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PORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 93-6034321 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$2,096,616
Expenses 2024
$7,721,651

Program services were 74.1% 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
121 SW SALMON 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

WE GATHER AND INSPIRE AUDIENCES, ARTISTS, AND COLLABORATORS TO CREATE SHARED OPERA EXPERIENCES THAT ENLIVEN AND CONNECT US ALL, ENHANCING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE BEAUTIFUL PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

  • EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL SEASON OF FOUR PRODUCTIONS WHILE MOVING THE COMPANY OUT OF A LONG-TERM ARTISTIC HOME WITH A SQUARE FOOTAGE IN EXCESS OF 30,000 SQUARE FEET AND FINALLY LANDING IN AN ARTISTIC HOME WITH A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 16,000 SQUARE FEET. DURING THIS TRANSITORY PHASE, PORTLAND OPERA REHEARSED AND PERFORMED IN SEVEN DIFFERENT VENUES, FIVE OF WHICH WERE NEW TO THE OPERA. SOLD OUT ALL FOUR PERFORMANCES OF THE SHINING, AND ADDED A THIRD PERFORMANCE OF SHIZUE: AN AMERICAN STORY AFTER THE FIRST TWO SHOWS SOLD OUT WELL IN ADVANCE. CONTINUED PROGRAMMING THROUGH PORTLAND OPERA TO GO (POGO), PORTLAND OPERA RESIDENT ARTISTS (PORA), AND OPERA A LA CART, EXPANDING ACCESS TO OPERA THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED PERFORMANCES, PROFESSIONAL ARTIST TRAINING, AND FREE COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC SPACES.

    Expenses $5,718,792 · Revenue $483,556

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • CAROLE MORSE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • KREGG ARNSTON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • JAMEY HAMPTON

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • GREGORY BROWN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • LARRY ROPER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.5 related

  • KATHERINE DE LA FOREST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • HUGH HARRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CHRISTINE LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CAROL TURNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • NICHOLE ANGLIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • SUSAN DIXON

    GENERAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $186,014
    From this org
    $170,343
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,671
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,343
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,925
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,746
    Filer's total
    $186,014

  • MELISSA BUXTON

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $81,923
    From this org
    $81,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANNA LABYKINA

    DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

    Total calculated
    $134,273
    From this org
    $127,275
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,998
    Hours/week
    40

  • ALFRELYNN ROBERTS

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,776
    From this org
    $117,860
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,916
    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. 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
    $2,096,616
    Expenses
    $7,721,651
    Contributions
    $1,269,995
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,434,546
    Expenses
    $7,333,523
    Contributions
    $4,120,048
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,330,002
    Expenses
    $8,725,554
    Contributions
    $2,970,587
    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
    $6,427,298
    Expenses
    $7,098,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,962,888

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,509,949
    Expenses
    $3,475,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,661,046

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,323,206
    Expenses
    $5,495,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,168,847

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,351,974
    Expenses
    $7,575,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,989,646

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,623,014
    Expenses
    $7,804,689
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,960,833

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,069,826
    Expenses
    $7,109,987
    Assets (EOY)
    $30,037,260

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,030,445
    Expenses
    $7,044,750
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,987,800

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,988,447
    Expenses
    $8,031,274
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,201,043

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,863,757
    Expenses
    $7,206,293
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,105,413

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $6,962,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,039,416

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.

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 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.