Delaware · Nonprofit
WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC
WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,919 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($22,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $24k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Wilmington Concert Opera Inc does
Mission
Opera company
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Annual opera performance (Dido and Aeneas): full virtual opera production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with piano accompaniment. Employed 11 musicians, reached a digital audience of over 700 persons. Our mission requires a full opera in its original language each program year, which this opera fulfilled during the pandemic live performance shutdown.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $827 → $3k.
1 of 4 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 WILMINGTON CONCERT 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
WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2020 91% · 2021 98% · 2022 73% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $369 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
WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Government funding WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33k on record.
- GRANTS$33k
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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In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA 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 WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC?
- WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC (Delaware) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,919 to it, the largest being LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC ($22,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $53,919 in grants to WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC?
- LONGWOOD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $22,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILMINGTON CONCERT OPERA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 4 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