IDEA Opera Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
These grants support composers and librettists in the development of new operas and help advance their careers in the opera industry.
Geographic Scope: North America
Focus: Development of new operas
Eligibility: Composers and librettists
What Opera America Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $315K
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $6,375–$48K
- By dollars: California 42%, New York 31%, Massachusetts 17%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Annandale, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA
Commissioning grants
$48K
Fisher Center at Bard College · Annandale, NY
Commissioning grants
$36K
White Snake Projects · Brookline, MA
Civic practice
$30K
Opera Parallele · San Francisco, CA
Civic practice
$30K
Experiments in Opera · Brooklyn, NY
Commissioning grants
$29K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Creative writing
Categories
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