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Grand Opera House Inc

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 51-0116569 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 1972

A

Charity Clarity grade A (score 84.1 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Graded against 19,395 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.13.7 months86
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.81% of practices81
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.73
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.18% from one source89
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.94.2%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.1%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.22not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jul 2025Form 990$7.45M$9.94M−$2.49M$11.37M13.7263A
Jul 2024Form 990$7.69M$9.76M−$2.06M$13.55M16.7216A
Jul 2023Form 990$6.12M$7.75M−$1.63M$15.09M23.4235B
Jul 2022Form 990$13.60M$6.38M$7.22M$16.51M31.0153C
Jul 2021Form 990$4.64M$3.62M$1.02M$9.97M33.1172C
Jul 2020Form 990$6.09M$6.68M−$582K$8.77M15.8222A
Jul 2018Form 990$7.11M$8.30M−$1.19M$10.20M14.7190A
Jul 2017Form 990$7.58M$8.93M−$1.35M$11.57M15.5237A
Jul 2016Form 990$8.66M$8.99M−$331K$12.58M16.8195B

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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