New York · Nonprofit
OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED
OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,079 to it, the largest being The Ceres Foundation Inc ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $187k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Opera Ithaca Incorporated does
Mission
Opera performance, outreach and educationopera ithaca is commited to staging one work by a female composer every season and to promoting diversity both in our contracting with performers and technicians and our selection of operatic works.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Opera performances for 2023orpheus in the underworld with music by jacques offenbach. Two lively and imaginative performances of the opera - orpheus in the underworld. Involving: 10 principal singers, 8 chorus singers, 13 orchestra musicians and 11 directors, designers, stage managers and stage staff. Approximately 420 people attended the 2 performances.scalia/ginsberg by derrick wang. This relatively new opera is a discourse between two usa supreme court justices - ruth bader ginsberg and antonin scalia. Two justices who had differing views but also a close friendship built around their love of opera. One live performance took place at cornell university but the demand was so great the dress rehearsal was opened to an audience. Involved: 3 principal singers, 7 orchestra musicians and 6 directors, designers, stage managers and stage staff. Approximately 200 people attended the performance and dress rehearsal.
$55,367 spent$25,749 earned by the program37% of program spending2023 opera ithaca festival:a singer's singer: biography in music of winnaretta singer- an american patroness in paris. An intimate concert featuring opera ithaca apprentice artists at the gallery at south hill, ithaca, nychat and chamber music with molly joyce and austin regan. ( see " you saidshesaidhesaid ) an evening of molly joyce's music and a lively discussion about the upcoming performance of her opera- yousaidshesaidhesaid. Location was six mile creek vineyard, ithaca, nyrusalka by antonin dvorak. Two live performances of this masterwork with a similar tale to the little mermaid but with all the tragedy of opera. Involved 11 principal singers, 7 chorus singers, 14 orchestra musician's and 8 directors, designers, satage managers and stage staff.yousaidshesaidhesaid by molly joyce and die schone mullerin by franz schubert. In schubert's iconic song cycle an itinerant laborer sings about his relationship with a mill-girl but we never hear her side of the story. In - yousaidshesaidhesaid the mill-girl is given voice to tell her story. This was the premier of this new song cycle by molly joyce. Involved 2 principal singers, 1 accompanist and 2 directors and stage technician's…
$83,433 spent56% of program spendingApprenticeship program- the opera ithaca apprentice artist program prepares emerging vocalists on the performance track, with a focus on cultivating and developing talent in new york state. All apprentice artists are compensated, receive coaching classes, mentorship and performance opportunities. This program served 7 young artists and engaged 5 faculty and clinicians.
$5,984 spent$175 earned by the program4% of program spendingMurray voice competition- our annual voice competition gives young artists the opportunity to compete for recognition and modest prizes. There were 75 contestants, 3 judges and 1 accompanist
$3,626 spent$1,375 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $148,410.
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 and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $53k to $40k (−24%).
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: 2023 67% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $16.
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 OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED’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
OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED 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: 2018 100% · 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
OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79 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
OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$15k
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 OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED: 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 OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED?
- OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,079 to it, the largest being The Ceres Foundation Inc ($8,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $8,079 in grants to OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED?
- The Ceres Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $8,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERA ITHACA INCORPORATED 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 2021–2024), 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