New York · Nonprofit
THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC
THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,231 to it, the largest being THE ANNE HENDRICKS BASS FOUNDATION ($35,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $52k
What The Little Opera Theater of Ny Inc does
Mission
The little opera theatre of ny (lotny) explores unchartered corners of music both old and new. Our mission is to strip the artifice from opera and create intimate experiences to reconnect with the music, the performance, and the story. Little and opera do not often go together. We use scale to make opera more approachable to a new public, while challenging experienced operagoers and performers to think differently about the medium.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Not described on the e-filed return.
$184,514 spent$13,835 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $184,514.
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. 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 $33k to $276k (+732%).
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: 2017 1% · 2019 3% · 2020 6% · 2021 16% · 2022 17% · 2023 16% · 2024 7% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC’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. 5 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4k → $15k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY 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
THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 67% · 2019 61% · 2020 56% · 2021 40% · 2022 43% · 2023 33% — 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
38% of THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.
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
56% of THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 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
THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC?
- THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,231 to it, the largest being THE ANNE HENDRICKS BASS FOUNDATION ($35,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $117,231 in grants to THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY INC?
- THE ANNE HENDRICKS BASS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LITTLE OPERA THEATER OF NY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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