Wisconsin · Nonprofit
STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC
STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being EDWIN E AND JANET L BRYANT FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $210k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $142k
What Stoughton Opera House Friends Association Inc does
Mission
The stoughton opera house friends association sohfa is dedicated to the continued success of the treasured stoughton opera house, a fixture in south-central wisconsin's art community. Sohfa aims to sustain the opera house as a first class performing arts facility through philanthropy, awareness building and volunteer support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration of the stoughton opera house building - bar operations within the stoughton opera house in order to collect funds for the repair and maintance of the building.
$85,338 spent65% of program spendingIncrease awareness of the stoughton opera house historical building: the catfish river music festival coinsides with the stoughton junior fair activities each year, as well as the city fireworks display. Featuring free live music, food venders, artists, retail vendors, and a beer and wine tent, the catfish music festival is a fantastic family event that supports the stoughton opera house.
$45,272 spent35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $130,610.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $88k to $119k (+36%).
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.
61% of STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION 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
STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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: 2019 100% · 2021 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 STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin 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
STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster 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
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In Wisconsin
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
0%
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 STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION 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 STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC?
- STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being EDWIN E AND JANET L BRYANT FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC?
- EDWIN E AND JANET L BRYANT FOUNDATION INC 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 STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2022–2025), 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