North Dakota · Nonprofit
O P E R A INC
O P E R A INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,284 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $409k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What O P E R a Inc does
Mission
Promotion of arts and culture and the restoration of historic landmark building for the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Opera House hosted an art exhibition during June and July featuring artist Heather Thomas Olson, an oil painter from western North Dakota. A self-taught artist, her work is a journey of ideas and dreams. Her works consists of portraits, pets, animals, landscapes, and still life.
$786 spentof which $600 as grants22% of program spendingMichael Bloom, artist and educator from Minot, ND along with his family members brought the exhibition "Bloomkin" to the Opera House during the months of September and October. Bloomkin" is a collection of creative family endeavors, a multimedia expression of eight people living and making together. For an artist, the family can be both the support and the hinderance to producing and achieving.
$762 spentof which $400 as grants22% of program spendingArt exhibit featuring Connie Gisi from Webster, SD was on display in the Ellendale Opera House Lobby & Gallery during the month of August. Connie is a lover of animals, outdoors, adventures and life, and all of her paintings are "Pleine Aire" (the act of painting outdoors) or from photos she took. Her works consist of watercolor, pastel and oil.
$686 spentof which $400 as grants19% of program spendingNorth Dakota fiber artist and award winning longarm quilter, Debbie Kauffman, comes from a world of textiles and sewing machines. She learned to tell her stories through drawing and sculpting with thread. She's all about using unexpected materials and incorporating intricate detail into her pieces, while raising awareness for important issues like landfill waste. An exhibition of her works was on display at the Opera House during the month of May.
$667 spentof which $400 as grants19% of program spendingCrossroads -An Exploration of Place and Identity, a traveling exhibit from the North Dakota Museum of Art was at the Opera House Lobby & Gallery during the month of April.
$626 spentof which $400 as grants18% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,527.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $914k to $1.4M (+51%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 39% · 2022 0% · 2023 71% · 2024 9% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of O P E R A 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. 0 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $60 → $71.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 O P E R A 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
O P E R A INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
100% of O P E R A INC's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $284 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
O P E R A INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 O P E R A INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $50k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$50k
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 O P E R A 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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
11% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for O P E R A 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 O P E R A INC?
- O P E R A INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,284 to it, the largest being THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does O P E R A INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $25,284 in grants to O P E R A INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of O P E R A INC?
- THE TOM AND FRANCES LEACH FOUNDATION 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 O P E R A INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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