LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (EIN 36-6008929)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-15
IRS object ID: 201801359349303515
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule K
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-15T10:01:37-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	350921680	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CROWE HORWATH LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	225 West Wacker Drive Suite 2600	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	606061224	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	366008929	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Lyric Opera of Chicago	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LYRI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3123322244	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 N Wacker Drive 860	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Roberta Lane	PersonNm
Person Title	Asst Treasurer/CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-05-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Nicole Bencik	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00756195	PTIN
Phone	3128997000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Freud Anthony	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 N Wacker Drive 860	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$112,693,124	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.lyricopera.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1954	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	IL	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation and to advance the development of the art form of opera.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	100	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	97	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1208	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	1158	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$879,966	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$67,579	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$37,791,521	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$26,201,904	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$28,111,374	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$28,607,282	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$2,268,083	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,180,946	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$2,054,025	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,875,989	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$70,225,003	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$60,866,121	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,174,989	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$46,523,446	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$50,031,733	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$163,965	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$144,190	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$4,876,888	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$34,407,349	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$36,300,010	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$82,269,749	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$86,475,933	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$12,044,746	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$25,609,812	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$312,282,100	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$306,031,427	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$102,036,090	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$97,535,916	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$210,246,010	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$208,495,511	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	We believe in the life-changing, transformational, revelatory power of great art and opera. Lyric Opera of Chicago exists to provide a broad, deep, and relevant cultural service to the Chicago region and the nation, and to advance the development of the art form of opera by: - Producing and performing consistently thrilling, world-class opera, with a balanced repertoire that encompasses core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works. - Creating a diverse, innovative, wide-ranging program of community engagement and education activities that reaches the widest possible public. - Developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$68,077,606	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$28,607,282	RevenueAmt
Desc	DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 61 OPERA PERFORMANCES, 26 PERFORMANCES OF ONE MUSICAL, AND 5 CONCERTS/RECITALS REHEARSALS WERE PRODUCED BY LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO. THESE PERFORMANCES WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 252,900 PEOPLE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$3,449,200	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$22,801	RevenueAmt
Desc	LYRIC UNLIMITED, AN INITIATIVE OF LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO, OFFERS A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM OF EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ARTISTIC INITIATIVES AND INCLUDES LYRIC'S LONGSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. LYRIC SEEKS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CHICAGO-AREA CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE ARTS EDUCATION, WHICH FOCUSES ON CULTIVATING A LIFELONG APPRECIATION OF OPERA AND CREATING AUDIENCES FOR THE FUTURE. LYRIC'S SCHOOL PROGRAMS EMBRACE ARTS EDUCATION AS A CORE SUBJECT AND PROMOTE CROSS-CURRICULAR INTEGRATION WHILE FULFILLING STATE LEARNING STANDARDS. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS PROVIDE EDUCATION ON A VARIETY OF LEVELS, FROM NOVICE TO EXPERT, WHICH HEIGHTEN THE OPERA-GOING EXPERIENCE. MORE THAN 500 YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MOST OF THESE ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. ATTENDANCE FOR THESE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 102,000. PLEASE NOTE, AS REQUIRED BY THE INSTRUCTIONS, THE REVENUE DISCLOSED HERE DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTRIBUTED REVENUE FOR THESE PROGRAMS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$879,598	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$152,519	RevenueAmt
Desc	PRESENTATION AND EVENTS HELD IN THE FACILITY DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WAS COMPRISED OF 42 EVENTS WITH TOTAL ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 49,000 PEOPLE.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$72,406,404	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	Yes (true)	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	335	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1208	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	100	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	97	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Roberta Lane	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	3123322244	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 N Wacker Drive No 860	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (113 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
David T Ormesher
Chairman	6.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lester Crown
Exec Cmte Chair	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
William C Vance
Vice-Chair	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Sir Andrew Davis
Vice-Chair	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Shirley Welsh Ryan
Vice-Chair	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Renee Fleming
Vice-Chair	1.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
James L Alexander
Vice-Chair	3.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Paul J Carbone
Treasurer	3.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Donna Van Eekeren
Secretary	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Anthony Freud
General Director, President & CEO	40.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$711,543	$0	$72,844
Katherine A Abelson
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Larry A Barden
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Julie Baskes
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James N Bay Jr
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melvin Berlin
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gilda Buchbinder
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allan E Bulley III
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marion A Cameron
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David W Carpenter
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy L Christen
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard W Colburn
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael P Cole
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Vinay Couto
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John V Crowe
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marsha Cruzan
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MD Whitney Addington
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John P Amboian
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul F Anderson
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stefan T Edlis
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lois Eisen
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
W James Farrell
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark E Ferguson
