METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 13-1624087)
Tax period: 2014-08-01 to 2015-07-31
Filed: 2016-06-13
IRS object ID: 201611659349300646
Schema version: 2014v6.0
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-06-13T13:03:17-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	345 Park Avenue	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	101540102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-08-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	131624087	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% DIANA FORTUNA	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	METR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2127993100	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 LINCOLN CENTER	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100236980	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DIANA FORTUNA	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2127993100	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-06-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KPMG LLP	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01249521	PTIN
Phone	2127589700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2016-06-13	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-08-17 19:52:53Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Peter Gelb	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 LINCOLN CENTER 423	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100236980	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$468,893,400	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.metopera.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1883	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Performance of opera to the public.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	44	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	44	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	4407	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	750	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$1,671,153	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$72,174	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$129,344,874	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$177,960,002	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$134,678,179	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$135,408,516	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$19,823,227	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$15,837,217	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,282,532	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$6,134,856	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$288,128,812	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$335,340,591	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$615,719	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$626,451	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$246,303,089	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$243,208,272	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$143,442	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$68,799	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$11,831,062	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$65,807,744	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$65,233,361	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$312,869,994	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$309,136,883	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$24,741,182	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,203,708	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$429,505,785	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$465,382,867	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$273,352,876	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$295,857,413	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$156,152,909	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$169,525,454	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Performance of opera to the public.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$232,177,356	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$94,976,277	RevenueAmt
Desc	Preparation and presentation of opera performance at the Metropolitan Opera House as well as symphonic repertory at Carnegie Hall. Also includes outdoor presentation of concerts throughout parks in New York City. Parks concerts are presented to the public at no charge. The attendance of these performances is more than eight-hundred thousand people per season.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$29,146,365	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$31,778,423	RevenueAmt
Desc	Media presentation of opera performances. Live performances broadcast in high definition to movie theaters throughout the world. Domestic and international live audio transmissions of performances on radio and the Met's website. Past performances broadcast on television, radio stations and the internet globally. Media presentations reached an audience of more than twelve million.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,146,828	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$6,777,919	RevenueAmt
Desc	Presentation of events other than opera where the Association either presents or co-presents the event or licenses the opera house to third-parties. The attendance at these events, principally ballet, was approximately 190,000 people per year.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$5,832,918	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$626,451	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$5,824,909	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$274,303,467	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	false	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	Yes (true)	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	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
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	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (true)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	746	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	4407	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	44	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	44	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	false	LocalChaptersInd
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	false	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	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DIANA FORTUNA	PersonNm
Phone	2127993100	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 LINCOLN CENTER	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100236980	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (56 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
VERONICA ATKINS
Managing DIR FR 9/18	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MERCEDES T BASS
VICE CHAIRMAN	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
FRANK A BENNACK JR
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN S BRADDOCK
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALEXA BATOR CHAE
Managing DIR FR 9/18	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BETSY COHEN
TREASURER	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
LEONARD S COLEMAN JR
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JUDITH-ANN CORRENTE
PRESident FR 5/14	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
RENA DE SISTO
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JERRY DEL MISSIER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JACQUELINE DESMARAIS
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MISOOK DOOLITTLE
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEPHANIE T FOSTER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARINA KELLEN FRENCH
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOAN GRANLUND
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EUGENE P GRISANTI
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
EKKEHART HASSELS-WEILER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROLF HEITMEYER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARLENE HESS
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AGNES HSU-TANG PH D
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHRISTINE F HUNTER
MG DIR HON CHRM	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
FREDERICK ISEMAN
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN J NOFFO KAHN
Managing DIR TO 2/26	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN W KENNEDY
MG DIR HON CHRM	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JAMES W KINNEAR
MG DIR HON CHRM	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
BRUCE KOVNER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAMILLE D LABARRE
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARJORIE G LAUGHERY
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HARRY T LEE
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEANETTE LERMAN-NEUBAUER
SECretary FR 5/14	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
FRAYDA B LINDEMANN
VICE PRESIDENT	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
DAFNA MEITAR-NECHMAD
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHRYN A MILLER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM R MILLER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM C MORRIS
CHair EXEc COMMittee	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
ELENA A PROKUPETS
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LAURA J SLOATE
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HOWARD SOLOMON
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARC I STERN
Managing DIR FR 6/18	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HON DAVID A STRAZ JR
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
AMB NICHOLAS F TAUBMAN
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS THOMAS
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT I TOLL
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROBERT L TURNER
MANAGING DIR	1.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANN ZIFF
CHAIRMAN	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
PETER GELB
GENERAL MANAGER	60.0	0.0		$1,503,599	$0	$493,092	Yes (X)
DIANA FORTUNA
DPGM/CFO/Asst TREAs	60.0	0.0		$334,799	$0	$51,143	Yes (X)
HENRY A LANMAN
GeN CouNseL/ASST SEC	60.0	0.0		$292,911	$0	$44,821	Yes (X)
JOHN SELLARS
ASST GEN MGR, TECHNICAL	60.0	0.0		$351,169	$0	$38,524		Yes (X)
CORALIE TOEVS
ASST GEN MGR, DEVELOPMENT	60.0	0.0		$349,513	$0	$38,202		Yes (X)
DAVID CHAN
CONCERT MASTER	60.0	0.0		$403,838	$0	$43,542			Yes (X)
STEPHEN DIAZ
DPT HD/MaSTer CRPNTR	60.0	0.0		$355,914	$0	$105,767			Yes (X)
DONALD PALUMBO
CHORUS MASTER	60.0	0.0		$484,341	$0	$51,164			Yes (X)
PHILIP VOLPE
ELC DPT HD/MaSter ELeCtric	60.0	0.0		$398,203	$0	$109,987			Yes (X)
RICHARD WAGNER
ASST HEAD ELECTRIC	60.0	0.0		$379,377	$0	$110,881			Yes (X)
SHARON GRUBIN
FORMER GNL CNSL/ASST SEC	0.0	0.0		$420,239	$0	$0				Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$5,273,903	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,087,123	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	574	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Serino Coyne Inc
1515 Broadway	NEW YORK	NY	10036	Advertising	$2,968,630
All Mobile Video Inc
221 W 26th Street	NEW YORK	NY	10001	Video/Audio	$2,271,693
Phramus Inc
106 Seventh Avenue 8	NEW YORK	NY	10011	Music Director	$1,890,777
Tait Towers
401 W Lincoln Av	LITITZ	PA	17543	Lighting/Technology	$1,644,144
Daybreak Fast Freight Inc
500 Avenue P	NEWARK	NJ	07105	Shipping	$1,591,272

