West Edge Opera

Analysis

West Edge Opera is a registered charity in United States, based in Berkeley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2022, West Edge Opera reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2018 to September 2022, income grew from $621k to $1.2m (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, West Edge Opera sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peoria Symphony Orchestra ($1.2m), Permrecord Foundation ($1.2m) and Historic Hawaii Foundation ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $531k. At year end it held assets of $361k against liabilities of $55k, net assets of $306k. It reported 102 employees.