BOSTON LYRIC OPERA COMPANY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A6A0

Classification

1200

Street

15 CHANNEL CENTER STREET 106

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 · 2023

• BOSTON LYRIC OPERA ("BLO") IS EMBEDDED IN BOSTON'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE THROUGH PROGRAMMING THAT REPRESENTS THE MANY STORIES, PERSPECTIVES, AND IDENTITIES IN ITS COMMUNITY. THIS SEASON'S CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDED ARTSEMERSON, JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON, CASTLE OF OUR SKINS, JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE, TRURO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HIBERNIAN HALL, THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, MASARY STUDIOS, AND MANY MORE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER BOSTON AREA.SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES, BLO CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, PERFORMANCE, AND EDUCATION OFFERINGS. BLO REACHES OVER 20,000 AUDIENCES IN MORE THAN 150 PERFORMANCES A YEAR, INCLUDING MAINSTAGE OPERA PRODUCTIONS, FREE PUBLIC CONCERTS, AND TOURING YOUTH-FRIENDLY OPERAS AT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES, AND LOCAL MUSEUMS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, MAKING BLO A COMPANY THAT ENGAGES ITS COMMUNITY YEAR-ROUND.BLO'S STREET STAGE SERIES PRESENTS FREE, OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES AT LOCATIONS ACROSS GREATER BOSTON, CONNECTING US TO NEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND FORGING COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY, INQUILINOS BORICUAS EN ACCION, DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK AND MUSEUM, MADISON PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD, FRUITLANDS MUSEUM, FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM, MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE RESERVATION. SEEKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION THAT INCLUDES THE ARTS, BLO'S CREATE YOUR OWN OPERA" PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BRINGS BLO TEACHING ARTISTS TO CLASSROOMS WHERE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS COLLABORATE TO WRITE AND PERFORM THEIR OWN ORIGINAL OPERAS.HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2023/24 SEASON INCLUDE A BRAND-NEW PRODUCTION OF "MADAMA BUTTERFLY," IN A RETELLING THAT CENTERED AN AUTHENTIC PORTRAYAL OF ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS, PEOPLE, AND HISTORY. THE CULMINATION OF BLO'S "BUTTERFLY PROCESS" - A THREE-YEAR EXPLORATION OF HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THE CANONICAL OPERA'S PROBLEMATIC LEGACY OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, RACISM, AND GENDER STEREOTYPES - THE PRODUCTION EMPLOYED OVER 70 AAPI ARTISTS AND CREATIVES, AND RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM ASIAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE. ADDITIONAL MAINSTAGE PROGRAMMING INCLUDED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A BLO-COMMISSIONED CHAMBER VERSION OF MATTHEW AUCOIN'S "EURYDICE," RETELLING THE GREEK MYTH FROM THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE; A NEW PRODUCTION OF "LA CENERENTOLA" THAT SET THE STORY IN BOSTON; AND "THE ANONYMOUS LOVER," THE ONLY ONE OF SIX OPERAS BY HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT 18TH-CENTURY BLACK COMPOSER, VIOLINIST, AND CONDUCTOR JOSEPH BOLOGNE TO HAVE SURVIVED FULLY INTACT.

  Expenses $8,369,219 · Revenue $908,540

• BLO'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE CENTRAL TO BLO'S MISSION OF ENGAGING NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES IN THE LIVING ART OF OPERA. BLO'S PROGRAMS PROVIDE VALUABLE LEARNING AND CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AT ALL LEVELS; ENGAGE FAMILIES, YOUNG ADULTS AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS; AND CREATE LINKAGES WITH OTHER VITAL ART FORMS, INCLUDING THEATER, CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE, THE VISUAL ARTS AND BEYOND. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS, BLO COLLABORATES ACROSS A BROAD SPECTRUM TO TAKE OPERA DEEPER INTO THE FABRIC OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

  Expenses $130,877

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.

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

  $10,130,857

  Expenses

  $13,358,584

  Contributions

  $8,553,258

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,610,120

  Expenses

  $10,057,820

  Contributions

  $9,337,471

  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

  $6,377,028

  Expenses

  $7,797,596

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,393,253

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,326,686

  Expenses

  $5,164,070

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,492,285

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,716,865

  Expenses

  $7,966,971

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,490,086

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,741,470

  Expenses

  $8,696,758

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,326,551

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,026,570

  Expenses

  $7,961,986

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,616,949

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,475,121

  Expenses

  $8,606,742

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,773,947

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,310,879

  Expenses

  $8,037,388

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,453,243

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,842,838

  Expenses

  $7,484,089

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,348,378

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,516,761

  Expenses

  $7,468,372

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,209,286

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $6,850,813

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,493,366

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,995,839

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,597,897

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,058,500

  2024 · CULTURE & ARTS

• FIDELITY NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION

  $1,000,000

  2023 · CAMPAIGN/FUNDRAISING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $594,070

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $380,750

  2023 · CULTURE & ARTS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $270,717

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $248,000

  2022 · CULTURE & ARTS

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $192,077

  2023 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $176,401

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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