Small Public Charity

WASHINGTON OPERA SOCIETY

WASHINGTON OPERA SOCIETY, of WASHINGTON, DC, is a Small Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $109K in revenue, $100K in expenses, $9K in total assets. 3 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $30K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 475123474 WASHINGTON, DC Opera NTEE: A6A Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$109K
Total Expenses$100K
Total Assets$9K
Grant Records3
Funding Total$30K
Filing Years2019–2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCES OPERA AND OPERETTA WITH ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR AUDIENCES IN THE WASHINGTON, DC METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE PRODUCTIONS ARE STAGED AT EMBASSIES, AMBASSADORIAL RESIDENCES AND HOTELS AND OFFER THE ORGANIZATION'S AUDIENCE THE EXPERIENCE OF ENJOYING PROFESSIONAL OPERA/OPERETTA IN AN INTIMATE, SALON SETTING, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VENUES ON WHICH THE OPERA GENRE ORIGINALLY EVOLVED. AS PART OF ITS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO OFFER EMERGING ARTISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING. IT ALSO SEEKS TO ADVANCE GREATER AWARENESS OF THE OPERA GENRE WITHIN THE YOUNGER GENERATION BY PROVIDING A LIMITED NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACCESS TO ITS PERFORMANCES AT NO CHARGE.

Where $100 goes at Washington Opera Society

How Washington Opera Society divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 6 years.

$83 Programs the work itself
$17 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $83 for programs

$83
Produce opera performances, promote new artists in the opera genre, introduce opera to a wider audience, including younger attendees
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ 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

President Anne L Lantry
Director John J Wall
Treasurer Karen Cinibulk
Director Rafael Prieto
Secretary Stefan M Lopatkiewicz
Director Traudel Lange

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$20,311 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $109K $100K $9K
2024 $106K $112K $181
2023 $120K $98K $10K
2020 $24K $17K $17K
2019 $114K $116K $1K

Between 2019 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $114K to $109K (-4%), with total assets most recently reported at $9K.

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

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