CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION

EIN 25-6000890 PITTSBURGH, PA

Revenue 2024: $9,774,850
Expenses 2024: $11,427,764

Program services were 77.9% 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: 719 LIBERTY 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

TO PRESERVE, PERPETUATE AND CREATE THE VERY BEST OF MUSICAL THEATER AND ENCOURAGE ITS APPRECIATION BY PRODUCING AND PRESENTING FIRST-RATE PERFORMANCES AND CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. CLO IS DEDICATED TO THE FUTURE OF THE MUSICAL THEATER ART FORM THROUGH ITS SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ACADEMY OF MUSICAL THEATER, THE GENE KELLY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER, AND THE CLO/CMU NEW WORKS PROJECT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVE, PERPETUATE, CREATE AND ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION OF MUSICAL THEATER.

FOR MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS, THE PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA HAS BEEN PROVIDING CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS TO OVER 200,000 PATRONS A YEAR. THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S MAJOR ACTIVITY IS THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF A SIX SHOW, MULTI-VENUE SUMMER SEASON OF MUSICALS, WHICH RAN FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER IN 2024. PRODUCTIONS WERE HELD AT THE BENEDUM THEATER, BYHAM THEATER, AND GREER CABARET IN PITTSBURGH FOR THE CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND ENJOYMENT OF ITS AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY. VIBRANT PRODUCTIONS, INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND BOLD NEW WORKS WILL CONTINUE TO DEFINE PITTSBURGH CLO AS A LEADER IN THE MUSICAL THEATER INDUSTRY FOR YEARS TO COME.

Expenses $7,213,099 · Revenue $4,706,189
THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S ACADEMY OF MUSICAL THEATER TRAINS 500 STUDENTS RANGING FROM AGES FIVE THROUGH EIGHTEEN IN VOICE, DANCE AND ACTING. THE MISSION OF THE ACADEMY IS TO TRAIN STUDENTS ACCORDING TO A HIGH PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND TO OFFER STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS AND ENHANCE THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT THEY PLAN TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. THROUGHOUT ITS 36-YEAR HISTORY, THE ACADEMY HAS EDUCATED, INSPIRED, AND ENRICHED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OF ALL AGES, ABILITIES, ASPIRATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. ALSO, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ACADEMY AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA, THE PITTSBURGH CLO'S INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY UNDER-SERVED POPULATIONS.CLO OFFERS IN PERSON AND HYBRID CLASSES, AND CONTINUES TO ADD NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH BROADWAY PROFESSIONALS VIRTUALLY AND CREATES DIGITAL PROGRAMMING.

Expenses $1,130,110 · Grants $31,670 · Revenue $784,066
THE CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE IS A VENUE FOR SMALL-SCALE MUSICALS AND PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND PRESENCE FOR THE PITTSBURGH CLO. THIS 200-SEAT BLACK BOX SPACE HAS GIVEN THE PITTSBURGH CLO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS MARKET ITS PRODUCTIONS, HAS ADDED A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE PITTSBURGH CLO AND HAS BECOME AN ECONOMIC CATALYST FOR THE CULTURAL DISTRICT AND CITY OF PITTSBURGH. SINCE IT OPENED IN 2004, MORE THAN 460,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ENTERTAINED AT THE PITTSBURGH CLO CABARET.

Expenses $563,157 · Revenue $318,255

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.

ALEX OVERSTROM

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
EDWARD T KARLOVICH

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JOHANNA G O'LOUGHLIN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JOSEPH DIVITO JR

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
PRITAM ADVANI

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MEGHAN N BARRERA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOYCE BENDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PATTY M BLENKO

EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRIS BRUSSALIS

DIRECTOR (ENTER 2/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STEPHEN S BLOOMBURG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DANIEL I BOOKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TONY BENEVENTO

DIRECTOR (EXIT 11/24)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN DICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JANE DIXON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CLARE DONAHUE

EX-OFFICIO/GUILD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GUS ENGEL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LESLEY EVANCHO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JON GALATIS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GEORGE GANS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER J GERMAIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SHERRI GRASAK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICHARD S HAMILTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EMILIE HAMMERSTEIN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
VICKI HENN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PAUL HENNIGAN

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

$9,774,850

Expenses

$11,427,764

Contributions

$3,520,727

Grants paid

$31,670
2023

Revenue

$9,836,333

Expenses

$13,663,082

Contributions

$2,845,426

Grants paid

$31,500
2022

Revenue

$2,806,605

Expenses

$2,114,593

Contributions

$1,695,150

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$9,774,850	$11,427,764	$3,520,727	$31,670
2023	$9,836,333	$13,663,082	$2,845,426	$31,500
2022	$2,806,605	$2,114,593	$1,695,150	$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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$11,859,936

Expenses

$12,864,855

Assets (EOY)

$14,852,415
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$7,903,885

Expenses

$6,088,879

Assets (EOY)

$18,382,442
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$6,319,916

Expenses

$6,534,912

Assets (EOY)

$14,416,950
2018 · 990

Revenue

$11,524,811

Expenses

$13,730,149

Assets (EOY)

$15,152,556
2017 · 990

Revenue

$13,155,921

Expenses

$13,557,680

Assets (EOY)

$16,777,471

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$11,859,936	$12,864,855	$14,852,415
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$7,903,885	$6,088,879	$18,382,442
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$6,319,916	$6,534,912	$14,416,950
2018	990	$11,524,811	$13,730,149	$15,152,556
2017	990	$13,155,921	$13,557,680	$16,777,471

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

$101,600

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

$41,374

2024 PERFORMING ARTS
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$35,550

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

$34,027

2022 PERFORMING ARTS
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION

$33,679

2023 PERFORMING ARTS
THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$30,055

2024 ARTS AND CULTURE
RSM US FOUNDATION

$26,854

2024 YOUTH EDUCATION - POWER OF LOVE AND DOLLARS FOR DOERS
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$23,500

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$18,000

2023 ARTS AND CULTURE
UPMC

$17,500

2022 General Support

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

I A T S E-3 WELFARE FUND

On its 2024 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

AAIP LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner
PCLO-ADDAMS LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · DE · 2.34% owned · general or managing partner
MERMAID ON TOUR LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · MD · 50% owned · general or managing partner
THE MYTHIC MUSICAL LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NJ · 43% owned · general or managing partner
SPAMILTOUR LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 33.34% owned · general or managing partner
PARIS ACROSS AMERICA LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner
AAIP LONDON LLC

RELATED · THEATRICAL PRODUCTION · NY · 9.69% owned · general or managing partner

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (1)

T · PA

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.