AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE BERLIN STAATSOPER INC

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2023 · Form 990EZ · revenue $161K · expenses $154K · assets $20K

EIN
13-3785118
Address
1010 BRICKELL AVE UNIT 4506, MIAMI, FL 33131-3793
Website
lindenoperafriends.org
NTEE code
A20
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
October 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2013 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2013 IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Harvey S Traison (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Provide creative and financial support t the Staatsoper-Berlin in its mission to promote the art of opera both for the sake of the art itself and as a medium to encourage greater harmony and cooperation among the peoples of the world.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 7 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

7 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Harvey Traison President and Trustee2016-2023 8 $0 reported 1
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee2016-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Andreas Fibig Trustee2016-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Barbara Glauber Trustee2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Irmintraud Jost Trustee2016-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Flora Schnall Trustee2016-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Robert Glauber (former) Trustee2016-2020 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Harvey Traison President and Trustee8 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee2 $0-$0 $01
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Barbara Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Harvey S Traison President1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Secretary and Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Barbara W Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Harvey S Traison President1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Secretary and Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Barbara W Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee5 $0-$0 $01
Robert Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee & Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Harvey Stuart Traison Trustee & President10 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee5 $0-$0 $01
Robert Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee & Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Harvey Stuart Traison Trustee & President10 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee10 $0-$0 $01
Robert Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee10 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee & Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Harvey Stuart Traison Trustee & President20 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee10 $0-$0 $01
Robert Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee10 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee & Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Harvey Stuart Traison Trustee & President20 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Andreas Fibig Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Ulla Buchner-Howard Trustee5 $0-$0 $01
Robert Glauber Trustee1 $0-$0 $01
Irmintraud Jost Trustee5 $0-$0 $01
Flora Schnall Trustee and Secretary1 $0-$0 $01
Harvey S Traison Trustee President Treasurer10 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$161,294$153,930 $20,107$20,107 $126,975- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$69,198$147,932 $12,743$12,743 $69,198- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$53,950$4,557 $91,477$91,477 $53,950- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$41,362$54,379 $42,084$42,084 $49,375- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$56,751$60,663 $55,101$55,101 $56,751- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$32,950$14,609 $59,013$59,013 $32,950- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$60,821$108,420 $40,672$40,672 $45,250- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$89,198$927 $88,271$88,271 $59,325- ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $137,750 in all, tax years 2016 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$100,000 2022$100,000
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2018, 2021 2$16,250 2021$9,250
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UP-WINGERS INC Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “American Friends of the Berlin Staatsoper Inc” 2016-2017 2$11,500 2017$2,500
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VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor Exact 2021 1$10,000 2021$10,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2023 · Form 990EZ · $153,930 spent · pay $0 · grants $150,000 · events $8,981
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $150,000 97.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,928 2.6%
Printing, publications, postage $2 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income -$8,981reported apart
Total$153,930100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $147,932 spent · pay $0 · grants $138,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $138,000 93.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,755 4.6%
Fees to independent contractors $3,132 2.1%
Printing, publications, postage $45 0.0%
Total$147,932100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $4,557 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $4,010 88.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $545 12.0%
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Total$4,557100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $54,379 spent · pay $0 · grants $50,000 · events $8,013
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2019 · Form 990EZ · $60,663 spent · pay $0 · grants $55,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $55,000 90.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,356 5.5%
Fees to independent contractors $1,850 3.0%
Printing, publications, postage $457 0.8%
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2018 · Form 990EZ · $14,609 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $8,710 59.6%
Fees to independent contractors $5,897 40.4%
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2017 · Form 990EZ · $108,420 spent · pay $0 · grants $100,000 · events $36,301
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $100,000 92.2%
Fees to independent contractors $8,417 7.8%
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2016 · Form 990EZ · $927 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $9,127
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Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $926 99.9%
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