Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC
FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,194,753 to it, the largest being UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ($5,414,734). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What Florentine Opera Company Inc does
Mission
The florentine opera company is driven to produce the full range of operatic works reflecting the highest musical and theatrical standards, and to support community and education programs that foster the current and next generation of opera audiences and practitioners.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mainstage opera achievements: artistic excellence: the florentine opera presents high-quality productions, often featuring renowned artists and innovative staging, which elevates the cultural landscape of the community. Diverse repertoire: the program includes a mix of classic and contemporary operas, appealing to a wide audience and promoting the art form. Community engagement: through outreach initiatives, the mainstage productions engage diverse community groups, fostering a love for opera among new audiences. The organization allocates a significant portion of its budget to mainstage productions, receiving grants from local arts councils and private foundations. No foreign grants are included in this program.artistic development achievements:emerging artist programs: the florentine opera supports emerging artists through the baumgartner studio artist program and summer studio ensemble, providing them with essential performance experience and professional training.this program receives funding through grants specifically aimed at artist development and training initiatives. No foreign grants are included in this category.each of these programs plays a vital role in fulfilling…
$2,660,959 spent$400,885 earned by the program90% of program spendingThe florentine opera company's programs reach a broad spectrum of individuals throughout metro milwaukee, southeastern wisconsin, and beyond. Last year, our educational tour was offered in a digital format an reached over 70,000 households. The company provides a vital addition to local arts education--both in the classroom and on the stage. The florentine opera company's education department is committed to providing educators with opportunities to utilize opera to meet educational standards, as well as to enhance learning for all students. Education programs achievements:youth engagement: the education programs offer workshops, masterclasses, and performances for almost 10,000 wisconsin students, enhancing their understanding and appreciation of opera and the performing arts.partnerships with schools: collaborations with local schools provide students with opportunities to participate in operatic productions, fostering artistic skills and teamwork.school tour: the florentine opera takes a reduced opera into local schools, bringing opera live to 8,701 students through 37 performances and 26 residency visits at 66 schools. The video is shared with all of mps (70,000 students, 156…
$305,530 spent$58,829 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,966,489.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $3.6M to $5.9M (+63%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2021 21% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Maggey Oplinger
General director & CEO
Board chair
Mark Cameli
Co-chair reflecting mke
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.4M.
12 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 54% · 2019 50% · 2020 42% · 2021 39% · 2022 48% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $125k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$125k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC?
- FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,194,753 to it, the largest being UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ($5,414,734). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $12,194,753 in grants to FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC?
- UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,414,734 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 67 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