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	164	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$12,093	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$9,404,040	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$2,732,000	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$735,800	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$165,076,069	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$21,063,363	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$177,960,002	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
PERFORMANCES	711110	$94,976,277	$94,976,277
MEDIA BROADCASTS	711110	$31,778,423	$31,778,423
OTHER PRESENTATIONS	711110	$8,095,640	$6,777,919	$1,317,721
YADP/NATL CNCL CRT/OTHER	711110	$558,176	$471,581	$86,595

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$135,408,516	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,333,614	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	-$14,226	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,347,840	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$341,524	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$341,524	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$142,410,608	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$129,907,005	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$12,503,603	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,503,603	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$12,503,603	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$402,600	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$9,404,040	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$1,652,101	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,249,501	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$1,249,501	ExclusionAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$4,121,093	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$1,993,703	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,127,390	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,846,327	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$281,063	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
OTHER	900099	$3,507,001	$3,507,001
CONCESSIONS	900099	$1,389,666		$1,389,666
LIST RENTAL	900004	$18,776		$18,776

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$4,915,443	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$335,340,591	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$139,357,528	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$1,671,153	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$16,351,908	ExclusionAmt

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	$626,451	TotalAmt
Program Services	$626,451	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

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

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

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

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,441,509	TotalAmt
Program Services	$393,344	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,662,798	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$385,367	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

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

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$167,305,672	TotalAmt
Program Services	$157,464,701	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,317,256	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,523,715	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,533,268	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,767,721	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,014,910	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$750,637	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,278,754	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,801,330	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,196,097	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,281,327	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,649,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,624,505	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$591,633	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$432,931	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

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

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,556,040	TotalAmt
Program Services	$457,668	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,008,323	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$90,049	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$192,900	TotalAmt
Management And General	$192,900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

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

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,799	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$68,799	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$861,202	TotalAmt
Management And General	$861,202	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,504,078	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,905,199	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$498,629	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$100,250	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,971,437	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,430,089	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$541,348	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,250,728	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,272,797	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$655,960	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,321,971	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,995,659	TotalAmt
Program Services	$363,414	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,477,122	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$155,123	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$835,884	TotalAmt
Program Services	$835,884	ProgramServicesAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,171,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,095,668	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,004	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,623	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,145,231	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,969,578	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$165,959	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,694	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,263,763	TotalAmt
Program Services	$297	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,263,466	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,737,986	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,495,182	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$242,804	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,550,660	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,339,402	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$211,258	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
PRODUCTION EQUIP,MATLS,SUPPLIE	$7,595,421	$7,561,902	$33,519
TV&RADIO PROD & TRANSMISSION	$5,052,099	$5,052,099
MISCELLANEOUS	$4,561,810	$869,846	$1,119,931	$2,572,033
TRUCKING & STORAGE	$3,987,168	$3,976,390	$10,778

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$309,136,883	TotalAmt
Program Services	$274,303,467	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,002,354	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,831,062	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,138,266	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,589,951	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$78,090,569	BOYAmt
EOY	$99,376,103	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,138,476	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,517,273	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)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,425,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$996,464	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,582,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$16,955,743	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$121,202,684	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$70,108,678	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$48,369,896	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,094,006	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$184,114,384	BOYAmt
EOY	$195,260,740	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$72,474,512	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,436,204	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$22,171,951	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,156,383	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$429,505,785	BOYAmt
EOY	$465,382,867	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,264,211	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,948,386	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

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

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,258,279	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,800,648	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

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

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

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

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

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

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$117,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$114,895,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$91,830,386	BOYAmt
EOY	$107,213,379	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$273,352,876	BOYAmt
EOY	$295,857,413	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$161,268,307	BOYAmt
EOY	-$173,636,093	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$108,712,930	BOYAmt
EOY	$130,145,058	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$208,708,286	BOYAmt
EOY	$213,016,489	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$156,152,909	BOYAmt
EOY	$169,525,454	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$429,505,785	BOYAmt
EOY	$465,382,867	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$26,203,708	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$775,144	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$13,606,307	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	$194,153,871	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$136,997,727	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$153,667,307	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$129,344,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$177,960,002	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$792,123,781	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	$194,153,871	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$136,997,727	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$153,667,307	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$129,344,874	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$177,960,002	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$792,123,781	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$18,797,030	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$773,326,751	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,742,107	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,870,831	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,923,901	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$4,754,898	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,675,138	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,966,875	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$63,448	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$59,316	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,111	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$22,936	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$151,811	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,852,982	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,869,218	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,265,459	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,129,185	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,915,443	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$13,032,287	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$824,274,754	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$717,255,286	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.93819	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.93690	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

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)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$223,373,209	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$400,223	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$15,847,925	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$151,267	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$13,176,733	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$817,522	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$225,475,835	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$212,000,006	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$350,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$22,740,449	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$52,110	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$11,023,890	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$641,246	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$223,373,209	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$184,884,339	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$818,633	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$34,438,995	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$51,945	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,063,921	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$1,026,095	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$212,000,006	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$190,383,894	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$409,660	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,488,922	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$7,882,579	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$515,558	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$184,884,339	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$174,480,515	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$621,579	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$21,905,012	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$6,005,779	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$617,433	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$190,383,894	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$91,667	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$91,667	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,773,169	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,773,169	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$27,266,920	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$13,540,175	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$13,726,745	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$64,390,699	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$34,398,775	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$29,991,924	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$27,680,229	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$20,396,559	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$7,283,670	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$51,094,006	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Financial Derivatives		FinancialDerivativesGrp
Closely Held Equity Interests		CloselyHeldEquityInterestsGrp

