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The Metropolitan Opera Guild

Foundation · Grantmaker New York, NY EIN: 13-1681983 Website

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Key facts about The Metropolitan Opera Guild

EIN
13-1681983
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Total assets
$3,248,669

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$3.2M

+36.3% YoY

Revenue

$271K

+714.9% YoY

Net Investment Income

$58K

+4545.2% YoY

Expenses

$21K

+375.2% YoY

How The Metropolitan Opera Guild gives

  • Giving fell 100% from 2020 to 2023. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

About The Metropolitan Opera Guild

Based on IRS filings

The Metropolitan Opera Guild is a nonprofit organization focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $58K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

New York

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M1 grants20191 grants20201 grants20211 grants20221 grants20230 grants20240 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 0 recipients in 2025

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$3,248,669$2,383,533$6,885,766
Revenue$271,146$33,275$2,951,154
Expenses$21,414$4,506$4,762,672
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$58,483$1,259$-284,694
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 24, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 24, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Metropolitan Opera Guild is led by Ann Ziff, Chair on every filing since 2024; none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Ann Ziff

    Chair

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tod Johnson

    Vice Chair

    Ex-Officio Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • C. Graham Berwind III

    Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Diana Fortuna

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (49)
  • Former: Alice N. Hunt (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Catia Z. Chapin (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Christian Alfonsi (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Christopher S. Moore (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Elaine Hochberg (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ellen F. Marcus (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: F. Paul Driscoll (2019–2023) — Editor in Chief
  • Former: Garry Spector (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: George M. Cozonis (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: John G. Koeltl (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: John Hargraves (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: John M. Dowd (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Langdon Van Norden Jr. (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Louis S. Miano (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Marc Chazaud (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Merri C. Moken (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Richard J. Miller Jr. (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Sandra S. Joys (2019–2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Stephen C. Koval (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Stuart H. Johnson III (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Stuart Holt (2019–2023) — Director of Learning & Eng
  • Former: Susan Zohn (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Theodore A. Kurz (2019–2023) — Chairman & Executive Committee
  • Former: Trent Johnson (2019–2023) — Design Director
  • Former: Vanessa Kubach (2019–2023) — Managing Director
  • Former: Winthrop Rutherford Jr. (2019–2023) — Chairman of the Board
  • Former: Elizabeth Diggans (2020–2023) — Production Director
  • Former: Frayda B. Lindemann (2020–2023) — Ex-Officio Director
  • Former: Tamsen Ann Ziff (2020–2023) — Ex-Officio Director
  • Former: Betsy Shack Barbanell (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Christine Stonbely (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: G. William Haas (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Nicholas L. D. Firth (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Sondra Krisher Rapoport (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Edmee De M. Firth (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Marc S. Solomon (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Robert R. Glauber (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: James Greg Joye (2021) — Director of Development
  • Former: Carole Bailey French (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Eugenia Comini (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Margaret Nicholas (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Martin (2019–2020) — Managing Director
  • Former: Winthrop Rutherfurd J (2020) — Chairman of the Board
  • Former: Anastasia Angelova (2019) — Director -
  • Former: Basilia Yao (2019) — Secretary -
  • Former: Christopher Serbagi (2019) — Director -
  • Former: Katherine Rabinovich (2019) — Director of Development
  • Former: Lawrence C Maisel (2019) — Director -
  • Former: Thomas S C Bunn (2019) — Director -

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about The Metropolitan Opera Guild

How large is The Metropolitan Opera Guild?

The Metropolitan Opera Guild reported $3.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $271K.

What is The Metropolitan Opera Guild?

The Metropolitan Opera Guild is a nonprofit organization focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in New York, NY. It holds $3.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does The Metropolitan Opera Guild operate?

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has awarded grants in New York.

What is The Metropolitan Opera Guild's EIN?

The Metropolitan Opera Guild's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1681983. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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