Nonprofit · EIN 48-1239185
WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC
Tax-exempt · WICHITA, KS 67206
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,213,936 | $818,149 | $395,787 | $435,851 | -$4,365 | $440,216 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $576,879 | $667,684 | -$90,805 | $47,745 | $3,316 | $44,429 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $407,537 | $343,722 | $63,815 | $134,506 | $2,727 | $131,779 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,114,848
- of which government grants
- $60,900
- Membership dues
- $25,506
- Program service revenue
- $50,600
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- $48,488
- Other revenue
- $48,488
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $131,642
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $156,793
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $400
- Accounting fees
- $6,339
- Occupancy
- $26,463
- Program services (functional)
- $661,371
- Management and general (functional)
- $86,992
- Fundraising (functional)
- $69,786
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $47,745
- Total assets, end of year
- $435,851
- Total liabilities, end of year
- -$4,365
- Net assets, end of year
- $440,216
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $440,216
- Gross receipts
- $1,213,936
- Employees
- 3
- Year formed
- 2000
- State of legal domicile
- KS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN W READER | GENERAL DIRE Officer | 40 | $82,684 |
| LILY K ASHCOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GRANT BAUSERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SAM CATANESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANTOINE WAKIM DDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN K GARVEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BOBBI HANSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GARY D HARMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SCOTT HATCHETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN BOYER IV | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| HERBERT N KLASKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LISA KLASKIN | DIRECTOR OF Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BRANDON KNOWLES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DENNIS ROSS MD | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOSEPH GALICHIA MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
14 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS L ASHCOM MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| CHRIS MAJORS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| NASSIM NABBOUT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| TARZIA NABI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| IMAD NASSIF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GARY OBORNY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LIONEL D ALFORD JR PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| NOREEN M CARROCCI PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MATTHEW SCHIPPERS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| ANNE SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LEWJEAN SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| RICHARD SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HAZEL STABLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| PETER SALMERON | CHAIRMAN Officer | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 33 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN W READER | GENERAL DIRE Officer | 40 | $79,667 |
| PETER SALMERON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| JOHN BOYER IV | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| MATTHEW SCHIPPERS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| NOREEN M CARROCCI PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOSEPH GALICHIA MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HERBERT N KLASKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LISA KLASKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GEORGE LAHAM II | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| DENNIS ROSS MD | CHAIRMAN EME Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| LEWJEAN SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LIONEL D ALFORD JR PHD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LILY K ASHCOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| THOMAS L ASHCOM MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GRANT BAUSERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| MIKE CAFFREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SAM CATANESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JOHN K GARVEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BOBBI HANSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GARY D HARMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| SCOTT HATCHETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| BRANDON KNOWLES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JEREMY MACHAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| NASSIM NABBOUT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| TARZIA NABI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| IMAD NASSIF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| GARY OBORNY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANNE SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| RICHARD SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| HAZEL STABLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| ANTOINE WAKIM DDS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LONDON YOUNGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| LYLE ZEPICK MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | – | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 38 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONATHAN W READER | GENERAL DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $60,000 | $5,743 |
| LISA KLASKIN | DIR OF FINANCE Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $13,500 | $0 |
| MATTHEW SCHIPPERS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $1,150 | $0 |
| GRANT BAUSERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM CATANESE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN BOYER IV | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NOREEN M CARROCCI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSEPH GALICHIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HERBERT N KLASKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE LAHAM II | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARKUS MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS ROSS | CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEWJEAN SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LIONEL D ALFORD JR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LILY K ASHCOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| THOMAS L ASHCOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGES AUSSEIL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE CAFFREY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NASSIM NABBOUT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| IMAD I NASSIF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN K GARVEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BOBBI HANSEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY D HARMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT HATCHETT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRANDON KNOLLS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY MACHAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY OBORNY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHEVIS REBSTOCK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER SALMERON | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNE SCHNEIDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SIERRA SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RICHARD SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HAZEL STABLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANTOINE WAKIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LONDON YOUNGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIFFANY FISHER ZACKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYLE ZEPICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TARZIA NABI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 9112 E CENTRAL AVE, WICHITA, KS 67206-2506
- In care of
- % MARGARET PENT-BAKARDJIEV
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- PETER SALMERON
- Signed the 990
- DENNIS ROSS MD, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (316) 683-3444
- Website
- WICHITAGRANDOPERA.ORG
- Return prepared by
- KITTRELL & KLASKIN LLC
Mission
TO PRODUCE OPERA AND OPERA EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT THE HIGHEST ARTISTIC LEVEL TO ENRICH THE CULTURAL LIVES OF KANSANS; TO CULTIVATE AN APPRECIATION FOR OPERA IN THE WICHITA, KS, COMMUNITY AND BEYOND; TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE AND INSTRUCTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS.