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
MULTI-STRATEGY HEDGE FUND	$10,387,026	F
DISTRESSED HEDGE FUND	$15,275,737	F
GLBL EX-US EQTY BUSINESS TRST	$9,684,610	F
PRIVATE EQUITY	$3,174,718	F
GLOBAL EQUITY LIMITED PSHIP	$26,898,086	F
INFLATION SENSITIVE COMN TRST	$6,016,027	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$71,436,204	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (11 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
ACCRUED BOND INTEREST PAYABLE	$1,303,261
CGA'S CA LIABILITY	$149,222
DEFERRED REVENUE, POOLED INCOME FD	$450,979
DUE TO PIF PARTICIPANTS	$189
FIN 47 ACCRUED EXPENSES	$400,000
MEDICAL CLAIMS ACCRUAL	$1,710,000
OTHER LIABILITIES	$1,272,272
PAYABLES TO CHAR. GIFT ANNUITANTS	$2,614,365
SUPPLEMENTAL LIABILITY	$3,318,340
UNFUNDED ACCUM. BENEFIT OBLIGATION	$88,243,203
WORKERS COMPENSATION LIABILITY	$7,751,548

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$107,213,379	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4 - INTENDED USES OF ENDOWMENT FUND	THE MET'S BOARD OF MANAGING DIRECTORS DETERMINES AN AMOUNT FROM THE AVAILABLE ENDOWMENT FUNDS TO SPEND EACH YEAR ON OPERATIONS SUPPORTING ALL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.
PART X - FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	THE MET IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IMPRESARIO, LLC IS CONSIDERED A DISREGARDED ENTITY FOR TAX PURPOSES. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE MET WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES AND THAT THE MET HAS TAKEN NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (12 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program Services	Consulting	$42,496
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	2	Program Services	Artistic CONSULTING	$151,802
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	3	Fundraising	Fundraising	$45,997
Central America and the Caribbean		Investments	Investments	$23,431,879
East Asia and the Pacific		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
Central America and the Caribbean		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
Middle East and North Africa		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
North America		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
Russia and the Newly Independent States		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
South America		Program Services	HD Movies	$0
Sub-Saharan Africa		Program Services	HD Movies	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	6	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	6	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$23,672,174	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$23,672,174	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