Trustee/Partial Year to 5.2.17	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael W Ferro Jr
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sonia Florian
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael T Foley
Trustee		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0	1.0
Ronald J Gidwitz
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ruth Ann M Gillis
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ann Drake
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John D Edelman
Trustee/Partial Year to 5.24.17	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brent W Gledhill
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Maria C Green
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dietrich M Gross
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Pat Hay
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carrie J Hightman
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Elliot E Hirsch
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eric L Hirschfield
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
J Thomas Hurvis
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory K Jones
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard P Kiphart
Trustee/Partial Year to 9.10.16	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frank W Considine
Trustee/Partial Year to 8.2.16	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kip Kelley II
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nancy W Knowles
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Josef Lakonishok
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ethel C Gofen
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Howard L Gottlieb
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Melvin Gray
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Blythe J McGarvie
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Andrew J McKenna
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Frank B Modruson
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert S Morrison
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allan B Muchin
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Linda K Myers
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey C Neal
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sylvia Neil
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken R Norgan
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sharon F Oberlander
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John W Oleniczak
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James W Mabie
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Craig C Martin
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert J McCullen
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Olufummilayo Olopade
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Don M Randel
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
J Christopher Reyes
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Anne N Reyes
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas A Reynolds III
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Collin E Roche
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ricardo Rosenkranz
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edward B Rouse
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph O Rubinelli Jr
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Claudia M Saran
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rodd M Schreiber
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jana R Schreuder
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marsha Serlin
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Brenda M Shapiro
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eric S Smith
Trustee	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Pam Szokol
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Franco Tedeschi
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark A Thierer
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cheryl T Thomas
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mark A Wagner
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roberta L Washlow
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Miles D White
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matthew Fisher
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Amelie Negrier
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jose Luis Prado
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kristine Garrett
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Osborn
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matthew J Parr
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John E Butler
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allan Drebin
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott E Santi
Trustee	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Drew Landmesser
Deputy General Director	40.0		Yes (X)	$315,659	$0	$62,508
Mary L Selander
Asst Secretary, Director of Development	40.0		Yes (X)	$307,134	$0	$37,602
Roberta Lane
Asst Treasurer, CFO	40.0		Yes (X)	$323,410	$0	$37,098
Michael C Reynolds
Master Electrician	40.0			$224,705	$0	$67,211		Yes (X)
Lisa Middleton
Director of Marketing	40.0			$202,007	$0	$41,960		Yes (X)
Michael Reilly
Stagehand Manager	40.0			$215,490	$0	$65,595		Yes (X)
Joe Dockweiler
Master Carpenter	40.0			$216,634	$0	$65,581		Yes (X)
Joseph R Schofield
Head A/V Technician	40.0			$161,142	$0	$46,716		Yes (X)
R Brent Fisher
Former Director of Finance	40.0			$408,002	$0	$8,015			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,085,726	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$505,130	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	74	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	Yes (true)	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Calihan Catering
833 W Haines	Chicago	IL	60622	Catering	$1,758,850
Allied Integrated Marketing
55 Cambridge Parkway	Cambridge	MA	02142	Advertising Agency	$1,458,475
SIRAD Inc
215 W Washington Street	Chicago	IL	60606	Conductor, Music Director	$821,629
Adirondack Scenic Inc
439 County Route 45	Argyle	NY	12809	Scenic Design and Construction	$766,518
Tribune Media Group
435 N Michigan Ave	Chicago	IL	60611	Advertising	$690,475

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	62	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Info In Schedule O Part VIII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIIInd
Fundraising	$3,221,674	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$118,843	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$22,861,387	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,593,970	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$26,201,904	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Ticket Sales	711190	$26,960,878	$26,960,878
Ticket Hndlg/Exchg Fees	711190	$991,508	$991,508
Production Rentals/Co-production Income	711190	$365,797	$365,797
Education Activities	711190	$58,816	$58,816

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$230,283	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$230,283	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$28,607,282	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,224,256	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$104,303	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$2,119,953	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$51,503,575	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$49,535,516	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$11,369	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,968,059	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$11,369	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,956,690	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,956,690	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$705,498	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$3,221,674	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$1,667,225	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$961,727	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$961,727	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,292,798	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$612,893	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$679,905	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$22,801	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$36,545	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$620,559	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Dining Spaces	900099	$794,128	$794,128
Facilities Events Fees	900099	$152,519		$152,519
Party Reception Income	900099	$1,064,852	$328,284		$736,568

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$146,312	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,550	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$143,762	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,157,811	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$60,866,121	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$28,782,602	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$879,966	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$5,001,649	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,982,228	TotalAmt
