New York · Public charity
Opera America Inc
Opera america, inc. ("opera america") was founded to: (I) promote growth and expansion of the operatic art form; (ii) foster and improve the education, training and development of operatic composers, singers and allied talent (iii) assist in developing resident professional opera companies through cooperative artistic and management…
- $605k
- Granted FY2022
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $375k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 11
- Total assets, FY2022
- $31M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 29% of the organizations Opera America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 17 | $375k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $898k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $878k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $1.7M | 52% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $1.4M | 55% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Opera Association | $450,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Santa Fe Opera | $430,000 | 4 | 1% |
| San Francisco Opera Association | $430,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | $330,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Detroit Opera | $325,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Seattle Opera | $324,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | $320,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Opera Omaha Inc | $319,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Dallas Opera | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Arizona Opera Company | $300,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 84 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Opera America Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · New Music USA Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Wender Foundation · Seniel & Dorothy Ostrow Foundation · The Howard and Sarah D Solomon Foundation · The Map Fund Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Claytor Family Charitable Foundation · Firestone Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Opera America Inc
- How much does Opera America Inc give?
- Opera America Inc reported 21 itemized grants totaling $374,600, out of $605,469 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Opera America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%).
- Who are Opera America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: San Diego Opera Association ($450k), The Santa Fe Opera ($430k), San Francisco Opera Association ($430k).
- Does Opera America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Opera America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP, The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP, New Music USA Inc.
- Where is Opera America Inc based?
- Opera America Inc is based in NY.
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