On Site Operas mission is to:produce site-specific productions in venues throughout New York Cityenrich the cultural life of New York by bringing opera to new audiences who otherwise may not have the opportunity to experience this type of performancecollaborate with local organizations and public schools to build community relationships and reach historically underserved audiencesfoster emerging talent through performance and production opportunities explore new technology and production methods in order to reduce the companys environmental impact

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
74¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$184K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $68K a year · 10% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
74%
of spending
Fine: 74% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$184K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $202K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$594K
+14% vs prior year
Spent
$775K
To programs
74%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$594K
FY2021▲ +14%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$1.7M
FY2020$520K
FY2021$594K
FY2022$571K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$553K
FY2025$53K
Expenses
$775K
FY2021▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$791K
FY2020$790K
FY2021$775K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.0M
FY2024$867K
FY2025$137K
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2021▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$1.5M
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$552K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$149K
FY2025$65K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2013.

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Where the money goes

74 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 74% · $577K Management & general 10% · $74K Fundraising 16% · $125K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $184K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Gen & Art Direc
$94,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$90,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Eric Einhorn——$103,850$96,820$94,000$90,000
J Piper Gunnarson—$92,804$98,810$93,200$90,000—
Piper Gunnarson——————
Jennifer Piper Gunnarson$49,549—————

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

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

Stages opera in unique New York City locations, reaching new audiences and building community.

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1 program · $577K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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In FY21, On Site Opera produced a combination of remote/virtual opera experiences and in-person, live opera productions as the company cautiously proceeded through the limitations of the COVID-19 pandemic.

$577Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$594K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$562K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$775K
Ln 25
Programscol B$577K
Managementcol C$74K
Fundraisingcol D$125K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$408K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$562K
Government grantsLn 1e$197K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$92
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$594K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$209K
SavingsLn 2$199K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$408K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Other assetsLn 15$500
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 538
VolunteersI 618
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$184K$408K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$26K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$9K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$1.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$19K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$184K$108K$32K$45K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$176K$122K$6K$48K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$630$630
Other employee benefitsLn 9$8K$5K$850$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$21K$3K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$227K$215K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$2K$8K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$37K$36K$115
TravelLn 17$5K$4K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K$87
InsuranceLn 23$4K$3K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$70K$51K$5K$15K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$419$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$775K$577K$74K$125K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $53K$137K−$84K$65K 990 PDF
FY2024 $553K$867K−$314K$149K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.0M$1.0M−$32K$541K 990 PDF
FY2022 $571K$1.0M−$474K$552K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $594K$775K−$181K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $520K$790K−$269K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2019 $1.7M$791K$880K$1.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $594,359 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $354,452$562,393
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $165,371$29,679
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $366$2,195
I-11 Other revenue$92
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $520,189$594,359
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $381,170$401,627
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $408,478$373,851
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $789,648$775,478
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$269,459−$181,119
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $594,359 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$196,765
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$365,628
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$562,393
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $29,679$29,679
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,195$2,195
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $92$92
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,771 · Excluded from tax $2,195$594,359
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $775,478 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $107,500 · Management $31,500 · Fundraising $45,000$184,000
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $122,376 · Management $5,950 · Fundraising $47,600$175,926
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $630$630
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,813 · Management $850 · Fundraising $2,211$7,874
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,246 · Management $3,320 · Fundraising $8,631$33,197
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $4,700$4,700
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $214,963 · Management $12,000$226,963
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,620$5,620
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,552 · Management $8,060 · Fundraising $5,414$15,026
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,402 · Management $115$36,517
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,625 · Management $1,528$5,153
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,721 · Management $87$3,808
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,836 · Management $1,191$4,027
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $50,808 · Management $4,673 · Fundraising $14,868$70,349
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $419 · Fundraising $1,269$1,688
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $576,511 · Management $73,974 · Fundraising $124,993$775,478
Part X · Balance sheet $1,059,437 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $183,965$209,003
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$198,731
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $912,887$471,850
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $39,284$3,334
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $97,545$141,833
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $9,440$8,430
X-11 Publicly traded securities$25,756
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$500
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,243,121$1,059,437
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,964$16,790
X-19 Deferred revenue$2,440
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1$250
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,965$19,480
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $322,530$399,127
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $898,626$640,830
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,221,156$1,039,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,243,121$1,059,437
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,039,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$594,359
XI-2 Total expenses$775,478
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$181,119
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,221,156
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$80
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,039,957

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