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FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC

FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,608 to it, the largest being J HENRY HANHISALO CHARITABLE TRUST ($61,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$114k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$124k
Net assets
$405k
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Franklin Opera House Inc does

Mission

It is the mission of Franklin Opera House, Inc. to provide wholesome community entertainment, foster expansion of arts awareness in all ages, and create a cultural hub and center for social interaction in an historic and attractive setting.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Community members, including students, are connected with Arts through performances by local, regional, and touring national artists. We coordinate use of an historic venue for community theatre, school music, and performances as well as a meeting place. Ongoing projects of restoration and maintenance are also core to our mission.

    $5,807 spentof which $8,125 as grants$6,327 earned by the program
    24% of program spending
  2. Our Franklin Area Children's Theatre (FACT) continued its success during the 2024 summer. 45 young children were assisted by our 16 teen "interns." Two performances drew large audiences of parents and friends to enjoy summer shows by our young actors and local teens.

    $15,359 spentof which $6,500 as grants$4,325 earned by the program
    64% of program spending
  3. We provided our summer series of "Music in the Park" in downtown Franklin during weekly outdoor concerts. Paid local and regional talent offered varied entertainment to approximately 75 community members. These yearly outside concerts were sponsored by a local business.

    $2,900 spentof which $2,500 as grants
    12% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,066.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($200k) Expenses 100 ($108k) Net assets 100 ($205k)2023 Revenue 60 ($119k) Expenses 93 ($101k) Net assets 103 ($212k)2024 Revenue 54 ($109k) Expenses 93 ($100k) Net assets 111 ($226k)2025 Revenue 151 ($302k) Expenses 131 ($141k) Net assets 190 ($389k)2026 Revenue 57 ($114k) Expenses 91 ($98k) Net assets 198 ($405k)
20222023202420252026
Revenue (57)Expenses (91)Net assets (198)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $228k to $389k (+71%).

$205k
$214k
$228k
$389k
$405k
20222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

72% of FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$92k
’22
$18k
’23
$9k
’24
$161k
’25
$16k
’26
23
months of
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

Dan B Darling

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $7k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE 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

FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

38% 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 FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC.

50%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 77% · 2019 96% · 2020 83% · 2021 55% · 2022 83% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.

“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

60% of FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

86% of FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC's grant income comes from New Hampshire funders.

NH
CT
RI
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
New Hampshire out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−13% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC

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In New Hampshire

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NH

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC?
FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,608 to it, the largest being J HENRY HANHISALO CHARITABLE TRUST ($61,844). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $123,608 in grants to FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC?
J HENRY HANHISALO CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $61,844 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRANKLIN OPERA HOUSE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 9 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