Opera in the Heights

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Houston, TX501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 76-0499709

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Opera in the Heights oh provides an intimate stage for emerging young Opera performers and brings casual, affordable Opera to the greater houston area. Several, fully-staged, traditional operas are produced each year.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
62¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27K a year · 5% 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
62%
of spending
Worth a look: 62% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $110K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35K
75% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 75% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$576K
+84% vs prior year
Spent
$591K
To programs
62%
Net assets
$12K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$576K
FY2025▲ +84%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$734K
FY2021$489K
FY2022$474K
FY2023$822K
FY2024$313K
FY2025$576K
Expenses
$591K
FY2025▼ -6%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$704K
FY2021$292K
FY2022$527K
FY2023$505K
FY2024$627K
FY2025$591K
Net assets
$12K
FY2025▼ -56%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$119K
FY2021$77K
FY2022$24K
FY2023$341K
FY2024$27K
FY2025$12K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending July 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1997.

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

Where the money goes

62 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 62% · $369K Management & general 26% · $155K Fundraising 11% · $67K

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

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Guild Liason
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Artistic/Interim Gen. Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Guild Representative
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Eiki Isomura’s $54K as Artistic/Interim Gen. Director is at the 48th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2021FY2020
Eiki Isomura$53,750$52,500
Paige Myrick$20,708$47,792

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Stages affordable, traditional operas for emerging performers and Houston audiences.

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1 program service account for $369K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Full Scale Productions of , Lucia di Lammermoor and the The Little PrIce LITALIANA IN ALFERI Outreach performaces including Heights Kids Day of Music

$369Kprogram 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 · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$576K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$394K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$179K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$591K
Ln 25
Programscol B$369K
Managementcol C$155K
Fundraisingcol D$67K
Owns and owesPt X
$12K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$44K
Total assetsLn 16$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$394K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$179K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$576K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$44K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$44K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Other assetsLn 15$1K
Total assetsLn 16$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$35K
Net assetsLn 32$12K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$89K$44K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$1K
Total assetsLn 16$92K$46K
LiabilitiesLn 26$65K$35K
Net assetsLn 32$27K$12K
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$116K$64K$52K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$9K$2K$6K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$16K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$31K$7K$19K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$42K$10K$27K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$15K$9K$4K$1K
TravelLn 17$15K$15K
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$550$550
InsuranceLn 23$3K$709$2K$440
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$335K$326K$7K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$591K$369K$155K$67K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $576K$591K−$15K$12K 990 PDF
FY2024 $313K$627K−$315K$27K 990 PDF
FY2023 $822K$505K$317K$341K 990 PDF
FY2022 $474K$527K−$53K$24K 990 PDF
FY2021 $489K$292K$197K$77K 990 PDF
FY2020 $734K$704K$30K−$119K 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 VIII · Statement of revenue $576,119 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$393,593
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$393,593
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)$179,190
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)$3,336
VIII-12 Total revenue$576,119
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $591,233 across 30 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $63,750 · Fundraising $52,107$115,857
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $7,085$7,085
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,051 · Management $5,619 · Fundraising $1,249$8,919
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,597$15,597
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,928 · Management $19,380 · Fundraising $4,298$30,606
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,609 · Management $26,878 · Fundraising $5,961$42,448
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $2,826$2,826
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,864 · Management $4,432 · Fundraising $1,477$14,773
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,931$14,931
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 amortizationManagement $550$550
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $709 · Management $1,984 · Fundraising $440$3,133
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $325,715 · Management $7,197 · Fundraising $1,596$334,508
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $368,807 · Management $155,298 · Fundraising $67,128$591,233
Part X · Balance sheet $46,398 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $89,051$44,305
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,643$1,093
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,000$1,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $91,694$46,398
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $34,290$16,303
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $11,363$3,271
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $64,756$34,574
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $26,938$11,824
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $26,938$11,824
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $91,694$46,398
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,824 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$576,119
XI-2 Total expenses$591,233
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$15,114
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$26,938
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,824

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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