New York · Nonprofit
CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC
CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,901 to it, the largest being NORTHLANDS FOUNDATION ($103,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $601k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $243k
- Net assets
- $46k
What Classic Lyric Arts Inc does
Mission
To inspire emerging opera singers to achieve their artistic potential by teaching vocal music through the prism of language and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Classic lyric art's mission is to inspire emerging opera singers to achieve their artistic potential by teaching vocal repertoire through the prism of languagem culture and history. The funds raised by classic lyric arts goes to support this mission. Founded in 2009, classic lyric arts offers intensive language-based training programs in france, italy and the berkshires, and performance opportunities in new york city. In each classic lyric arts program, pre- professional singers and pianists are immersed in the craft and culture of french and italian vocal music, working individually with native teachers and coaches on diction, musical style and spoken language. Since its inaugural program in novafeltria, italy, over 500 singers and pianists have participated in classic lyric arts programs.
$510,891 spentof which $184,100 as grants$396,744 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $510,891.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $22k to $78k (+253%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $60k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 70% · 2022 59% · 2023 82% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
86% of CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC has grown faster than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC?
- CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $242,901 to it, the largest being NORTHLANDS FOUNDATION ($103,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $242,901 in grants to CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC?
- NORTHLANDS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $103,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLASSIC LYRIC ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing