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
74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $315K paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Civic Light Opera Association executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- 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.
Questions for Civic Light Opera Association
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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 nine week, six production summer season of musicals at the benedum theater in pittsburgh for the cultural…
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…
The cabaret at theater square is a venue for small-scale musicals and provides year-round presence for the pittsburgh clo. This 250-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…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
The auditor reported no findings.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $667K | $642K | $807K | $708K | $704K |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $0 | $14K | $15K | $19K | $9K |
| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $697K | $561K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $10.0M | $10.5M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $14.9M | $15.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $3.7M | $2.9M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $11.1M | $12.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $335K | $220K | $114K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $436K | $359K | $8K | $68K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $3K | $320 | $2K | $320 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $96K | $71K | $18K | $7K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $60K | $46K | $7K | $7K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $7K | $2K | $5K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $43K | $43K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $10K | $10K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $156K | $116K | $30K | $10K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $116K | $116K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $175K | $113K | $58K | $5K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $18K | $18K | ||
| RoyaltiesLn 15 | $34K | $34K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $43K | $27K | $16K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $36K | $28K | $9K | |
| Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18 | $7K | $691 | $6K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $47K | $43K | $3K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $41K | $1K | $40K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $333K | $330K | $3K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $118K | $51K | $58K | $9K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $2.1M | $1.6M | $445K | $110K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 13, 2025 | $9.8M | $11.4M | −$1.7M | $7.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 28, 2024 | $9.8M | $13.7M | −$3.8M | $9.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 14, 2023 | $11.9M | $12.9M | −$1.0M | $11.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 28, 2022 | $7.9M | $6.1M | $1.8M | $14.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 13, 2021 | $6.3M | $6.5M | −$215K | $10.8M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,806,605 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 66 of 66 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,806,605 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,114,593 across 20 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $15,122,680 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,180,424 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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