Nonprofit · EIN 20-1993530
OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC
Tax-exempt · MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $259,191 | $326,260 | -$67,069 | $134,367 | $113,664 | $20,703 |
| October 31, 2024 | 990 | $317,657 | $366,896 | -$49,239 | $210,750 | $67,480 | $143,270 |
| October 31, 2023 | 990 | $491,326 | $339,764 | $151,562 | $198,433 | $7,469 | $190,964 |
| October 31, 2021 | 990 | $232,928 | $306,007 | -$73,079 | $43,192 | $1,201 | $41,991 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $160,518
- Membership dues
- $57,529
- Program service revenue
- $92,254
- Investment income
- $7,717
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$1,298
- Other revenue
- -$1,298
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $8,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $15,567
- Other salaries and wages
- $67,901
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $90,019
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $2,500
- Occupancy
- $960
- Travel
- $15,394
- Program services (functional)
- $302,849
- Management and general (functional)
- $18,909
- Fundraising (functional)
- $4,502
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $210,750
- Total assets, end of year
- $134,367
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $113,664
- Net assets, end of year
- $20,703
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$179,674
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $200,377
- Gross receipts
- $262,081
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 2004
- State of legal domicile
- VT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin LaPlante | Managing Director end 4/18 Officer | 20 | $10,385 |
| James Malcolm | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Richard Marshak | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Karnes Keefe | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Michele Brown | Treasurer Eff 11/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Richard Isenberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Gail Miller | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Catherine Clark | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Arlinda Wickland | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| David Clark | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Isham | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Wayne Hobbs | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Steinmetz | Administrative Director eff 11/2023 end 3/2024 Officer | 20 | $27,750 |
| James Malcolm | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Richard Marshak | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Karnes Keefe | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Donald Devost | Treasurer End 10/2024 Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Michele Brown | Treasurer Eff 11/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Richard Isenberg | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Gail Miller | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Catherine Clark | Director Eff 3/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Arlinda Wickland | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| David Clark | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jonathan Isham | Director Eff 12/2023 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Wayne Hobbs | Director Eff 10/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jim Pugh | Director End 10/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Norma Norland | Director End 8/2024 Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Robin LaPlante | Managing Director eff 8/2024 Officer | 20 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH KARNES KEEFE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| RICHARD MARSHAK | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JAMES MALCOLM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| DONALD DEVOST | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| MICHELE BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| RICHARD ISENBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GAIL MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| NORMA NORLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ARLINDA WICKLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DAVID CLARK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JIM PUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2021: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH KARNES KEEFE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RICHARD MARSHAK | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAMES MALCOLM | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DONALD DEVOST | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DEBORAH ANDERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELE BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH CULLINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD ISENBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GAIL MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NORMA NORLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM PUGH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 803, MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753-0803
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- James Malcolm, PO Box 803, Middlebury, VT 05753
- Signed the 990
- Michele Brown, Treasurer
- Phone
- (802) 388-6300
- Website
- www.ocmvermont.org
- Return prepared by
- Lifeboat Accounting PLLC
Mission
The mission of the Opera Company of Middlebury (OCM) is to bring professional-level, quality live opera productions and experiences to our region. We also maintain a robust educational program for emerging professionals and teen singers while expanding our broader communities' understanding of opera through outreach programs.
Program accomplishments
- In 2024 OCM made the decision to change the dates of its fiscal year. This change necessitated a shortened fiscal year, which was from November 2024 to June 2025. The shortened fiscal year resulted in just one mainstage opera production: La Boheme, composed by Giacomo Puccini. La Boheme was staged in June of 2025 to sold-out audiences of over 750 people. OCM's shows use professional singers and professional musicians from across the United States. The chorus of Boheme featured singers from Vermont and New Hampshire and included a children's chorus of six youth, all of whom had to audition to be a part of the production. Tickets are free for opera patrons aged 26 and younger, thanks to a generous donor. 56 young people took advantage of this opportunity for the mainstage production with 21 young people opting to see the Young Artist production (see accomplishment #2).Expenses $237,369 · revenue $76,459
- OCM staged Giacomo Puccini's one-act comic opera Gianni Schicchi on June 13 and 15, 2025. Ten singers who are early in their careers participated in this production. Both shows, numbering 160 tickets, were sold out. The Young Artists Program, as this training and performance program is called, helps to prepare these younger artists for careers as professional singers. In addition to staging Gianni Schicchi, they served as understudies for La Boheme and participated in its chorus. These artists presented a concert of songs by Puccini and Puccini's contemporaries. The Young Artists receive extensive training, coaching by industry professionals, and master classes by directors and agents.Expenses $25,922 · grants $8,000 · revenue $11,140
- An important part of OCM's mission is to expose opera to youth. OCM does this by providing training and performance opportunities for high school youth through three programs: a Fall residency in a local high school to teach the youth about opera and to stage performances of Dido and Aeneas; an afterschool opera scenes program; and a summer program for high school and college students with performances in senior living residences. In the Fall of 2024 the Dido and Aeneas program was held at the three high schools in Addison County, VT: Middlebury Union, Mount Abraham Union, and Vergennes Union. This collaboration resulted in a full-scale opera production with over 140 students on stage for each of the two performances. High school students also received valuable training and experience in backstage roles, as stage managers, props personnel, and in lighting and sound roles. The afterschool opera scenes program gives high school youth one-on-one coaching and the opportunity to learn music of a specific language or from a selected composer. These youth gain skills and knowledge and then gain confidence by performing in front of an audience. A unique program is developed each Fall and Spring. In November 2024 the youth presented "Gilbert and Sullivan: the Podcast" featuring six singers. In April 2025 the youth collaborated with members of the Vermont Youth Orchestra to present "Dear Diary" based on the music of Mozart. Eight singers and 16 musicians participated in this program. Due to the shortened fiscal year, the summer program occurred in FY26, not in FY25.Expenses $39,558 · revenue $4,655
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | Check at the IRS |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-1993530
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2005
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A6A)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $134,367
- Income (IRS master file)
- $262,081
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $259,191 | $326,260 | $134,367 | IRS |
| 990 | October 2024 | $317,657 | $366,896 | $210,750 | XML |
| 990 | October 2023 | $491,326 | $339,764 | $198,433 | XML |
| 990 | October 2022 | $181,660 | $204,736 | $19,207 | IRS |
| 990 | October 2021 | $232,928 | $306,007 | $43,192 | XML |
| 990-EZ | October 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-1993530).
Questions about OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC
- What is the EIN of OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC is 20-1993530.
- Is OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2005.
- Are donations to OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names James Malcolm.
- Who are the officers and directors of OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $10,385 (Robin LaPlante, Managing Director end 4/18).
- How much revenue does OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $259,191, expenses of $326,260 and total assets of $134,367 at year end.
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