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NORTH CAROLINA OPERA INC

EIN 31-1486222 RALEIGH, NC

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Revenue 2024
$1,579,573
Expenses 2024
$1,790,759

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A6A0
Classification
1000
Street
3717 NATIONAL DR STE 209

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

THE MISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA OPERA IS TO ENHANCE THE CULTURAL LIFE IN THE TRIANGLE BY PRESENTING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY PROFESSIONAL OPERA PERFORMANCES, DEVELOPING AND INCREASING AN APPRECIATION OF THE OPERA ART FORM IN THE AREA, AND PROVIDING LOCAL ARTISTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR TALENT.

  • NORTH CAROLINA OPERA'S MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS ARE FULLY-STAGED, SEMI-STAGED AND CONCERT PERFORMANCES OF BOTH CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY OPERATIC REPERTOIRE, FEATURING BOTH INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AND PROMISING LOCAL ARTISTS.

    Expenses $1,441,626 · Revenue $523,602

  • NORTH CAROLINA OPERA OFFERS OUTREACH PERFORMANCES TO BOTH SCHOOLCHILDREN AND ADULTS.

    Expenses $13,582

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.

  • Nancy Hablutzel

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brigette Wilds

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Lunsford

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carl Nold

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joel Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Bambrick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yvonne Bryant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelvin Currie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Gilliam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Gulick

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Holbrook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valerie Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ralph Roberson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Rustin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Sarles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nerre Shuriah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Stuart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shohreh Taavoni

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Hargrove

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean Wozencraft-Ornellas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosemarie Sweeney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Fomberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia McWaters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Mitchko

    GENERAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $146,179
    From this org
    $128,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,249
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $1,579,573
    Expenses
    $1,790,759
    Contributions
    $896,767
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,579,573
    Expenses
    $1,790,755
    Contributions
    $896,767
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,516,808
    Expenses
    $1,558,014
    Contributions
    $739,997
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,427,583
    Expenses
    $1,569,951
    Contributions
    $656,597
    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
    $2,021,484
    Expenses
    $1,548,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $892,706
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $583,965
    Expenses
    $523,043
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,261
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $944,623
    Expenses
    $944,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,799
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,461,491
    Expenses
    $1,211,578
    Assets (EOY)
    $360,672
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,282,817
    Expenses
    $1,394,422
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,545
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,424,180
    Expenses
    $1,528,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $211,828
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,221,741
    Expenses
    $1,221,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $227,843
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,254,750
    Expenses
    $1,316,048
    Assets (EOY)
    $200,137
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,251,054
    Expenses
    $1,201,937
    Assets (EOY)
    $182,033
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $732,670
    Assets (EOY)
    $184,053

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