METROPOLITAN OPERA CENTENNIAL FUND ENDOWMENT TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: METROPOLITAN OPERA CENTENNIAL FUND ENDOWMENT TRUST (EIN 13-6071129)
Tax period: 2023-08-01 to 2024-07-31
Filed: 2025-06-11
IRS object ID: 202531629349301008
Schema version: 2023v6.0
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 I
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-06-11T10:58:02+00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-07-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	135565207	PreparerFirmEIN

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	2023-08-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	136071129	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Metropolitan Opera Endowment TrustCentennial Fund Endowment Trust	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	METR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2127993100	PhoneNum

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	10023	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JAMES BERGER	PersonNm
Person Title	SECRETARY	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2025-06-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (true)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Toby Kerslake	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01875806	PTIN
Phone	2127589700	PhoneNum
Preparation	2025-06-11	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Principal Ofcr Business Name PrincipalOfcrBusinessName

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

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	10023	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$24,118,258	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	NONE	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Trust	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationTrustInd
Formation	1959	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC., a 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	3	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	3	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,793,043	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$193,118	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$565,588	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,481,355	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,227,455	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,674,473	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$4,268,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$5,498,000	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$148,282	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$147,839	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,416,282	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,645,839	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,188,827	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,971,366	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$45,937,417	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$42,892,790	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$56,049	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$34,765	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$45,881,368	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$42,858,025	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF METROPLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC., A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,498,000	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$5,498,000	GrantAmt
Desc	TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. FOR ITS EXEMPT ACTIVITIES.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,498,000	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (true)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	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 With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
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
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	3	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	3	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	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	Yes (true)	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	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2127993100	PhoneNum

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	10023	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Institutional TrusteeInstitutionalTrusteeInd
ANN ZIFF
CHAIRMAN	1.0	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOD JOHNSON
VICE CHAIR	1.0	2.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
C GRAHAM BERWIND III
COMMITEE MEMBER	1.0	2.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES W KINNEAR
COMMITEE MEMBER TO 7/22/24	1.0	1.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NEW YORK PRIVATE BANK TRUST
TRUSTEE	1.0	0			$30,000	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JIM BERGER
SECRETARY	1.0	0		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$30,000	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PARTNERS CAPITAL INVESTMENT GROUP LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	600 ATLANTIC AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02210	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	ServicesDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$193,118	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$193,118	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,071,961	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,071,961	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$22,853,179	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$22,443,785	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$409,394	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$409,394	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$409,394	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,674,473	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$1,481,355	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,498,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,498,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$147,839	TotalAmt
Management And General	$147,839	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,645,839	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,498,000	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$147,839	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$0	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$0	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

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

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,925,311	BOYAmt
EOY	$35,445,353	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,012,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,447,437	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

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

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,937,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,892,790	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,765	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

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

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

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

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,765	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,448,972	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,647,496	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$31,432,396	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,210,529	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,881,368	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,858,025	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,937,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,892,790	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$3,971,366	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$948,023	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	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)
Supporting Organization509a3	Yes (X)	SupportingOrganization509a3Ind
Supporting Org Type1	Yes (X)	SupportingOrgType1Ind
IRS Written Determination	Yes (X)	IRSWrittenDeterminationInd
Supported Organizations	1	SupportedOrganizationsCnt

Supported Org Information SupportedOrgInformationGrp

Supported Organization Name SupportedOrganizationName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	131624087	EIN
Organization Type	7	OrganizationTypeCd
Governing Document Listed	Yes (true)	GoverningDocumentListedInd
Support	$5,498,000	SupportAmt
Other Support	$0	OtherSupportAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Supported Organizations Total	1	SupportedOrganizationsTotalCnt
Support Sum	$5,498,000	SupportSumAmt
Other Support Sum	$0	OtherSupportSumAmt

