2025-09-25T11:21:02-05:00 2025-06-30 824158464 DAVIS & COMPANY CPAS PO BOX 1552 MOUNT PLEASANT SC 29465 990 2024-07-01 843020830 CHARLESTON OPERA THEATER INC CHAR 8436051999 PO BOX 12069 CHARLESTON SC 29422 SANDY DEATHOS-MEERS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR 5088786785 2025-09-25 1 0 ZOE DAVIS P01057590 8438813315 2025-09-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SANDY DEATHOS-MEERS PO BOX 12069 CHARLESTON SC 29422 427559 0 X WWW.CHARLESTONOPERATHEATER.ORG X 2019 SC CHARLESTON OPERA THEATER, INC.'S PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION ARE:CHARLESTON OPERA THEATER IS COMMITTED TO A PROMINENT, YEAR-ROUND, PROFESSIONAL OPERA PRESENCE IN OUR CITY AND THE SURROUNDING LOWCOUNTRY. WE PLACE HIGH VALUE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF ACOUSTIC VOCAL TRADITIONS, THROUGH QUALITY PERFORMANCES, EDUCATION, MENTORSHIP, TRAINING AND THE EXPOSURE OF THE ART FORM TO NEW AUDIENCES, THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. 9 9 4 20 0 0 176919 238996 68493 185016 0 0 1031 133 246443 424145 0 0 0 0 11500 295378 0 0 188 243738 116653 255238 412031 -8795 12114 5007 19781 19975 21134 -14968 -1353 X CHARLESTON OPERA THEATER IS COMMITTED TO A PROMINENT, YEAR-ROUND, PROFESSIONAL OPERA PRESENCE IN OUR CITY AND THE SURROUNDING LOWCOUNTRY. WE PLACE HIGH VALUE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF ACOUSTIC VOCAL TRADITIONS, THROUGH QUALITY PERFORMANCES, EDUCATION, MENTORSHIP, TRAINING AND THE EXPOSURE OF THE ART FORM TO NEW AUDIENCES, THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS. 0 0 290287 118842 LA BOHME - OUR FIRST MAJOR SEASON OFFERING WAS A PRODUCTION OF PUCCINI'S OPERA LA BOHME. THE TWO SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCES WERE HELD AT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SOTTILE THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 22ND AND 24TH, 2024. THIS FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION FEATURED AN INTERNATIONAL CAST OF SEVEN SOLOISTS, A 38-PIECE ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, COSTUMES, AND SCENERY. THE 32-PERSON CHORUS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WAS SOURCED USING LOCAL TALENT. SCENERY WAS ALSO CONSTRUCTED BY A LOCAL CONTRACTOR. 63985 26195 SERENATA ROMANTICA AN EVENING OF OPERATIC DUETS AND TRIOS FEATURING MUSIC BY PUCCINI, VERDI, BELLINI, GIORDANO, GLINKA, AND GOUNOD. THIS PERFORMANCE WAS ON APRIL 17, 2025, AND TOOK PLACE AT THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SOTTILE THEATRE. THE SOLOISTS WERE A COMBINATION OF INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL TALENT. THERE WERE OVER 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. 29912 12246 OPERA BY SHAKESPEARE- HAROLD MEERS CREATED THIS VERY UNIQUE OPERA EXPERIENCE FOR KIAWAH RESIDENTS AND FOR THE CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY. THERE WERE SIX SOLOISTS AND ONE SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR WHO PRESENTED EXCERPTS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ROMEO AND JULIET, MACBETH, AND HAMLET ALONGSIDE THE OPERAS OTELLO, BATRICE ET BNDICT, ROMO ET JULIETTE, MACBETH, AND HAMLET. 27733 27733 384184 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SC X SAUNDRA DEATHOS-MEERS 5088786785 3426 GREAT EGRET DRIVE JOHNS ISLAND SC 29455 JAMES TEEPLE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RONGRONG CHEN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 EUGENE MASSAMILLO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES MARTIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 REBECCA E POYNTON-MURRAY BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE WHACK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANDY DEATHOS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR 10.00 X X 5233 0 0 EDWARD BRENNAN DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AN 40.00 X X 8800 0 0 HAROLD MEERS EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTO 40.00 X X 8950 0 0 SUSAN SULLIVAN PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 ROB ROBERTSON VICE PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 THOMAS RUPPEL SECRETARY/TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 22983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32271 21665 185060 238996 PRODUCTION INCOME 900099 185016 185016 185016 1000 32271 3414 -2414 -2414 OTHER 900099 2547 2547 2547 424145 187563 0 -2414 22984 11492 11492 272394 272394 1690 1690 11649 11649 2379 2379 24013 24013 2936 2936 5107 5107 648 648 850 850 SCENIC 14879 14879 COSTUMES 10826 10826 PUBLICITY 9466 9466 VIDEO 8745 8745 23465 15405 7872 188 412031 384184 27659 188 3331 16580 5415 2214 1676 3201 5007 19781 19975 21134 19975 21134 X -14968 -1353 -14968 -1353 5007 19781 X 12114 1501 X 0 0 0 X 25539 52869 99048 176919 216225 570600 45857 81143 68493 185016 380509 -2919 156 -2763 25539 95807 180347 245412 401241 948346 0 0 0 948346 1031 2547 3578 25539 95807 180347 246443 403788 951924 0.99620 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 3242 2214 1028 2173 2173 3201 861 20834 CREDIT CARDS 300 21134 X X X X X X FIEDEROWICZ 10500 9500 1000 2414 500 SULLIVAN 22771 22771 500 33271 32271 1000 2414 1000 3414 -2414 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 THERE IS A FAMILY RELATIONSHSHIP BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE TREASURER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF COT WILL REVIEW THE 990 TOGETHER BEFORE DISTRIBUTION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A COT IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY AND SALARIES ARE NOT YET COMPATIBLE ON THE MARKET. FROM ITS INCEPTION, WE HAVE FUNCTIONED MOSTLY ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE RUN A PAYROLL. WHILE IT IS NOT MUCH, IT IS A START. THE BOARD IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND WE HOPE TO PAY MORE COMPETITIVELY IN THE 2025-26 FISCAL YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: DIFFERENCE IN BEGINNING NET ASSETS 1,501.