Program Services	$428,064	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$826,095	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$728,069	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,775	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,775	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,893,807	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,104,400	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,282,227	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,507,180	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,385,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,122,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$200,556	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$62,565	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,850,625	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,083,778	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$470,950	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$295,897	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,902,808	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,559,245	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$188,333	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$155,230	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$92,908	TotalAmt
Program Services	$25,098	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$67,810	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,057	TotalAmt
Management And General	$37,057	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144,190	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$144,190	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,294,057	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,285,289	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,768	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,984,071	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,906,106	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$635,811	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$442,154	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,861,068	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,746,277	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,772	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$109,019	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,911,137	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,220,714	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$418,978	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$271,445	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$876,590	TotalAmt
Program Services	$103,120	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$768,371	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,099	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$755,219	TotalAmt
Program Services	$755,219	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,321,506	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,055,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$194,369	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$71,703	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,082,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$841,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$112,406	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$128,571	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,273	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,710	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,424	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,139	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,538,311	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,225,221	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$299,217	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,873	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,188,446	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,464,596	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$723,850	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$631,601	TotalAmt
Program Services	$440,881	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$189,279	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,441	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Other - Production Costs	$5,340,689	$5,336,742	$3,947
Other - Charge Card Fees	$619,909	$542,219	$77,690
Other - Catering	$402,044	$35,754	$361,991	$4,299
Other - Purchases/Rentals	$478,055	$432,144	$44,806	$1,105

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,847,037	TotalAmt
Program Services	$942,483	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$474,443	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$430,111	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$86,475,933	TotalAmt
Program Services	$72,406,404	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,192,641	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,876,888	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,857,039	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,422,813	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$999,126	BOYAmt
EOY	$756,512	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,989,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$54,079,541	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,795,079	BOYAmt
EOY	$917,679	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$93,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,788	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,735,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,585,235	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$110,096,339	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$64,068,523	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$47,979,131	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,027,816	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$76,525,371	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,611,461	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$111,266,279	BOYAmt
EOY	$119,027,767	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$573,815	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$312,282,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$306,031,427	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,999,275	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,917,516	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,152,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,785,891	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,700,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,700,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$87,805	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,631	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,096,631	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,114,878	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$102,036,090	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,535,916	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$83,340,245	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,507,283	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$99,691,401	BOYAmt
EOY	$88,192,748	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,214,364	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,795,480	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$210,246,010	BOYAmt
EOY	$208,495,511	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$312,282,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$306,031,427	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$25,609,812	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$20,442,092	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$3,417,221	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$49,799,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$54,895,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$54,197,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$37,985,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$26,201,904	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$223,079,785	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$49,799,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$54,895,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$54,197,015	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$37,985,524	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$26,201,904	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$223,079,785	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$4,993,413	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$218,086,372	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,917,268	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,304,895	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,074,070	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,207,420	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,448,237	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,951,890	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$320,368	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67,579	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$387,947	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,182,083	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,130,394	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$942,164	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$988,740	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$937,890	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,181,271	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$240,600,893	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$141,868,588	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.9064	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.8614	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule A, Part II Support Schedule	In 2013 Lyric Opera changed its fiscal year end from April 30 to June 30. The Support Schedule periods for Part II are: 2012 (5/1/12-6/30/13), 2013 (7/1/13-6/30/14), 2014 (7/1/14-6/30/15), 2015 (7/1/15 - 6/30/16), and 2016 (7/1/16-6/30/17).
Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Other Income	DESCRIPTION - DINING SPACES, COLUMN A - 939816.0, COLUMN B - 1001275.0, COLUMN C - 885907.0, COLUMN D - 867039.0, COLUMN E - 794128.0, COLUMN F - 4488165.0; DESCRIPTION - OTHER, COLUMN A - 242267.0, COLUMN B - 129119.0, COLUMN C - 56257.0, COLUMN D - 121701.0, COLUMN E - 143762.0, COLUMN F - 693106.0;

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Agent Trustee Etc	Yes (true)	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Ending Balance	$0	EndingBalanceAmt
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$47,495,887	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,581,116	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,653,730	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,400,903	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$172,124	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$53,157,706	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$49,178,387	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,639,585	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$961,141	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,191,886	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$169,058	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$47,495,887	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$49,589,868	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$237,861	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,437,419	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,843,533	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$243,228	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$49,178,387	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$43,529,952	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$717,107	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$7,494,297	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,896,590	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$254,898	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$49,589,868	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$42,338,710	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,896,279	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$316,688	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$352,893	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$35,456	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$43,529,952	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.0	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.54	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.46	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$696,577	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$696,577	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$90,073,874	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$55,554,632	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$34,519,242	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$16,978,268	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$6,870,706	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$10,107,562	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,347,620	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,643,185	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$704,435	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$46,027,816	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
Hedged Equities- Non-Publicly	$25,813,665	F
Absolute Return- Non-Publicly Traded	$33,661,601	F
Equities- Non-Publicly Traded	$47,566,028	F
Real Assets- Non-Publicly Traded	$7,461,323	F
Assets Held in Trust	$4,525,150	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$119,027,767	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Annuities Payable	$640,430
Interest Rate Swap Contract	$9,474,448

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$10,114,878	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part IV, Line 1b Agent, trustee, custodian, or other intermediary arrangement	Lyric Opera acts as custodian of all assets and paymaster for payments for the Ryan Opera Center, to facilitate better controls and cost effectiveness.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	The Opera's endowment is comprised of donor-restricted endowment funds. Related net assets are classified and reported based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. The Opera's Board of Directors has approved a spending policy which allows for the transfer of 5% of the trailing twelve quarter balance of the managed portfolio at December 31 of the previous fiscal year, including endowment balances, to be used to support operations and fund debt service. The spending rate approximates the returns objective of the fund allowing for the preservation of purchasing power and growth of the managed portfolio through investment returns in excess of the objective and new gifts.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	The Opera is exempt from federal income taxes under the provisions of Section 501 (c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code. The Opera has concluded there were no material uncertain tax positions nor does the Opera expect the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly change in the next 12 months. The Opera would recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions in interest and income tax expense, respectively. However, the Opera has no amounts accrued for interest or penalties as of June 30, 2017 and 2016. There are no on-going federal, state or local tax audits.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (15 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	,Management & Gen'l - Information Technology Costs	NA	$740
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Program Services	ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION COSTS	$63,100
East Asia and the Pacific	Program Services	ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION COSTS	$538
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	NA	$52,708,644
East Asia and the Pacific	,Management & General - misc.	NA	$345
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Program Services	Marketing consulting	$496,744
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Fundraising	NA	$108,060
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Marketing	$1,225
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Program Services	Artistic/Production Costs	$704,168
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	Fundraising	NA	$2,895
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	,Management & Gen'l - Travel	NA	$8,092
Russia and Neighboring States	,Management & Gen'l - Travel	NA	$1,178
North America (Canada & Mexico only)	,Management & Gen'l - Information Technology costs	NA	$44,396
East Asia and the Pacific	,Management & Gen'l travel	N/A	$1,195
South America	,Management & Gen'l Travel	N/A	$1,002

