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SEATTLE OPERA

EIN 91-0760426 SEATTLE, WA

Revenue 2024
$22,169,865
Expenses 2024
$25,284,095

Program services were 78.9% 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
363 MERCER 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).

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.

  • CHRISTINA SCHEPPELMANN

    GENERAL DIRECTOR UNTIL 10/31/24

    Total calculated
    $304,409
    From this org
    $289,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,453
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $289,956
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,453
    Filer's total
    $304,409

  • KRISTINA MURTI

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $179,491
    From this org
    $168,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,661
    Hours/week
    60 + 0.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,830
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,661
    Filer's total
    $179,491

  • DOUGLAS PROVOST

    DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION UNTIL 11/20/24

    Total calculated
    $179,233
    From this org
    $168,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,841
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $36,681
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,841
    Filer's total
    $179,233

  • JAMES D ROBINSON

    GENERAL & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FROM 11/1/24

    Total calculated
    $176,537
    From this org
    $165,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,414
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $20,000
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,414
    Filer's total
    $176,537

  • MARISSA BETZ-ZALL

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $173,994
    From this org
    $161,494
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,500
    Hours/week
    60 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,494
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,500
    Filer's total
    $173,994

  • AREN DER HACOPIAN

    DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $159,344
    From this org
    $149,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,218
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,126
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,218
    Filer's total
    $159,344

  • ANGELA GIST

    COO

    Total calculated
    $159,194
    From this org
    $148,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,652
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,542
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,652
    Filer's total
    $159,194

  • CHRISTOPHER BURKETT

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $149,194
    From this org
    $137,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,852
    Hours/week
    60

  • JUSTIN N LOYD

    MASTER CARPENTER

    Total calculated
    $121,998
    From this org
    $100,498
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,500
    Hours/week
    40

  • DENNIS ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $117,489
    From this org
    $105,591
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,898
    Hours/week
    60

  • LINDSEY M O'CONNOR

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $105,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,000
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

  • MARYANNE TAGNEY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JOHN F NESHOLM

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • LESLEY CHAPIN WYCKOFF

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JONATHAN ROSOFF

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • BRIAN MARKS

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JOSHUA RODRIGUEZ

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related

  • ELLEN EVANS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 3 related

  • TOBY BRIGHT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • JASON BERGEVIN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRENDA BRUNS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ALVA WRIGHT BUTCHER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • GEORGE COUNTS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • A RICHARD GEMPERLE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • BRIAN LAMACCHIA

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $22,169,865
    Expenses
    $25,284,095
    Contributions
    $13,594,892
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $15,996,108
    Expenses
    $22,721,946
    Contributions
    $9,307,932
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $23,202,519
    Expenses
    $24,071,168
    Contributions
    $17,054,895
    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

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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.

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 on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.