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	E Salis-Samaden	PersonNm
Activity	Cultivate	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	false	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$529,974	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$65,910	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$464,064	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$529,974	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$65,910	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$464,064	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	OPENING NIGHT	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$4,592,533	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$4,393,333	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$199,200	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$567,325	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$238,625	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$35,468	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	ON-STAGE DINNER	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$2,319,085	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$2,255,785	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$63,300	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$86,799	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$55,647	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$10,000	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$233,222	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	3	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$2,895,022	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$2,754,922	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$140,100	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$72,920	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$192,495	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$760	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$158,840	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$9,806,640	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$9,404,040	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$402,600	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$727,044	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$486,767	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$10,760	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$427,530	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$1,652,101	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$1,249,501	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2B - FUNDRAISER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION ENGAGES TWO INDIVIDUALS IN EUROPE TO CULTIVATE AND RECRUIT DONORS TO THE ORGANIZATION, ONE WAS PAID LESS THAN $5,000 AND IS THEREFORE NOT LISTED ON THIS SCHEDULE. E SALIS-SAMADEN ADDRESS: GUTSVERWALTUNG SCHLOSS ANIF, SALZACHTAL BUNDERSSTRASSE 9, A-5081 ANIF, AUSTRIA IN ADDITION TO FEES FOR FUNDRAISING SERVICES LISTED IN PART I, COLUMN (V), EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE MET IN RELATION TO MS. SALIS-SAMADEN'S ACTIVITIES INCLUDES PAYMENTS FOR SECRETARIAL SUPPORT, TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (9 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxt	RecipientRecipientCnt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt
Nat'L Council Winner Awards	5	$75,000
Nat'l Council Finalist AWARDS	4	$20,000
Nat'l Council Semi-Final AWARDS	8	$12,000
Mrs. Edgar Tobin Awards	17	$13,600
Nat'l Council Regional AWARDS	386	$389,851
Education Fund Awards	19	$55,000
Nat'l Council Endowment AWARDS	1	$1,000
Beverly Sills Artist Award	1	$50,000
Hildegard Behrens Fnd Award	1	$10,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2 - PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING USE OF GRANTS FUNDS IN U.S.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	NATIONAL COUNCIL WINNER AWARDS: CASH PRIZES IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 EACH, AWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WINNERS OF THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION. NATIONAL COUNCIL FINALIST AWARDS: CASH PRIZES IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 EACH, AWARDED TO CONTESTANTS IN THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION WHO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL ROUND BUT ARE NOT NAMED WINNERS. NATIONAL COUNCIL SEMI-FINALIST AWARDS: CASH PRIZES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500 EACH, AWARDED TO CONTESTANTS IN THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION WHO ADVANCE TO THE SEMI-FINAL ROUND BUT NOT FURTHER. NATIONAL COUNCIL REGIONAL AWARDS: CASH PRIZES OF VARIOUS