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$54,142,322	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$54,142,322	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	Yes (true)	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	Yes (true)	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	Yes (true)	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule F, Part I, Line 3	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	TO ENCOURAGE BOARD AND SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT, LYRIC OPERA SPONSORS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS IN A FOREIGN LOCALE. EXPENSES FOR LODGING, MEALS, AND EVENTS ARE PAID BY LYRIC AND REIMBURSED BY THE ATTENDING BOARD MEMBERS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Taylar Development	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 3343	AddressLine1Txt
City	Dubuque	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	520043343	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	Telemarketing	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$295,072	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$144,190	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$150,882	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$295,072	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$144,190	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$150,882	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Opening Night/Opera Ball	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,019,029	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$893,775	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$125,254	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$240	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$128,856	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$7,523	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$181,165	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Operathon	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$565,826	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$464,189	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$101,637	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$176,945	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	25	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$2,342,317	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$1,863,710	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$478,607	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$55,771	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$386,915	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$10,864	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$718,946	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$3,927,172	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$3,221,674	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$705,498	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$56,011	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$515,771	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$18,387	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$1,077,056	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$1,667,225	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$961,727	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule G, Part II Line 11 Net Income	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Part II: The mechanics of Schedule G require that we remove charitable contributions collected at the special event, in order to determine income or loss on events. $3.1 million of charitable contributions were collected (Schedule G, Part II, line 2) for a true net income of $2.3 million collected at these events.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Travel For Companions	Yes (X)	TravelForCompanionsInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (true)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Anthony Freud
General Director, President & CEO	$648,947	$0	$0	$0	$62,596	$0	$54,043	$0	$18,801	$0	$784,387	$0	$62,596	$0
Drew Landmesser
Deputy General Director	$297,659	$0	$0	$0	$18,000	$0	$52,354	$0	$10,154	$0	$378,167	$0	$18,000	$0
Mary L Selander
Asst Secretary, Director of Development	$297,748	$0	$0	$0	$9,386	$0	$18,801	$0	$18,801	$0	$344,736	$0	$9,386	$0
Roberta Lane
Asst Treasurer, CFO	$305,410	$0	$0	$0	$18,000	$0	$18,549	$0	$18,549	$0	$360,508	$0	$18,000	$0
Michael C Reynolds
Master Electrician	$224,705	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,039	$0	$43,172	$0	$291,916	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Middleton
Director of Marketing	$202,007	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$17,841	$0	$24,119	$0	$243,967	$0	$0	$0
Michael Reilly
Stagehand Manager	$215,490	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$23,560	$0	$42,035	$0	$281,085	$0	$0	$0
Joe Dockweiler
Master Carpenter	$216,634	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$23,345	$0	$42,236	$0	$282,215	$0	$0	$0
Joseph R Schofield
Head A/V Technician	$161,142	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$15,368	$0	$31,348	$0	$207,858	$0	$0	$0
R Brent Fisher
Former Director of Finance	$150,844	$0	$0	$0	$257,158	$0	$0	$0	$8,015	$0	$416,017	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Travel for companions	To encourage Board and Sponsorship development, Lyric Opera sponsors an annual event for certain board members and their significant others to participate in operatic and cultural events in a foreign locale. Both the General Director and the Director of Development, along with their spouses, attend and are an integral daily part of this event. None of the costs are taxed to the employees, as the trip is for bona fide business purposes for Lyric Opera.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees	In accordance with the terms of his contract when hired, Lyric Opera reimburses Mr. Freud for his health club dues, which are a taxable benefit.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment	R. Brent Fisher received an early Retirement Incentive of $257,158 in 2016. This comprised of Cash Incentive, Vacation Payout, and Retirement Subsidy.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4b Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan	The following members of management were participants in a Section 457 Management Deferred Compensation Plan for the following contributions amount: Anthony Freud - $18,000 Drew Landmesser - $18,000 Mary L Selander - $17,439 Roberta Lane - $17,987

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Illinois Finance Authority	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Issuer EIN	861091967	BondIssuerEIN
CUSIP	000000000	CUSIPNum
Bond Issued	2008-08-18	BondIssuedDt
Issue Price	$3,500,000	IssuePriceAmt
Purpose	Purchase, construct & equip ad	PurposeDesc
Defeased	false	DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing	false	PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Total Proceeds	$3,500,000	TotalProceedsAmt
Capitalized Interest	$6,382	CapitalizedInterestAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds	$70,000	IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Capital Expenditures	$3,423,618	CapitalExpendituresAmt
