Winter Opera St Louis

Tax-deductible

Saint Louis, MO501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 74-3234710Revenue $1.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSwinteroperastl.org1283 Research Blvd, 63132-1713 · Saint Louis, MOTax-exempt since Mar 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Provide people of St. Louis an evening of Opera during Winter months, to invest in local artists, and to enhance public appreciation for Opera in St. Louis.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 4 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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FY2025 · 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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $325K a year · 40% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$32K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 98% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.2 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
−$1K
-0.05% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are -0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$624K
To programs
88%
Net assets
$2.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$531K
FY2021$334K
FY2022$750K
FY2023$607K
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$624K
FY2025▼ -7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$438K
FY2021$219K
FY2022$486K
FY2023$500K
FY2024$673K
FY2025$624K
Net assets
$2.4M
FY2025▲ +42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$415K
FY2021$595K
FY2022$812K
FY2023$978K
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$2.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Mar 2008.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $552K Management & general 10% · $65K Fundraising 1% · $7K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $32K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Treasurer
$31,700Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Gina Galati’s $32K as Treasurer is at the 2nd 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Gina Galati$31,700$36,100$27,000$19,600$8,300

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 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Brings winter opera evenings to St. Louis, supporting local artists and boosting public appreciation.

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1 program · $552K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Performance of H.M.S. Pinafore, anna bolena, and die zauberlote by professional artists at the kirkwood performing arts center.

$552Kprogram expense

Funders

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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$137K
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Money outPt IX
$624K
Ln 25
Programscol B$552K
Managementcol C$65K
Fundraisingcol D$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$427K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26−$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$22K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$18K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$137K
Investment incomeLn 3$90K
Other incomeLn 4–11$79K
Gains on assetsLn 7$77K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$13K
SavingsLn 2$413K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$427K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$527K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$3K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26−$1K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$119K$427K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$370K$527K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$2.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K−$1K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M$2.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$32K$10K$16K$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$64K$64K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$5K$1K$737
Legal feesLn 11b$23K$23K
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$147K$147K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$19K$19K
Office expensesLn 13$24K$24K
Information technologyLn 14$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$37K$37K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$49K$49K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$161K$128K$33K
All other expensesLn 24e$48K$39K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$624K$552K$65K$7K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.3M$624K$720K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$673K$653K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $607K$500K$106K$978K 990 PDF
FY2022 $750K$486K$264K$812K 990 PDF
FY2021 $334K$219K$114K$595K 990 PDF
FY2020 $531K$438K$93K$415K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,344,236 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,076,147$1,038,288
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $104,241$136,614
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,840$90,025
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $126,629$79,309
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,325,857$1,344,236
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 $103,705$104,756
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $569,135$519,351
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $672,840$624,107
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $653,017$720,129
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,344,236 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$18,340
VIII-1e Government grants$21,753
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$998,195
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,038,288
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $136,614$136,614
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,493$13,493
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $15,057$15,057
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $76,532$76,532
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $60,101$60,101
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $4,151$4,151
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $136,614 · Unrelated business $4,151 · Excluded from tax $165,183$1,344,236
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $624,107 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $9,510 · Management $15,850 · Fundraising $6,340$31,700
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $63,749$63,749
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,942$1,942
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,155 · Management $1,473 · Fundraising $737$7,365
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $23,269$23,269
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,911$3,911
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $146,546$146,546
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $19,484$19,484
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,872$23,872
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $5,548$5,548
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,539$36,539
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $48,521$48,521
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,567$2,567
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $128,072 · Management $32,796$160,868
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $39,370 · Management $8,856$48,226
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $551,577 · Management $65,453 · Fundraising $7,077$624,107
Part X · Balance sheet $2,397,785 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,192$13,242
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,729$413,474
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,202,783$1,440,460
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $369,734$527,164
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,455$3,445
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,693,893$2,397,785
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $995−$1,407
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,301−$1,101
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,692,592$2,398,886
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,692,592$2,398,886
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,693,893$2,397,785
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,398,886 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,344,236
XI-2 Total expenses$624,107
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$720,129
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,692,592
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$11,987
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$1,848
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,398,886

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