Opera Guild of Rochester Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The purpose of the Opera Guild of Rochester is to promote the production, understanding and enjoyment of opera and classical vocal music in the Rochester region.
- Income
- $162,250
- Spending
- $77,424
- Reserves
- 46.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 69%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- Grants to 501(c)(3) opera and classical vocal organizations. Organizations benefitted: Finger Lakes Opera, $35,000; Rochester Oratorio Society, $2,725. See also Schedule O. These organizations have annual audiences of probably several thousand.
- $16,633 spent. Day trip, open to the public, to Glimmerglass Opera, July 2024. Attendance, 41 people; annual attendance varies from 35 to 45. Cost $349 per person.
- $3,637 spent. Our free newsletter, Viva Voce, published 11 times per year, with a list of over 2,000 subscribers, benefits both the subscribers and the regional organizations whose events it promotes.
- Grant to Professor Katie Hannigan of Nazareth University, for a project developing a classical song cycle in a program commemorating WWII refugees at Fort Ontario, NY, $2,500 to be premiered December 4, 2025.
- We have many free services and programs at nominal cost. Free programs include lectures and recitals (attendance varies from about 80 to 100 per year for these events), meet-ups at a local theater for Met in HD broadcasts (attendance about 100 per year), our web-site, with an archive of lectures and essays and other information about opera, a YouTube channel with tapes of recitals and interviews; presentation of operas on DVD at a cost of $10 per person, with an attendance of about 100 per year. Aria Slams is an opportunity for local singers to perform an accompanied aria in public, receive feedback from a coach, and take home a video, at a cost of $30. The expenses of these programs are included in various categories such as artists, taping, printing, postage, miscellaneous, and event expenses for flowers, decorations, and refreshments.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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