH TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 5,325 PEOPLE. ADDITIONALLY, DINING SPACE WAS USED BY BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

    Expenses $545,612 · Revenue $20,059

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.

  • ANTHONY FREUD

    GENERAL DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO/UNTIL AUG 2024

    Total calculated
    $1,197,245
    From this org
    $1,161,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,797
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,861
    Bonus
    $200,000
    Other
    $508,587
    Deferred
    $20,431
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,366
    Filer's total
    $1,197,245

  • DAN GROSSMAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID ORMESHER

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONNA VAN EEKEREN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ENRIQUE MAZZOLA

    VICE-CHAIR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $621,864
    From this org
    $621,864
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $621,864
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $621,864

  • ERIC S SMITH

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES L ALEXANDER

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN MANGUM

    GENERAL DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEO/BEG OCT 2024

    Total calculated
    $155,598
    From this org
    $145,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,070
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,443
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $85
    Deferred
    $4,370
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,700
    Filer's total
    $155,598

  • SHIRLEY W RYAN

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SYLVIA NEIL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • ALLAN B MUCHIN

    TRUSTEE/UNTIL MAY 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLAN DREBIN

    TRUSTEE/UNTIL DEC 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALLAN E BULLEY III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY CARBONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNA PAGLIA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLYTHE J MCGARVIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDA M SHAPIRO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDA ROBINSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE BRAUN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN TRAUBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLES DROEGE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAZ EBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERRYL THOMAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE SCHYVINCK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG C MARTIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. 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
    $80,826,148
    Expenses
    $76,783,278
    Contributions
    $47,048,673
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $57,126,433
    Expenses
    $77,300,001
    Contributions
    $35,509,671
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $59,745,832
    Expenses
    $85,822,656
    Contributions
    $33,366,098
    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

  • 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
    $78,366,900
    Expenses
    $70,260,752
    Assets (EOY)
    $283,616,223

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $46,890,991
    Expenses
    $45,918,281
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,425,270

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $60,302,671
    Expenses
    $77,011,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $270,226,178

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $81,389,759
    Expenses
    $80,008,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $298,944,224

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,878,791
    Expenses
    $85,162,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $293,716,752

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