New Jersey · Nonprofit
Light Opera of New Jersey
Light Opera of New Jersey (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,776 to it, the largest being GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $193k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Light Opera of New Jersey does
Mission
Educational through production of opera musicals and concerts
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Production and performance of the opera Madama Butterfly. Over 50 people were involved in the production and it was performed to an audience of over 400 .
$52,229 spentof which $6,557 as grants28% of program spendingProduction and performance of Pirate of Penzance. Over 60 people were involved in the production and it was performed to an audience of over 600.
$77,147 spentof which $9,685 as grants42% of program spendingProduction and performance of Holiday Pops Concert. Over 40 people were involved in the performance and it was performed to an audience of over 200.
$21,413 spentof which $7,688 as grants12% of program spendingProduction and performance of various outreach programs largely by the Savoy Faire group. These programs were performed at several Assisted Living and nursing home facilities as well as libraries. Over 20 people were involved and it reached audiences over 500. We also sponsored a Stars of Tomorrow Competition for high school students. This vocal competition featuring music from either Opera or Musical Theater gave the students the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience and vie for prizes. Over 40 students were involved and performed to an audience of over 100. We also produced and presented an A Capella Jamboree concert featuring two Barber shop groups and performed to an audience of approximately 150. And finally we produced a concert entitled A Celebration of the Stage with 5 artists performing various operatic musical theater and classical music selections to an audience of over 100.
$34,406 spentof which $6,320 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $185,195.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $136k to $96k (−29%).
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.
54% of Light Opera of New Jersey’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 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jason Tramm
Executive Director
Board chair
William Corson
Trustee Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $69.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Light Opera of New Jersey’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
Light Opera of New Jersey leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 Light Opera of New Jersey.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Light Opera of New Jersey draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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
Light Opera of New Jersey has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Light Opera of New Jersey receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 Light Opera of New Jersey
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 Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Light Opera of New Jersey: 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 Light Opera of New Jersey?
- Light Opera of New Jersey (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,776 to it, the largest being GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Light Opera of New Jersey have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $45,776 in grants to Light Opera of New Jersey, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Light Opera of New Jersey?
- GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Light Opera of New Jersey find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing