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FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC (Florida) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,870,894 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($540,975). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $415k
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $4.9M
- Net assets
- $7.9M
What Florida Grand Opera Inc does
Mission
The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. By expanding its reach to diverse communities throughout miami and fort lauderale and wider audiences abroad creating a cultural destination. To accomplish our mission, we produce world-class opera, we champion new works, we build new audiences, we educate and engage our community, and we nurture the finest opera artists, artisans, and administrators of each generation. By doing so, we strengthen the cultural and economic vitality of the south florida community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Supported the operations of the greater miami opera, inc. And the opera guild, inc. In the production and presentation of operas in their original languages to the public. Over 23,000 people benefited from the productions held in the 2025/2026 season. Studio artist program - founded in 1984, fo's studio artist ("sa") program has gained worldwide recognition as one of the leading operatic training programs in the united states. The sa program is designed for artists who have completed advanced degrees from the top music schools in the country, and have often participated in other yearlong residency programs. The program not only exists to provide the highest caliber training for young opera singers but also serves as an invaluable community liaison for fgo; presenting a vast number of outreach and education events throughout south florida, bringing opera to new and diverse audiences throughout the region. Outreach and education - fgo's presents more than 70 programs each year based in the community. This includes but is not limited to free concerts for the general public and working with children of various backgrounds. Project activities will include an introduction to opera,…
$3,698 spent$8,423 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,698.
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 2019 to 2020, from $12M to $7.5M (−37%).
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: 2021 19% · 2022 41% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
194% of FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Maria Todaro
General director and CEO (as of 06/2024)
Board chair
Tina Vidal-Duart
Chair/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $284k → $756k.
14 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 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
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
48% 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 FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 27% · 2019 26% · 2020 20% · 2021 21% · 2022 15% · 2023 16% — 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
47% of FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
78% of FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M 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
FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
Government funding FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $142k on record — $140k federal, $2k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$140k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $2k
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 FLORIDA GRAND OPERA 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
1% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Greater Miami Opera Inc · exempt
- Opera Guild Inc of Fort Lauderdale · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FLORIDA GRAND OPERA 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 FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC?
- FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC (Florida) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,870,894 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($540,975). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $4,870,894 in grants to FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $540,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 62 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