Public Charity

OPERA PHILADELPHIA

OPERA PHILADELPHIA is a Public Charity headquartered in PHILADELPHIA, PA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $11.1M revenue, $11.4M expenses, $6.4M total assets. 70 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $6.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 231504706 PHILADELPHIA, PA Opera NTEE: A6A Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$11.1M
Total Expenses$11.4M
Total Assets$6.4M
Grant Records70
Funding Total$6.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO BE PHILADELPHIA'S PROFESSIONAL PRODUCER OF QUALITY GRAND OPERA, PRODUCING A DIVERSE RANGE OF REPERTOIRE FEATURING INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ALONGSIDE RISING YOUNG SINGERS, AND TO PRODUCE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH NURTURE THE FUTURE AND RELEVANCE OF THE ART FORM.

Where $100 goes at Opera Philadelphia

How Opera Philadelphia divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$68 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$12 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $68 for programs

$63
In fy25 Opera Philadelphia produced
93% of program spending
$5
Opera Philadelphia inaugurated the pick your price initiative, offering tickets as low as $11 each, selling out the season and making opera accessible to new audiences
7% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Agnes Mulroney
DIRECTOR Alexander Hankin
PRESIDENT FROM 6/1/24 Anthony Roth Costanzo
DIRECTOR Barbara Teichert
DIRECTOR Beverly Lange
DIRECTOR Bob Schena

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$3,765,950 22 grants
General Support
$2,068,781 33 grants
Education
$528,355 6 grants
Human & Social Services
$52,900 1 grant
Unspecified
$286,500 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $11.1M $11.4M $6.4M
2024 $9.4M $11.6M $7.3M
2023 $9.5M $11.9M $9.3M
2022 $11.0M $9.6M $10.8M
2021 $7.1M $7.6M $9.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $7.1M to $11.1M (+57%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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