The Metropolitan Opera Guild
The Metropolitan Opera Guild at a glance
- Total assets
- $3,248,669
- +36.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $271,146
- +714.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $58,483
- +4545.2% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $21,414
- +375.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The Metropolitan Opera Guild funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
3 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How The Metropolitan Opera Guild gives
- Giving fell 100% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2021) to $6.0M (2019). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $20K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc New York, NY | Support | $20,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,248,669 | $271,146 | $21,414 | — | — | $58,483 |
| 2024 | $2,383,533 | $33,275 | $4,506 | — | — | $1,259 |
| 2023 | $6,885,766 | $2,951,154 | $4,762,672 | $20,000 | 1 | $-284,694 |
| 2022 | $8,024,277 | $3,227,238 | $4,327,514 | $20,000 | 1 | $187,112 |
| 2021 | $10,921,018 | $4,014,056 | $4,121,066 | $20,000 | 1 | $873,329 |
| 2020 | $11,636,908 | $9,957,948 | $9,798,102 | $5,003,146 | 1 | $699,567 |
| 2019 | $11,797,762 | $11,940,675 | $11,168,693 | $5,953,740 | 1 | $342,277 |
About The Metropolitan Opera Guild
Based on IRS filings
The Metropolitan Opera Guild is a public charity 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.
Focus Areas
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 public charity 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.
Data update history
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 24, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 24, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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