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ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC

ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,396 to it, the largest being THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$95k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$283k
Net assets
$-32291
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Odyssey Opera of Boston Inc does

Mission

To present live opera perfomances and support opera and musical arts activities and education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2024, odyssey collaborated with boston modern orchestra project, inc. (bmop) to present the opera argento: the voyage of edgar allan poe.

    $203,258 spent$1,557 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $203,258.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.9M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($205k)2021 Revenue 17 ($315k) Expenses 30 ($494k) Net assets 34 ($70k)2022 Revenue 28 ($516k) Expenses 20 ($320k) Net assets 143 ($293k)2023 Revenue 17 ($328k) Expenses 34 ($554k) Net assets 78 ($159k)2024 Revenue 38 ($707k) Expenses 38 ($628k) Net assets 116 ($238k)2025 Revenue 5 ($95k) Expenses 22 ($365k) Net assets -16 ($-32291)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (5)Expenses (22)Net assets (-16)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 $265k to $62k (−77%).

$261k
$124k
$320k
$367k
$265k
$62k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 32% · 2023 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$239k
’20
−$179k
’21
$196k
’22
−$227k
’23
$79k
’24
−$271k
’25
1.6
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed333133
Joined·+0+0··+1
No longer listed·00··1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $20k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON 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

ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

65% 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 ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC.

35%
largest funder
85%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 80% · 2022 44% · 2023 68% — 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.

Where its funders are

52% of ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $135k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

NY
MA

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

’19
’20
’21
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC's revenue fell 95% between 2020 and 2025.

Operating margin−285% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−45% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Government funding ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $150k on record — $25k federal, $125k state.

Federal$25k
grants $25kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$25k
State$125k
22
23
Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$125k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 42%Fundraising 2%

Governance

3
board members
67%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC?
ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $283,396 to it, the largest being THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $283,396 in grants to ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC?
THE WINDOVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ODYSSEY OPERA OF BOSTON INC find more funders?
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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 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