OPERA INDEX INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

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Organization: OPERA INDEX INC (EIN 13-3098404)
Tax period: 2014-08-01 to 2015-07-31
Filed: 2015-11-24
IRS object ID: 201523289349200202
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule G
Schedule O
Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-24T08:07:53-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	221624206	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MALESARDI QUACKENBUSH SWIFT & CO LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	155 NORTH DEAN STREET - SUITE 5	AddressLine1Txt
City	ENGLEWOOD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NJ	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	07631	ZIPCd

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

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	133098404	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	OPER	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2126830025	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 237153 ANSONIA STATION	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10023	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MURRAY ROSENTHAL	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2126830025	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-11-17	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DAVID O'BRIEN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00430397	PTIN
Phone	2015674100	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$121,260	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$36,525	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Membership Dues	$15,810	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising Gross Income	$66,650	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Special Events Direct Expenses	$55,080	SpecialEventsDirectExpensesAmt
Special Events Net Income Loss	$11,570	SpecialEventsNetIncomeLossAmt
Other Revenue Total	$2,275	OtherRevenueTotalAmt
Total Revenue	$66,180	TotalRevenueAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$1,333	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$915	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$57,981	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$60,229	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$5,951	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$103,835	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$109,786	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$101,333	BOYAmt
EOY	$128,096	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,622	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,675	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$108,955	BOYAmt
EOY	$135,771	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,120	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,985	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$103,835	BOYAmt
EOY	$109,786	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY FOR OPERA AND SUPPORT FOR ITS ARTISTS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	GRANTS TO ARTISTS	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Grants And Allocations	$0	GrantsAndAllocationsAmt
Program Service Expenses	$52,500	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$52,500	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MURRAY ROSENTHAL	PersonNm
Title	PRESIDENT	TitleTxt
Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To Pos	10.00	AverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt
Compensation	$0	CompensationAmt
Employee Benefit Program	$0	EmployeeBenefitProgramAmt
Expense Account Other Allwnc	$0	ExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	0	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	0	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	0	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	0	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Direct Indirect Pltcl Expend	$0	DirectIndirectPltclExpendAmt
Made Loans To From Officers	0	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Tax Imposed Under IRC4911	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4912	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt
Tax Imposed Under IRC4955	$0	TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Tax Imposed On Organization Mgr	$0	TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt
Tax Reimbursed By Organization	$0	TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 459 ANSONIA STATION	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2126830025	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	0	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	0	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (1)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$39,138	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$47,240	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$52,770	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$55,355	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$61,335	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$255,838	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$58,715	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$67,566	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$64,840	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$72,680	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$66,650	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$330,451	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$97,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$114,806	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$117,610	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$128,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$127,985	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$586,289	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

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

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

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

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$586,289	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$171	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$54	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$12	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$237	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$171	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$54	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$12	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$237	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$665	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$265	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$365	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,276	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,782	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$99,235	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$115,525	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$117,875	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$128,412	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$130,261	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$591,308	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99150	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99250	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00040	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00240	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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 G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$47,225	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$47,225	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$31,931	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	SPRING LUNCH	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$9,660	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$9,660	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$11,330	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	4	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$9,765	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$9,765	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$11,819	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$66,650	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$66,650	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$55,080	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$55,080	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$11,570	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 - OTHER REVENUE	DESCRIPTION: OTHER. AMOUNT: 2,275.
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES	DESCRIPTION: GRANTS TO ARTISTS. AMOUNT: 52,500. DESCRIPTION: OPERA SCENE. AMOUNT: 4,077. DESCRIPTION: MARKETING/IT. AMOUNT: 1,010. DESCRIPTION: TELEPHONE. AMOUNT: 318. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS. AMOUNT: 76. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 57,981.
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS	DESCRIPTION: PREPAID EXPENSES AND DEFERRED CHARGES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 7,622. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 7,675.
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES	DESCRIPTION: DEFERRED REVENUE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 5,120. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 25,985.

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Declaration	THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.	DeclarationDesc

OPERA INDEX INC: Form 990EZ, tax year 2014

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Filer Filer

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Other Assets Total Detail OtherAssetsTotalDetail

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

US Address USAddress

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Total509 Total509Grp

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Transfer Prsnl Bnft Contracts Decl TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl

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