On Site Opera Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463203280
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9177481004
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,997
Expenses
$136,957
Assets
$65,180

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COREY KINGER (President)

People named in this filing

  • ABRAHAM AXLER (Board Member)
  • DAVID LLEWELYN-JONES (Board Member)
  • JANE A GROSS (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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

What it reported doing in 2025

In January 2025, the On Site Opera announced its closure. The decision to sunset was driven by an increasingly challenging environment in funding for the arts combined with rising operational costs. These factors have made it significantly more difficult to continue to produce high-quality, immersive works in a financially sustainable way that ensures fair and equitable compensation for artists and staff. On Site Opera is committed to a responsible, preemptive closure that prioritizes integrity and respect for its community. Therefore, the Company's final production was Lucidity which was staged in November 2024 at the Abrons Arts Center. The other productions included in the original scope and expected to be produced in 2025 were cancelled.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 40.8%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -158.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 40.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.