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THE OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES

EIN 95-3736299 LOS ANGELES, CA

Revenue 2023
$268,895
Expenses 2023
$309,273

Program services were 69.7% 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
135 N GRAND 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).

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 · 2023

Mission

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES IS TO PLAN, DEVELOP, SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE, THROUGH SUPPORT OF THE LOS ANGELES OPERA, ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (CONTINUED ON SCH. O)AND FUNDRAISING; ALSO TO STIMULATE INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION IN OPERA FOR THE BENEFIT OF CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE LOS ANGELES OPERA THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM AND FUNDRAISING.

  • SEMINARS/MUSICALES - THESE ACTIVITIES PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL GOALS.

    Expenses $173,902 · Grants $105,799

  • MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS EVENTS - THESE UNIQUE ACTIVITIES ARE OFFERED TO OPERA LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES' MEMBERS AND INCLUDE BACKSTAGE MAGIC, DISCOUNT OPERA TICKETS, PREMIER VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION EVENTS AND OTHER OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

    Expenses $32,454

  • AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR LOS ANGELES OPERA - THESE ACTIVITIES PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MUSICAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE.

    Expenses $9,195

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Gary W Murphy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • Diane Gray

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Wilma Freeman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Beth Long

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Ruth Bachofner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Calvin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bill Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alma Guzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly Harrie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Jade James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Johnston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marion Joy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gayle Kirschbaum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tom Lady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tanya Len

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Levtow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mirjana Mahnovski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Regina Merwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Clayton Morell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ignacio Ortiz

    DIRECTOR (THRU 01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rodriguez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trevor Roper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Simon Russell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mufti Sabaratnam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $268,895
    Expenses
    $309,273
    Contributions
    $149,001
    Grants paid
    $105,799
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $250,603
    Expenses
    $262,315
    Contributions
    $165,117
    Grants paid
    $98,160

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
    $294,228
    Expenses
    $225,318
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,439,530
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $226,487
    Expenses
    $161,380
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,716,682
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $275,709
    Expenses
    $196,274
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,461,222
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $343,743
    Expenses
    $292,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,388,607
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $476,775
    Expenses
    $323,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,347,410
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $476,775
    Expenses
    $323,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,347,410
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $368,733
    Expenses
    $305,570
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,250,487
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $352,769
    Expenses
    $417,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,128,851
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $435,545
    Expenses
    $353,875
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,218,291
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $381,278
    Expenses
    $373,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,176,636

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

  • 2022 LA OPERA CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO LEARN AND WORK ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE ACADEMY: LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, RUSSELL THOMAS YOUTH ARTIST TRAINING ACADEMY, AND THE TECH ACADEMY.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.