Substantial Completion	2009	SubstantialCompletionYr
Current Refunding	false	CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding	false	AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation Made	Yes (true)	FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec Maint	Yes (true)	AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property	false	OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements	false	AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop	false	MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements	false	AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Concerning UBI	0.0001	PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use	0.0001	TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test	false	BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop	false	ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd	Yes (true)	ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed	false	Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet	false	RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate	Yes (true)	ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due	false	NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate Issue	false	VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec	false	HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested	false	GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs	Yes (true)	WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Procedures Corrective Action ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Bond Reference	A	BondReferenceCd
Procedures Corrective Action	Yes (true)	ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule K, Part IV, Line 2b Rebate Exception	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Lyric Opera met the 18 month spending exception.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (3 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
SIRAD INC
ENTITY MORE THAN 35% OWNED BY A DAVIS, CURRENT TRUSTEE	$718,831	CONTRACTED CONSULTANT - NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS	false
TRONC INC (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
ENTITY MORE THAN 35% OWNED BY M FERRO, CURRENT TRUSTEE	$628,274	CHICAGO TRIBUNE EXPENSES - NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS	false
A Freud - CEO President
Family Member of Current Trustee	$16,675	Employment	false

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	131	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,503,603	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Market value	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	Scores/DVDs	3	$2,538	Market value
Yes (X)	Furniture	1	$4,797	Market value
Yes (X)	Refreshments	3	$3,532	Market value
Yes (X)	Piano	2	$79,500	Market value

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	0	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule M, Part I Explanations of reporting method for number of contributions	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Securities - Publicly traded - Stock donations received Other - Scores/DVDs Number of contributions Other - Furniture Number of contributions Other - Refreshments Number of contributions Other - Piano Number of items received	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (14 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part V, Line 1a NUMBER REPORTED IN BOX 3 OF FORM 1096	LYRIC OPERA PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND MAINTAINS THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE RYAN OPERA CENTER. ALL VENDORS, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, FOR BOTH LYRIC OPERA AND THE RYAN OPERA CENTER ARE PAID THROUGH LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 1a Delegate broad authority to a committee	The Board of Directors shall designate not more than 30 Directors to constitute an Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation except with regard to matters on which the Board has acted and except further the Executive Committee shall not: (a) Adopt a plan for the distribution of the assets of the Corporation, or for dissolution; (b) Approve or recommend to Members any act the Illinois General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 requires to be approved by Members; (3) Fill vacancies on the Board or on any of its committees; (3) Elect, appoint or remove any officer or Director or member of any committee, or fix the compensation of any member of a committee; (e) Adopt, amend, or repeal the Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation; (f) Adopt a plan of merger or adopt a plan of consolidation with another corporation, or authorize the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation; or (g) Amend, alter, repeal or take action inconsistent with any resolution or action of the Board of Directors when the resolution or action of the Board of Directors provides by its terms that it shall not be amended, altered or repealed by action of a committee. The delegation herein of authority to the Executive Committee shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any individual Director, of any responsibility imposed upon it, him, or her by law.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Family/business relationships amongst interested persons	MICHAEL W. FERRO JR., ANDREW J. MCKENNA, MILES D. WHITE, WILLIAM OSBORN - Business relationship, J. Christopher Reyes And Anne N Reyes - Family relationship
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6 Classes of members or stockholders	Each person, firm or corporation donating $500 or more to the Corporation in any 10-month period from July 1 of any calendar year through April 30 of the following calendar year shall become a Member for the 12-month period beginning on the May 1 immediately following the end of such 10-month period and ending on the following April 30. Each person, firm or corporation donating $500 or more to the Corporation in any 2-month period beginning on the July 1 immediately following the end of such 2-month period and ending on the following June 30. The General Director or Executive Committee shall designate each Member as Aria, Platinum, Grand, Golden Grand, Silver Grand, Premier Benefactor, Bravo Circle, Impresario, Friend, Sustainer or such other designation as the General Director or Executive Committee shall determine based upon amount of contribution. The General Director or Executive Committee shall set and increase or decrease, from time to time, the respective amounts required for each designation. The various designations shall not affect the voting and other legal rights of Members under the Illinois General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body	Each Member shall be entitled to one vote at each Annual Meeting for the election of Directors and on such other matters as are submitted to a vote of the Members. Each Member shall have the right to vote in person, by proxy or by e-mail or other electronic means for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected. No cumulative voting shall be permitted.