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Organizations Arts, Culture & Humanities The Santa Fe Opera

The Santa Fe Opera

Fiscal year ending 2023. Filed on August 13, 2024.

PO Box 2408
Santa FE, New Mexico 87504

The Santa Fe Opera (EIN: 85-0131810) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2023 IRS Form 990 filing, The Santa Fe Opera, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 8 out of 672 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $250,839. The highest compensated employee at The Santa Fe Opera is Robert Meya with fiscal year 2023 compensation of $597,563.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$37,298,412

Expenses

$30,967,198

Employee compensation

$14,196,724
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Robert Meya
General Director
$597,563
$535,293 No related comp$62,270
Harry Bicket
Music Director
$255,000
$255,000 No related compNo other comp
Heather Kemp
Chief Financial Officer
$244,844
$204,374 No related comp$40,470
David Lomeli
Chief Artistic Officer
$228,452
$197,682 No related comp$30,770
Allison Swenson
Development Director
$201,498
$179,596 No related comp$21,902
Chelsea Dennis
Director of Production (Thru 7/31/23)
$164,907
$129,362 No related comp$35,545
Michael Gary
Director of Institutional Giving
$162,766
$147,093 No related comp$15,673
Christopher Hufnagel
Operations Director
$151,679
$133,095 No related comp$18,584

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

A Charles Forte
Director
Bruce Chemel
Secretary
Bruce Ross
Director
Carey Ramos
Director
Charles Moore
Director (Through 11/22)
Chester A Gougis
Director
Cynthia McCreary
Director
Dannehl Twomey
Vice President (Thru 02/23)
David F Ertel
Director
David Henry Jacobs
Director (Through 02/23)
Dominic Paschel
Director
Donna Hankinson
Director

Contractors

Axces Health LLC
Covid Testing
$1,072,365
Masterpiece Cuisine
Catering
$430,378
CPC Neutek
Printing/Mailing
$278,020
Michael Trujillodba Michael's Valet
Transportation/Parking
$159,656
Mark Wipf LLC
Network Admin
$153,464

Mission Statement

TO FURTHER THE OPERATIC ART FORM BY PRESENTING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY IN A VARIED REPERTOIRE OF NEW AS WELL AS RARELY PERFORMED AND STANDARD WORKS, TO ENSURE EXCELLENCE OF OPERA'S FUTURE THROUGH ITS APPRENTICE PROGRAMS FOR ARTISTS, TECHNICIANS AND ARTS ADMINISTRATORS, AND TO FOSTER AND ENRICH AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR OPERA IN THE COMMUNITY BY OUTREACH TO A DIVERSE PUBLIC.

Revisions to this organization profile

August 5, 2025:
2024 The Santa Fe Opera 990 filed
August 13, 2024:
2023 The Santa Fe Opera 990 filed
August 9, 2023:
2022 The Santa Fe Opera 990 filed

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