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Filing year 2023

OPERA SANTA BARBARA

Santa Barbara, California·EIN 77-0347413·NTEE A99 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$1.9M
Total assets
$189k
Total expenses
$2.1M
Reported officers
21
Mission

SEE SCHEDULE 0FOUNDED IN 1994, OPERA SANTA BARBARA IS THE SIGNATURE PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL OPERA ON THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST. WE ASPIRE TO BE A CULTURAL LEADER IN THE SANTA BARBARA REGION, VOICING AND ADVANCING OUR COMMUNITY'S SPIRIT AND VALUES THROUGH VIBRANT MUSIC THEATRE. OUR COMPANY ANNUALLY OFFERS A DYNAMIC REPERTOIRE OF OPERA FAVORITES, LESSER-KNOWN CLASSICS, AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WORKS IN PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE OF OUR REGION. WE INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE ART AND MEANING OF OPERA; DEVELOP OPERATIC MUSICIANSHIP IN PROMISING EMERGING SINGERS; AND PROVIDE FREE OPERATIC PROGRAMS, BOTH EDUCATIONAL AND MUSICAL, TO THE TRI-COUNTY AREA.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Artistic and General Direc
officer (unspecified)
$145k
$158k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 20 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Down 6%
from 2022

From $154k in 2022 to $145k in 2023.

$154k
2022
$145k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 10% in real terms$176k to $158k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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