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NEW ORLEANS OPERA ASSOCIATION

EIN 72-0272897 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$3,008,921
Expenses 2024
$3,098,162

Program services were 73.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A6A0
Classification
3000
Street
2504 PRYTANIA ST

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 THE NEW ORLEANS OPERA ASSOCIATION (NOOA) IS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL PEOPLE BY PRODUCING OPERA OF THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC QUALITY AND PROVIDING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES. THE ORGANIZATION'S VISION IS CONNECTING ALL PEOPLE WITH THE JOY OF OPERA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRODUCE OPERA OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THE ART FORM.

  • THE ASSOCIATION PRESENTED THREE FULLY STAGED OPERA PRODUCTIONS AND ONE CONCERT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. ALL FOUR WERE CONCEIVED AND PRODUCED LOCALLY WITH ARTISTS ENGAGED INDIVIDUALLY BY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION DESIGN EXECUTED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S SCENIC STUDIO. AS PART OF ITS MISSION TO INTRODUCE OPERA TO YOUNGER AUDIENCES, STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN AREA HAD ACCESS TO OPERA EDUCATION PACKETS AND AN INVITATION TO THE FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL OF LA BOHME, AS WELL AS OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. ADDITIONALLY, ADULT EDUCATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH FREE CONCERTS AND LECTURES IN AREA ESTABLISHMENTS AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

    Expenses $2,286,632 · Revenue $773,228

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.

  • EMMET GEARY JR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY C ALBERT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULINE HARDIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SONYA MOORE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR RAND VOORHIES

    DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DWAYNE O LITTAUER

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR CONSTANCE GISTAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES C GULOTTA JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADREA HEEBE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RANIA KHODR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE LEBLANC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PROF RONALD J SCALISE JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN MCCALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM FIELDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER BRIGANDI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN OWENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PROF CYNTHIA SAMUEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN SLOAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAIRE STAHEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLOTTE THROOP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHERINE BURNS TREMAINE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BABS DEACON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATLEEN ROBERT

    DIRECTOR

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,008,921
    Expenses
    $3,098,162
    Contributions
    $2,238,244
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,320,163
    Expenses
    $3,416,760
    Contributions
    $1,877,140
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,012,044
    Expenses
    $3,447,056
    Contributions
    $2,845,762
    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
    $2,817,629
    Expenses
    $2,426,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,269,210

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,067,617
    Expenses
    $1,694,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,767,831

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,123,231
    Expenses
    $2,424,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,572,698

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,885,417
    Expenses
    $2,925,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,842,293

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,304,005
    Expenses
    $3,908,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,948,162

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,304,740
    Expenses
    $3,237,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,441,768

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,274,273
    Expenses
    $2,201,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,548,821

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,404,009
    Expenses
    $2,050,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,396,565

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,393,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,405,015

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,725,209
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,485,780

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.