Program accomplishments
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 SAW THE FIRST PRODUCTION IN THE STATE OF KANSAS OF DVORAK'S GREAT FAIRY TALE OPERA, RUSALKA, PERFORMED IN ITS ORIGINAL CZECH LANGUAGE. FOR THIS PRODUCTION, WGO HIRED ONE OF TWO OPERA COACHES IN AMERICA THAT SPEAK CZECH AS A NATIVE LANGUAGE TO COME AND GUIDE THE CAST AND CHORUS IN PRONUNCIATION AND DICTION RULES. IN ADDITION TO HIRING NATIONAL SINGERS AND DIRECTORS TO COME TO WICHITA TO PERFORM, WGO ALSO HIRED LOCAL LIGHTING DESIGNERS, SET DESIGNERS AND COSTUME DESIGNERS TO CREATE ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTIC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WICHITA GRAND OPERA TO DATE.Expenses $212,898 · revenue $12,596
- ON NOVEMBER 15, 2024, WICHITA GRAND OPERA PRODUCED TWO CANTATAS OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FOR A FUNDRAISER FOR CONCORDIA ACADEMY. WGO ENGAGED LOCAL MUSICIANS FOR THE ORCHESTRA AND SINGERS FOR THE PRODUCTION. GENERAL/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DONATED HIS SERVICES FOR THE PRODUCTION, IN SOLIDARITY WITH CONCORDIA HEADMASTER DANIEL SNYDER. THE CONCERT TOOK PLACE AT HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, FEATURING BOTH A SACRED CANTATA AS WELL AS A SECULAR CANTATA (THE SO-CALLED "COFFEE CANTATA"). WGO HIRED A LOCAL STAGE DIRECTOR, WHO PRODUCED A DRAMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK, REPLETE WITH COSTUMES AND PROPS, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PERFORMANCE DREW IN A LARGE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCORDIA ACADEMY, IN EXCESS OF 7,000, AFTER THE MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS WERE PAID.
- MAY 17, 2025 SAW WGO'S PRODUCTION OF ROSSINI'S ICONIC CENERENTOLA - THE ITALIAN RE-TELLING OF THE CINDERELLA FAIRY TALE - COME TO LIFE. FOR THIS, AS HAS BECOME CUSTOMARY, WGO HIRED BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL ARTISTS, PUTTING TOGETHER A WONDERFUL TEAM THAT HIGHLIGHTS BOTH LOCAL TALENT AS WELL AS DRAWING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO OUR STAGE IN BRING RETURNING NATIONAL ARTISTS TO OUR ARTS SCENE AND COMMUNITY. FOR THIS, WGO ALSO INVITED ALL SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO THE PERFORMANCE, FREE OF CHARGE. SETS WERE RENTED FROM VIRGINIA OPERA, AND COSTUMES FROM SARASOTA, FLORIDA. THIS PERFORMANCE CONCLUDED WGO'S 24/25 SEASON WITH HILARITY AND GOOD WILL. IN DOING SO, WGO BROUGHT A GREAT NUMBER OF CHILDREN INTO THE THEATER, EXPOSING THEM TO CLASSIC OPERA PERFORMED IN ITALIAN, AND BUILDING UPON FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OPERA LOVERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.Expenses $196,520 · revenue $19,271
- ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ARE FOR OTHER PROGAMS PROVIDED DURING THE YEAR.Expenses $251,953
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 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 48-1239185
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2001
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A6A)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $435,851
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,213,936
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,213,936 | $818,149 | $435,851 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $576,879 | $667,684 | $47,745 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $407,537 | $343,722 | $134,506 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | 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 48-1239185).
Questions about WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC
- What is the EIN of WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC is 48-1239185.
- Is WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2001.
- Are donations to WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WICHITA GRAND OPERA 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 WICHITA GRAND OPERA 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 WICHITA GRAND OPERA 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 WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names PETER SALMERON.
- Who are the officers and directors of WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 29 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $82,684 (JONATHAN W READER, GENERAL DIRE).
- How much revenue does WICHITA GRAND OPERA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,213,936, expenses of $818,149 and total assets of $435,851 at year end.
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