- Revenue 2024
- $1,693,522
- Expenses 2024
- $2,023,154
Program services were 78.2% 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
- 612 E DEPOT 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
Mission
PERFORMANCE OF OPERA AND MUSICALS
Activities or mission (Part I)
PERFORMANCE OF OPERA AND MUSICALS.
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KNOXVILLE OPERA IS ENGAGED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OPERA AND MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE EAST TENNESSEE AREA. EXPENSES WERE INCURRED RELATING TO EIGHT PERFORMANCES OF THREE MAJOR PRODUCTIONS AND 50+ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS WHICH WERE COMPLETED IN THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025.
Expenses $1,582,472 · Grants $232,250 · Revenue $760,451
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.
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Jason HardyJASON HARDY
GEN DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $114,734
- From this org
- $104,399
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,335
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Allison Easterday AlexanderALLISON EASTERDAY ALEXANDER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Emily AndersonEMILY ANDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Stephen BackielSTEPHEN BACKIEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jerrold BeckerJERROLD BECKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bedros BozdoganBEDROS BOZDOGAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Holden CapertonHOLDEN CAPERTON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Katy DavisKATY DAVIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Faith FergusonFAITH FERGUSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark HillMARK HILL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Charles JamesCHARLES JAMES
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sheryl LinckSHERYL LINCK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sheena McCallSHEENA MCCALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kimberly Grande MDKIMBERLY GRANDE MD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeanie MeltonJEANIE MELTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Melissa MidyettMELISSA MIDYETT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cathy Dodge MillerCATHY DODGE MILLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julia MullaneyJULIA MULLANEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeff PappasJEFF PAPPAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Frank RosamondFRANK ROSAMOND
PAST CHAIRPE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Zane ScarlettZANE SCARLETT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jan SimpsonJAN SIMPSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kim TrentKIM TRENT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary WalkerMARY WALKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- $1,693,522
- Expenses
- $2,023,154
- Contributions
- $706,944
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $1,948,539
- Expenses
- $1,884,319
- Contributions
- $1,043,975
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,617,301
- Expenses
- $1,590,004
- Contributions
- $977,940
- 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
- $1,430,096
- Expenses
- $1,253,435
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,743,174
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $934,550
- Expenses
- $643,859
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,522,312
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,135,101
- Expenses
- $1,023,353
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,270,929
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,499,599
- Expenses
- $1,481,826
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,185,624
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,739,074
- Expenses
- $1,681,271
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,138,321
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,791,004
- Expenses
- $1,564,890
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,049,571
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,677,472
- Expenses
- $1,538,693
- Assets (EOY)
- $834,491
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,554,671
- Expenses
- $1,381,606
- Assets (EOY)
- $686,087
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,373,796
- Expenses
- $1,286,846
- Assets (EOY)
- $634,583
-
2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,212,176
- Assets (EOY)
- $495,662
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
$86,900
2022 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$79,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$66,000
2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
-
2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
2024 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$6,500
2024 ARTS & CULTURE
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.