AMOUNTS AWARDED TO REGIONAL CONTESTANTS. MRS. EDGAR TOBIN AWARD: CASH PRIZES IN THE AMOUNT OF $800 EACH, AWARDED TO CONTESTANTS IN THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION WHO WIN FIRST PLACE AT THE REGION LEVEL, THEREBY ADVANCING TO THE SEMI-FINAL ROUND; THE TOBIN ENDOWMENT OF SAN ANTONIO, TX PROVIDES THE MET FUNDING FOR THESE CASH PRIZES EACH SEASON. EDUCATION FUND GRANTS: GRANTS OF UP TO $5,000 EACH, AWARDED TO CONTESTANTS IN THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION WHO REACH THE SEMI-FINAL ROUND OR FURTHER AND DEMONSTRATE IMPROVED SKILLS IN A FOLLOW-UP AUDITION; EACH ELIGIBLE CONTESTANT MAY BE GRANTED A TOTAL OF UP TO $5,000 UPON MULTIPLE HEARINGS WITHIN THREE YEARS FROM WHEN THE CONTESTANT COMPETED IN THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS SEMI-FINALS. NATIONAL COUNCIL ENDOWMENT AWARDS: ENDOWMENT FUNDS DESIGNATED TO ASSIST WITH PRIZE MONEY AT THE REGION LEVEL OF THE MET'S NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS COMPETITION. BEVERLY SILLS ARTIST AWARD: AN AWARD UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $50,000 IS GIVEN TO A RECIPIENT WHO MUST BE SELECTED FROM THE MET'S ROSTER DURING THE CURRENT OR FORTHCOMING OPERA SEASON, WHO ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 AND 40. HILDEGARD BEHRENS AWARD: THE RECIPIENT OF THE HILDEGARD BEHRENS PRIZE IS SELECTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WHO LOOKS FOR GIFTED SINGERS, KEEPING IN MIND THE ARTISTIC IDEALS THAT MISS BEHRENS EXEMPLIFIED IN HER EXTRAORDINARY CAREER.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Personal Services	Yes (X)	PersonalServicesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
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 (11 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
PETER GELB
GENERAL MANAGER	$1,435,531	$0	$0	$0	$68,068	$0	$459,974	$0	$33,118	$0	$1,996,691	$0	$0	$0
DIANA FORTUNA
DPGM/CFO/Asst TREAs	$333,297	$0	$0	$0	$1,502	$0	$14,519	$0	$36,624	$0	$385,942	$0	$0	$0
HENRY A LANMAN
GeN CouNseL/ASST SEC	$292,465	$0	$0	$0	$446	$0	$6,656	$0	$38,165	$0	$337,732	$0	$0	$0
JOHN SELLARS
ASST GEN MGR, TECHNICAL	$349,621	$0	$0	$0	$1,548	$0	$6,856	$0	$31,668	$0	$389,693	$0	$0	$0
CORALIE TOEVS
ASST GEN MGR, DEVELOPMENT	$345,002	$0	$0	$0	$4,511	$0	$23,457	$0	$14,745	$0	$387,715	$0	$0	$0
DAVID CHAN
CONCERT MASTER	$403,658	$0	$0	$0	$180	$0	$6,185	$0	$37,357	$0	$447,380	$0	$0	$0
STEPHEN DIAZ
DPT HD/MaSTer CRPNTR	$355,125	$0	$0	$0	$789	$0	$62,810	$0	$42,957	$0	$461,681	$0	$0	$0
DONALD PALUMBO
CHORUS MASTER	$479,007	$0	$0	$0	$5,334	$0	$34,389	$0	$16,775	$0	$535,505	$0	$0	$0
PHILIP VOLPE
ELC DPT HD/MaSter ELeCtric	$397,933	$0	$0	$0	$270	$0	$65,459	$0	$44,528	$0	$508,190	$0	$0	$0
RICHARD WAGNER
ASST HEAD ELECTRIC	$379,107	$0	$0	$0	$270	$0	$64,745	$0	$46,136	$0	$490,258	$0	$0	$0
SHARON GRUBIN
FORMER GNL CNSL/ASST SEC	$0	$0	$0	$0	$420,239	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$420,239	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART 1, LINE 1A - RELEVANT INFORMATION REGARDING COMPENSATION BENEFITS	THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, BOX (B)III FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER INCLUDES TAXABLE INCOME IN RELATION TO THE CAR AND DRIVER AND LIFE INSURANCE HE IS PROVIDED. SOME OF HIS BUSINESS TRAVEL IS VIA FIRST-CLASS AIRFARE, CONSISTENT WITH BOARD POLICY. AS THIS TRAVEL IS BUSINESS RELATED, IT IS NOT TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
PART I, LINE 4 - RECEIVED SEVERANCE, SUPPLEMENTAL NOn QUALIFIED RETIREMENT	AND EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION 4A. THE AMOUNT REPORTED FOR THE FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL ON SCHEDULE J, PART 2, LINE 11, COLUMN B WAS A SEVERANCE PAYMENT MADE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AND REPORTED ON THE 2014 FORM W-2. 4B. THE AMOUNT REPORTED FOR THE GENERAL MANAGER ON SCHEDULE J, PART 2, LINE 1, COLUMN C, INCLUDES A TWELVE MONTH ACCRUAL AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014 OF $440,613 WITH RESPECT TO A NON-VESTED, NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT OF A TYPE SIMILAR TO THE RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRIOR GENERAL MANAGER. THE NON-VESTED PLAN, INITIATED ON JULY 31, 2012, WAS FULLY FUNDED BY A DONOR GIFT. THE GENERAL MANAGER HAS NOT RECEIVED THESE FUNDS.
PART III - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	IN APRIL 2014, THE GENERAL MANAGER VOLUNTARILY REDUCED HIS BASE SALARY FROM $1,550,000 TO $1,395,000.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	10	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,194,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp

Art Fractional Interest ArtFractionalInterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$112,000	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	169	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$19,757,363	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (14 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES DESCRIPTION OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MERCHANDISING, DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ARTISTS THROUGH THE LINDEMANN YOUNG ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITION COMPETITION AND CONCERT.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1A	EXPLANATION OF MATERIAL DIFFERENCES OF VOTING RIGHTS THERE ARE NO DIFFERENCES OF CLASS AMONG MEMBERS
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 2	BUSINESS OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, ETC. BRUCE KOVNER AND FREDERICK ISEMAN - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 6	EXPLANATION OF CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR SHAREHOLDER MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ELECT THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND ALL MEMBERS HAVE AN EQUAL VOTE IN SUCH ELECTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 7A	HOW MEMBERS OR SHAREHOLDERS ELECT GOVERNING BODY THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. WAS INCORPORATED IN 1932 UNDER THE MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION LAW OF NY. ITS MEMBERS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS The Form 990 was prepared by management. It was reviewed by management and external tax advisors. The Form 990 - complete with all required schedules including Schedule B - was presented to the Audit Committee of the Board for its approval, which was given. Prior to filing, the Form 990 was then made available to the full Board by a secure website, with the exception of Schedule B, in order to respect the wishes of donors who want to remain anonymous.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C	EXPLANATION OF MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORMS ARE COMPLETED ANNUALLY BY MANAGING DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDED TO AND REVIEWED BY THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL. ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL DELIBERATION, DECISION, OR VOTE REGARDING THE CONTRACT OR OTHER TRANSACTIONS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B POLICIES, QUESTION 14	THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MET HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN DOCUMENT RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION POLICY WHICH IS APPLIED TO THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE. THE MET IS REQUIRED TO ANSWER NO TO QUESTION 14 AS THE POLICY WAS NOT ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AS OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 7/31/15.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION REVIEW & APPROVAL PROCESS - CEO & TOP MANAGEMENT THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF FIVE INDEPENDENT MANAGING DIRECTORS, MUST ASSESS AND APPROVE COMPENSATION OF KEY EMPLOYEES. IN the CASE OF THE GENERAL MANAGER, APPROVAL OF THE FULL BOARD OF MANAGING DIRECTORS IS ALSO REQUIRED. A COMPENSATION CONSULTANT IS HIRED AND COMPARISONS OF COMPENSATION AT PEER ORGANIZATIONS ARE ANALYZED IN ALL INSTANCES. THE PROCESS OF DELIBERATION IS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN DURING FY15.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15B	COMPENSATION REVIEW & APPROVAL PROCESS - OFFICERS & KEY EMPLOYEES THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF FIVE INDEPENDENT MANAGING DIRECTORS, MUST ASSESS AND APPROVE COMPENSATION OF KEY EMPLOYEES. A COMPENSATION CONSULTANT IS HIRED AND COMPARISONS OF COMPENSATION AT PEER ORGANIZATIONS ARE ANALYZED IN ALL INSTANCES. THE PROCESS OF DELIBERATION IS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTED. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN DURING FY15.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19	OTHER ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THE FORM 990 AND THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VII - BOARD MEMBERS IN COMMON WITH THE TRUST	JUDITH ANN CORRENTE (FROM 6/16/15) CHRISTINE F. HUNTER KEVIN W. KENNEDY (TO 6/16/15) JAMES W. KINNEAR FRAYDA B. LINDEMANN WILLIAM C. MORRIS ANN ZIFF
FORM 990, PART VII - COMPENSATION EXPLANATION	VERONICA ATKINS MANAGING DIRECTOR (FROM 9/18/14) ALEXA BATOR CHAE MANAGING DIRECTOR (FROM 9/18/14) JUDITH-ANN CORRENTE SECRETARY (TO 5/14/15) PRESIDENT AND CEO (FROM 5/14/15) JOHN J. NOFFO KAHN MANAGING DIRECTOR (TO 2/26/15) KEVIN W. KENNEDY PRESIDENT AND CEO (TO 5/14/15) HONORARY DIRECTOR (FROM 5/14/15) JEANETTE LERMAN-NEUBAUER SECRETARY (FROM 5/14/15) MARC I. STERN MANAGING DIRECTOR (FROM 6/18/15) SHARON GRUBIN FORMER GENERAL COUNSEL (TO 2/29/12)
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES CHANGE IN SPLIT INTEREST...................................$ -1,598,521. PENSION PLAN CHANGES OTHER THAN NET PERIODIC COST..........$-12,007,786. ------------- TOTAL ....................................................$ -13,606,307.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Impresario LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Lincoln Center	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043600565	EIN
Primary Activities	Royalties	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Total Income	$100,000	TotalIncomeAmt
End Of Year Assets	$15,010	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MOA INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Met Opera Endowment TrustCentennia	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Lincoln Center	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136071129	EIN
Primary Activities	SUPPORTS MOA	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	11a	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MOA INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (true)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Charitable Remainder Trusts(17)	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Lincoln Center	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Primary Activities	CHAR REM TRS	PrimaryActivitiesTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Share Of Total Income	$0	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Share Of EOY Assets	$0	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Controlled Organization	false	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	false	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Met Opera Endowment TrustCentennial Fund
C	$2,732,000	CASH
Met Opera Endowment TrustCentennial Fund
E	$3,211,906	FMV

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SHARING OF PAID EMPLOYEES AND FACILITIES WITH RELATED ORGANIZATION(S)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	PART V, LINE 1N & 1O CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ENDOWMENT TRUST.	ExplanationTxt