Civic Light Opera Association

Tax-deductible

Pittsburgh, PA501(c)(3)Since 1946Arts & CultureEIN 25-6000890

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Preserve, perpetuate, create and encourage appreciation of musical theater.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 155 volunteers and 406 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $977K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$423K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.5 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.3M
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
61
of 61 voting members
Looks good: 61 of 61 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.8M
-0.6% vs prior year
Spent
$11.4M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$7.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$9.8M
FY2024▼ -0.6%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.3M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$11.9M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$9.8M
FY2024$9.8M
Expenses
$11.4M
FY2024▼ -16%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$6.1M
FY2022$12.9M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$13.7M
FY2024$11.4M
Net assets
$7.1M
FY2024▼ -21%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.8M
FY2021$14.1M
FY2022$11.1M
FY2022$12.2M
FY2023$9.0M
FY2024$7.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1947.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $8.9M Management & general 17% · $1.9M Fundraising 5% · $621K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

68 people listed on the 990; $423K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Producer
$198,207Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Development
$112,520Pt VII · Sec A
Finance & Administration
$111,870Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ex-Officio/Guild
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Fleischer’s $198K as Executive Producer is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3924 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2022FY2021FY2020
Van Kaplan———$428,799$329,949$461,374
Mark Fleischer$198,207$276,861$220,468$175,590$94,138—
Cindy Opatick—————$119,281
Wynne Fedele$112,520$112,965————
Angela Langill Director of$111,870$111,475————
John Edkins—$100,250————
Michael Marasco Exited 82020—————$95,310
Angela Langill——$94,895$92,183$65,357—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Produces year-round musical theater performances and operates a cabaret venue to preserve, create, and foster appreciation for the performing arts in Pittsburgh.

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3 program services account for $8.9M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

For more than seventy years, the pittsburgh civic light opera has been providing critically acclaimed theatrical productions to over 200,000 patrons a year. The pittsburgh clo's major activity is the production and presentation of a six show, multi-venue summer season of musicals, which ran from may through september in 2024.

$7.2Mprogram expense
02

The pittsburgh clo's academy of musical theater trains 500 students ranging from ages five through eighteen in voice, dance and acting. The mission of the academy is to train students according to a high performance standard and to offer students an opportunity to improve their skills and enhance their self confidence whether or not they…

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

The cabaret at theater square is a venue for small-scale musicals and provides year-round presence for the pittsburgh clo. This 200-SEAT black box space has given the pittsburgh clo the opportunity to cross market its productions, has added a revenue source for the pittsburgh clo and has become an economic catalyst for the cultural…

$563Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $60K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,450
Unitemized GrantFY2023$15,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$9,000
Unitemized GrantFY2019$20,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$390K
Money outPt IX
$11.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.9M
Managementcol C$1.9M
Fundraisingcol D$621K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$432K
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
68
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a61
IndependentVI 1b61
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$909K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$115K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$268K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$390K
Other incomeLn 4–11$56K
Gains on assetsLn 7$193K
Total revenueLn 12$9.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$432K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$432K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5406
VolunteersI 6155
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$289K$432K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.0M$4.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.7M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$11.4M$11.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M$4.3M
Net assetsLn 32$9.0M$7.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$16K$16K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15K$15K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$430K$107K$191K$132K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.9M$3.1M$439K$297K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$630K$451K$179K$1
Payroll taxesLn 10$363K$288K$45K$29K
Legal feesLn 11b$18K$8K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$93K$93K
Investment management feesLn 11f$22K$22K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$866K$650K$215K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$596K$583K$2K$11K
Office expensesLn 13$533K$401K$123K$8K
Information technologyLn 14$192K$192K
RoyaltiesLn 15$386K$386K
OccupancyLn 16$182K$119K$62K
TravelLn 17$454K$415K$13K$26K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$44$7K$2K
InterestLn 20$123K$123K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$204K$183K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$158K$158K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.2M$2.1M$115K
All other expensesLn 24e$34K$29K$5K$3
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.4M$8.9M$1.9M$621K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $9.8M$11.4M−$1.7M$7.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.8M$13.7M−$3.8M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.9M$12.9M−$1.0M$11.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.9M$6.1M$1.8M$14.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.3M$6.5M−$215K$10.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,774,850 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $556,480 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$17,323
VIII-1c Fundraising events$267,894
VIII-1e Government grants$909,300
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,326,210
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$115,419
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,520,727
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,290,187$5,290,187
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$2,165 · Excluded from tax $198,674$196,509
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $193,313$193,313
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,634$17,634
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,757,813 · Unrelated business $48,532 · Excluded from tax $447,778$9,774,850
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,427,764 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $16,220$16,220
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,450$15,450
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $106,993 · Management $191,153 · Fundraising $132,341$430,487
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,123,185 · Management $439,051 · Fundraising $296,653$3,858,889
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $450,889 · Management $178,746 · Fundraising $1$629,636
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $288,330 · Management $45,308 · Fundraising $29,499$363,137
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $7,500 · Management $10,000$17,500
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $93,191$93,191
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $21,779$21,779
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $650,105 · Management $214,597 · Fundraising $1,128$865,830
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $582,983 · Management $2,309 · Fundraising $11,046$596,338
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $401,412 · Management $123,381 · Fundraising $7,798$532,591
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $192,227$192,227
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $385,796$385,796
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $119,303 · Management $62,439$181,742
IX-17 TravelPrograms $415,081 · Management $13,444 · Fundraising $25,508$454,033
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $44 · Management $6,518 · Fundraising $2,050$8,612
IX-20 InterestManagement $122,807$122,807
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $183,169 · Management $20,439$203,608
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $157,966$157,966
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,130,560 · Fundraising $115,346$2,245,906
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $29,346 · Management $4,670 · Fundraising $3$34,019
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,906,366 · Management $1,900,025 · Fundraising $621,373$11,427,764
Part X · Balance sheet $11,379,312 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $289,328$432,466
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,661,324$2,631,655
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $703,463$871,599
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $110,907$199,285
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,655,923$2,311,914
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,593,342$4,521,393
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $382,000$411,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,396,287$11,379,312
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,100,655$2,930,611
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,339,937$1,357,562
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,440,592$4,288,173
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,267,379$3,087,167
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,688,316$4,003,972
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,955,695$7,091,139
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,396,287$11,379,312
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,091,139 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,774,850
XI-2 Total expenses$11,427,764
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,652,914
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,955,695
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$211,642
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,091,139

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