Form990 Sch A Supporting Org Form990SchASupportingOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Listed By Name Governing Doc	Yes (true)	ListedByNameGoverningDocInd
Suprt Org No IRS Determination	false	SuprtOrgNoIRSDeterminationInd
Supported Org Section C456	false	SupportedOrgSectionC456Ind
Supported Org Not Organized US	false	SupportedOrgNotOrganizedUSInd
Organization Change Suprt Org	false	OrganizationChangeSuprtOrgInd
Support Non Supported Org	false	SupportNonSupportedOrgInd
Payment Substantial Contribtr	false	PaymentSubstantialContribtrInd
Loan Disqualified Person	false	LoanDisqualifiedPersonInd
Controlled Disqualified Prsn	false	ControlledDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Disqualified Prsn Controll Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnControllIntInd
Disqualified Prsn Ownr Int	false	DisqualifiedPrsnOwnrIntInd
Excess Business Holdings Rules	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsRulesInd
Contribution Controller	false	ContributionControllerInd
Contribution Family	false	ContributionFamilyInd
Contribution35 Controlled	false	Contribution35ControlledInd

Form990 Sch A Type1 Suprt Org Form990SchAType1SuprtOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Power Appoint Majority Dir Trst	Yes (true)	PowerAppointMajorityDirTrstInd
Operate Benefit Non Suprt Org	false	OperateBenefitNonSuprtOrgInd

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

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$45,937,417	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$193,118	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,429,378	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$5,498,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$169,123	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$42,892,790	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$46,990,552	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,893,043	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,450,106	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,268,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$128,284	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$45,937,417	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$48,990,663	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$443,348	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,687,405	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$462,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$294,054	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$46,990,552	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$45,516,605	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$202,500	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,035,296	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,550,133	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$213,605	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$48,990,663	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$44,357,969	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$733,434	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,464,088	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$839,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$199,886	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$45,516,605	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.754	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.246	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.0	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS GLOBAL EQUITY L.P.	Desc
Book Value	$7,447,437	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$7,447,437	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Liability	$0	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Intended uses of endowment funds	THE INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT IS TO SUPPRT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. A501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION.
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FIN 48 (ASC 740) footnote	THE TRUST IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT THE TRUST WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES AND THAT THE TRUST HAS TAKEN NO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Metropolitan Opera Association Inc	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)
Recipient EIN	131624087	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501(C)(3)	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$5,498,000	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC.	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or stockholders electing members of governing body	THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. MANAGING DIRECTORS MAY FILL VACANCIES OF THE TRUST BOARD.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Review of form 990 by governing body	THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT. IT WAS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT AND EXTERNAL TAX ADVISORS. PRIOR TO FILING, THE FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED BY BOTH THE TRUST COMMITTEE OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ENDOWMENT TRUST/CENTENNIAL FUND ENDOWMENT TRUST AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of interest policy	CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE FORMS ARE COMPLETED ANNUALLY BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 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 TRANSACTION.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Required documents available to the public	THE FORM 990 AND THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 14 EXPLANATION OF DOCUMENT RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION POLICY	THE MET HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN DOCUMENT RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION POLICY WHICH IS APPLIED TO THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15B EXPLANATION OF COMPENSATION REVIEW	THE TRUST HAS NO EMPLOYEES. CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. ("THE MET"), A RELATED ORGANIZATION, PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES FOR THE TRUST.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION Inc
30 LINCOLN CENTER ROOM 423	NEW YORK	NY	10023	131624087	OPERA	NY	501(c)(3)	7	NA	false
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD INC
30 LINCOLN CENTER	NEW YORK	NY	10023	131681983	SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC	NY	501(c)(3)	Type I	METROPOLIATN OPERA ASSOCATION INC	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	false	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (true)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	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	Yes (true)	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

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule R, Part V, Line 1n 1o - SHARING OF FACILITIES & PAID EMPLOYEES WITH RELATED ORG(S)	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION, INC. PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN OPERA ENDOWMENT TRUST.	ExplanationTxt