Washington · Nonprofit
Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera
Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JOHN J AND GEORGIANA THEODORE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $7k
What Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera does
Mission
Provide educational opera music performances for K-6 grades and assisted living communities. Mission:Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera NOISE is a non-profit 501 c 3 organization dedicated to sustaining the vitality of opera in Washington State through live on-site educational performances now and for generations to come. Vision:We use our decades of live opera theater experience to provide quality arts education that serves and inspires audiences emerging artists and supporters; knowing the arts are a vital part of wellbeing expression and community. We provide training and professional opportunities for local artists of diverse backgrounds perspectives and ages; realizing the importance of representation to the audiences we serve as well as the need for formerly excluded voices to be heard and celebrated throughout the field of opera. We share the gift of live opera with audiences of all ages; acknowledging our responsibility to engage with and embrace those who are u
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Performed 51 shows reaching over 21,600 k-6 students in the state of Washington. Also employed 12 young artists from the Seattle area51
$79,517 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,517.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2025, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2025, 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 2025 to 2026, from $20k to $7k (−65%).
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.
76% of Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Boyd Schlaefer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 435 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera
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 Washington
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera: 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 Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera?
- Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being JOHN J AND GEORGIANA THEODORE FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera?
- JOHN J AND GEORGIANA THEODORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Northwest Opera in Schools Etcetera find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2025–2026), and the filings of 1 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