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An Opera Theatre

EIN 85-3902897 · Minneapolis, MN

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong100 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

To produce socially relevant works in order to break down the barriers of the classical art form and bring communities together.

Income
$186,328
Spending
$132,171
Reserves
13.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 91%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 13.4 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 3% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 29% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2024, 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 September 30, 2024, 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 (4)
  1. $45,397 spent. Mounted a brand new production of 'The Cradle Will Rock' by Marc Blitzstein that fused live music performance with large scale shadow puppetry. Productions took place in April 2024 to sold out audiences at Heart of the Beast Theater in Minneapolis. 100 high school students from Lionsgate Academy, South High School and Leap High School attended the final dress rehearsal and got to see backstage and ask questions directly of the artists involved.
  2. $12,984 spent. Presented our opera film 'Minagi kin dowan: a Zitkala-Sa Opera' at Big Top Chatauqua, one of the largest outdoor music festival venues in the midwest, in June 2024. They hosted us as part of their Family series and the production artists presented a hand drum music session and performance before and after the screening of the film.
  3. $27,574 spent. Presented a new production of the AOT fan favorite production DIVAS & DRAG at the brand new 825 Arts venue in St. Paul in September 2024. We collaborated with two new co-artistic producers Queenie von Curves and Dick von Dyke and hired 14 local burlesque, drag, and singing artists to work together on new routines performed to live opera singing.
  4. $27,769 spent. Other programmatic work to break down the barriers of the classical art form and bring communities together.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending September 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since September 2021.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. 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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