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ON SITE OPERA INC

ON SITE OPERA INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,465,851 to it, the largest being The Einhorn Family Foundation ($1,100,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$553k
Funders on record
26
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$149k
19/26 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What On Site Opera Inc does

Mission

On Site Operas mission is to:produce site-specific productions in venues throughout New York Cityenrich the cultural life of New York by bringing opera to new audiences who otherwise may not have the opportunity to experience this type of performancecollaborate with local organizations and public schools to build community relationships and reach historically underserved audiencesfoster emerging talent through performance and production opportunities explore new technology and production methods in order to reduce the companys environmental impact

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. In January 2025, the On Site Opera announced its closure. The decision to sunset was driven by an increasingly challenging environment in funding for the arts combined with rising operational costs. These factors have made it significantly more difficult to continue to produce high-quality, immersive works in a financially sustainable way that ensures fair and equitable compensation for artists and staff. On Site Opera is committed to a responsible, preemptive closure that prioritizes integrity and respect for its community. Therefore, the Company's final production was Lucidity which was staged in November 2024 at the Abrons Arts Center. The other productions included in the original scope and expected to be produced in 2025 were cancelled.

    $55,938 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,938.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($482k) Expenses 100 ($538k) Net assets 100 ($290k)2018 Revenue 200 ($966k) Expenses 120 ($646k) Net assets 210 ($610k)2019 Revenue 347 ($1.7M) Expenses 147 ($791k) Net assets 514 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 108 ($520k) Expenses 147 ($790k) Net assets 421 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 123 ($594k) Expenses 144 ($775k) Net assets 359 ($1.0M)2022 Revenue 118 ($571k) Expenses 194 ($1.0M) Net assets 190 ($552k)2023 Revenue 211 ($1.0M) Expenses 195 ($1.0M) Net assets 186 ($541k)2024 Revenue 115 ($553k) Expenses 161 ($867k) Net assets 51 ($149k)
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Revenue (115)Expenses (161)Net assets (51)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $639k to $1.6M (+147%).

$331k
$639k
$1.6M
$1.2M
$1.1M
$585k
$561k
$214k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 6% · 2019 2% · 2020 22% · 2021 33% · 2022 34% · 2023 8% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$56k
’17
$320k
’18
$880k
’19
−$269k
’20
−$181k
’21
−$474k
’22
−$32k
’23
−$314k
’24
1.5
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.

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Listed10981111121112
Joined·+0+0+4+1+2+0+3
No longer listed·1111112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $13k → $543k.

6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 ON SITE OPERA 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

ON SITE OPERA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

34% 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 ON SITE OPERA INC.

45%
largest funder
72%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 29% · 2019 43% · 2020 35% · 2021 51% · 2022 72% · 2023 72% — 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.

How long its funders stay

57% of ON SITE OPERA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

ON SITE OPERA INC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.

IL
NY
CT
CA
FL

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

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’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $807k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

Government funding ON SITE OPERA INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $75k on record.

Federal$75k
grants $75kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$75k

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 ON SITE OPERA 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

68% of spending goes to programs.

Program 68%Management 11%Fundraising 21%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

69%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds ON SITE OPERA INC?
ON SITE OPERA INC (New York) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,465,851 to it, the largest being The Einhorn Family Foundation ($1,100,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ON SITE OPERA INC have?
IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $2,465,851 in grants to ON SITE OPERA INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ON SITE OPERA INC?
The Einhorn Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ON SITE OPERA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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