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Austin Lyric Opera FY2020 filing

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Austin, TX501(c)(3)Since 1985Arts & CultureEIN 74-2390496Revenue $3.4M in FY2020

On file with the IRSaustinopera.org5811 Trade Center Dr Bldg 1, 78744-1311 · Austin, TXTax-exempt since May 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Austin Opera leverages the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and transcendent power of Opera to increase the quality of life for our diverse community by: - bringing together local and national artists to create outstanding, meaningful operatic performances and experiences. - partnering with local school and community groups to provide robust, responsive educational programs that inspire and engage. - leading the development of new, innovative strategies that increase the scope and impact of the operatic medium in Austin and beyond.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$378K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $545K a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$378K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$847K
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
39
of 39 voting members
Looks good: 39 of 39 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.4M
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
71%
Net assets
$3.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.4M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$3.3M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$5.7M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$4.9M
FY2025$4.7M
Net assets
$3.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$7.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1986.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $2.4M Management & general 14% · $478K Fundraising 15% · $529K

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

42 people listed on the 990; $378K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Burridge Anne M
General Director
$182,858Pt VII · Sec A
Dubin Jennifer
Chief Development Officer
$99,500Pt VII · Sec A
Kuhlman Eva
Director of Finance
$96,107Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Damore Paula
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Eakin Dennis
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
English John
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Burridge Anne M’s $228K as General Director & CEO is at the 90th 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Burridge Anne M$227,649$227,299$207,696$199,262$182,011$182,858
Dubin Jennifer——$137,750$106,775$95,950$99,500
Basten Jennifer$133,500$124,167————
Kuhlman Eva———$102,704$92,252$96,107
Nathan Depoint——$96,500———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Presents opera performances and offers educational programs.

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1 program · $2.4M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

To provide austin and the greater central texas community with the production of operatic & music theatre performances for the cultural & educational enrichment of austin.

$2.4Mprogram 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 · FY2025
The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$25K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$930K
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.4M
Managementcol C$478K
Fundraisingcol D$529K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$847K
PeoplePt VI, VII
42
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a39
IndependentVI 1b39
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$246K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$31K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$172K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$930K
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Gains on assetsLn 7$115K
Total revenueLn 12$3.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$328K
SavingsLn 2$700K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$28K
Other assetsLn 15$10K
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$847K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5257
VolunteersI 670
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$804K$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K$28K
Total assetsLn 16$3.8M$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$624K$847K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M$3.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$440K$257K$90K$93K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$622K$219K$226K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$18K$10K$4K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$109K$56K$21K$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$115K$72K$19K$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Investment management feesLn 11f$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$534K$518K$2K$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$119K$116K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$38K$14K$14K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$82K$66K$2K$13K
OccupancyLn 16$246K$195K$17K$34K
TravelLn 17$150K$117K$8K$25K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$9K$2K$535
InsuranceLn 23$14K$14K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$404K$365K$5K$34K
All other expensesLn 24e$74K$23K$34K$17K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.4M$478K$529K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.7M$4.7M$947K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.7M$4.9M$2.8M$5.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.3M$5.0M−$1.7M$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.4M$4.4M−$33K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.4M$3.1M$1.2M$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.4M$3.4M−$16K$3.2M 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
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Part I · Summary $3,430,334 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,569,918$2,288,406
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,147,842$929,564
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $114,248$123,179
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $95,260$89,185
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,927,268$3,430,334
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,863,840$1,747,624
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,392,743$1,698,349
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,256,583$3,445,973
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$329,315−$15,639
Part VI · Governance 39 of 39 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body39
VI-1b Independent voting members39
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,430,334 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$171,578
VIII-1d Related organizations$180,019
VIII-1e Government grants$245,824
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,690,985
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$31,149
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,288,406
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $929,564$929,564
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,854$7,854
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $115,325$115,325
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $89,185$89,185
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $929,564 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $212,364$3,430,334
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,445,973 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $256,619 · Management $90,282 · Fundraising $93,202$440,103
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $621,720 · Management $218,729 · Fundraising $225,803$1,066,252
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $10,311 · Management $3,627 · Fundraising $3,745$17,683
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $55,986 · Management $20,962 · Fundraising $32,042$108,990
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $71,733 · Management $19,110 · Fundraising $23,753$114,596
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,824$17,824
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,625$8,625
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $517,693 · Management $2,450 · Fundraising $14,153$534,296
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $116,014 · Fundraising $3,295$119,309
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,334 · Management $13,831 · Fundraising $10,016$38,181
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $65,764 · Management $2,455 · Fundraising $13,303$81,522
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $195,086 · Management $16,884 · Fundraising $33,597$245,567
IX-17 TravelPrograms $116,666 · Management $8,307 · Fundraising $25,116$150,089
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,633 · Management $2,429 · Fundraising $535$11,597
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $13,524$13,524
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $365,076 · Management $4,682 · Fundraising $34,382$404,140
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,210 · Management $33,919 · Fundraising $16,546$73,675
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,438,845 · Management $477,640 · Fundraising $529,488$3,445,973
Part X · Balance sheet $4,001,745 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $28,352$327,555
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $775,506$700,222
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $627,281$582,287
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,125$261
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $118,257$132,916
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $26,084$27,857
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $2,220,729$2,220,148
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,499$10,499
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,809,833$4,001,745
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,852$50,520
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $596,831$432,424
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$363,800
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $623,683$846,744
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,789,750$2,645,701
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $396,400$509,300
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,186,150$3,155,001
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,809,833$4,001,745
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,155,001 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,430,334
XI-2 Total expenses$3,445,973
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$15,639
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,186,150
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$15,510
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,155,001

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