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	The Lyric Opera of Chicago Form 990 and Schedules are prepared and reviewed by Lyric staff. A review is then performed by our Tax Advisor. The Tax Advisor oversees the discussion and review of the Form 990 with members of the Lyric Opera Audit Committee, along with appropriate Lyric staff. The entire Form 990 and Form 990-T package is sent along with a summary memo, via e-mail, to all Members of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Audit Committee prior to filing electronically with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	Lyric Opera maintains a Conflict of Interest Policy which applies to all Directors, officers of auxiliary organizations authorized by the Opera, as well as senior management and other designated members of the staff. The Policy requires each person to whom the policy applies to complete an annual disclosure questionnaire which identifies a business or financial interest of that person which is planning to engage in a business transaction with the Opera, or has engaged in a business transaction with the Opera during the preceding year. The Policy forbids such individuals from voting on or using their personal influence in connection with such transactions. In the event the Opera does conduct business with a related party, the financial terms of those relationships are reported annually to the Audit Committee, whose members must be independent per the terms of its charter. The Opera requires each full-time non-union employee to conduct themselves in accordance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, approved by the Opera's Board of Directors, and to sign an annual statement acknowledging their understanding of this Code.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a Process to establish compensation of top management official	The process of determining compensation of the organization's General Director included the following: the General Director was hired in April 2011 with a 5 year contract, through June 30, 2016. The Compensation Committee, comprised of nine members of the Board of Directors who are deemed independent, was charged under their charter with the responsibility to review and establish objectives relevant to the General Director's compensation, evaluate the General Director's performance in light of those objectives, and recommend to the Executive Committee the General Director's compensation level based on this evaluation. In 2016, the General Director (now called the General Director, President and Chief Executive Officer) was offered a new five-year contract, starting July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021. The compensation offered in the new contract was benchmarked against comparable opera and performing arts companies and again approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Process to establish compensation of other employees	The process of determining compensation of other officers or key employees (anyone earning more than $150,000) included the following: 1) The Compensation Committee, made up of nine independent board members, reviewed the fiscal 2017 compensation arrangements on April 11, 2016. This process is done annually. 2) Lyric salary bands are determined by an independent consultant every three years who, leveraging comparability data and benchmark comparisons from peer industry organizations based on size of revenue and operating budget as well as scope of management responsibility, sets salary bands for each of Lyric's eight staff job levels. 3) Salaries for all highly compensated employees with salaries over $150,000 per year must fall within their respective salary bands. 3) Recommendations, as well as any deliberation, were documented in the Compensation Committee minutes. A report to the Board with respect to compensation recommendation was reflected in the Board meeting minutes.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	Lyric Opera of Chicago posts audited financial statements on its website. Governing documents and conflicts of interest policy are not required disclosures pursuant to IRC Sec. 6104. These documents are not available to the public at this time.
Form 990, Part VIII, Line 2f Other Program Service Revenue	Miscellaneous - Total Revenue: 230283, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: 230283, Unrelated Business Revenue: 0, Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: 0;
Form 990, Part VIII, Line 11d Other Miscellaneous Revenue	Rental space - Total Revenue: 2550, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: , Unrelated Business Revenue: 2550, Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: ; Prior Year over accruals - Total Revenue: 117637, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: , Unrelated Business Revenue: , Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: 117637; Coat Check Revenue - Total Revenue: 26125, Related or Exempt Function Revenue: , Unrelated Business Revenue: , Revenue Excluded from Tax Under Sections 512, 513, or 514: 26125;
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Fees	Artists/Singers - Total Expense: 4227398, Program Service Expense: 4227398, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Artistic Consultants - Total Expense: 924468, Program Service Expense: 924468, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Conductors - Total Expense: 915509, Program Service Expense: 915509, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Stage Directors/Choreographers - Total Expense: 688461, Program Service Expense: 688461, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Production Designers - Total Expense: 514872, Program Service Expense: 514872, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Marketing Consultants - Total Expense: 106542, Program Service Expense: 106542, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Music Commissions - Total Expense: 58825, Program Service Expense: 58825, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Software Consultants - Total Expense: 334860, Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: 334860, Fundraising Expenses: ; Community Engagement Consultants - Total Expense: 74125, Program Service Expense: 74125, Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ; Other Various IC's - Total Expense: 1139011, Program Service Expense: 395906, Management and General Expenses: 300951, Fundraising Expenses: 442154; - Total Expense: , Program Service Expense: , Management and General Expenses: , Fundraising Expenses: ;
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Other changes in net assets or fund balances	CHANGE IN SEVERANCE PLANS' VALUATION - 106353; UNREALIZED LOSS - INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACT - 3810868; ADJUSTMENT FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE PLEDGE - -500000;