Opera Laguna

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922208070
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2023
Location
Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Phone
3109560698
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,854
Expenses
$146,343
Assets
$23,306
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARNOLD GEIS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER REED (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ARNOLD GEIS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER REED (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ORIANA GEIS-FALLA (SECRETARY)

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

Opera laguna is dedicated to reawakening our community's passion for opera by fostering local partnerships, championing artist-centered initiatives and staging transformative performances that celebrate the power of the human voice. Through education, collaboration, and fair compensation for musicians and artists, we seek to enrich laguna beach's cultural landscape and inspire audiences of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2025

Opera laguna presented the world premiere of ghosts of laguna along with two performances of handel's messiah, featuring collaboration with dancers and local artists. These programs brought together professional performers and community collaborators to create meaningful and accessible operatic experiences. With the support of dedicated volunteers, local business partnerships, and generous donors, these performances reached a broad audience and supported a wide network of artists. Opera laguna remains committed to being artist-focused and community-driven while expanding access to high-quality operatic programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 60% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 103.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 90.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.