Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Lobbying client
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $147,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $2,899,960 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $2,877,705
- Won without a fresh bid
- 99% of contract value · $2,874,960 · 12 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $20,000 · 4 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2024 (4 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $2,237,377 · Peter Gelb, General Manager
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - NYC Budget
- Budget - budget advocacy
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Roof Replacement at Metropolitan Opera House Department of Design and Construction · CT185020161405611 · ended 2018 $1,480,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620151415053 · ended 2015 $175,800
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171411912 · ended 2017 $135,420
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620121422596 · ended 2012 $133,125
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620141411778 · ended 2014 $131,285
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620131414388 · ended 2013 $131,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161409064 · ended 2016 $125,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620111422524 · ended 2011 $123,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201415970 · ended 2020 $116,380
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191416084 · ended 2019 $111,450
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 $93,105
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 $85,200
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Workforce Development Initiative CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2024 $5,000
- Workforce Development Initiative CM Brewer · DYCD · FY2025 $5,000
- Summer Recital Series CM Brewer · DCLA · FY2026 $5,000
- Summer Recital Series - Council District 6 CM Brewer · DCLA · FY2027 $5,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Peter Gelb General Manager $2,237,377
- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Music Director $2,072,060
- Donald Palumbo Chorus Master $623,898
- Coralie Toevs Assistant General Manager, Development $575,754
- David Chan Concert Master $559,817
- Jason Hamilton Property Master $487,094
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +42% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Peter Gelb · 3.78% of revenue $2,210,713
- FY2021 Peter Gelb · 2.2% of revenue $1,762,744
- FY2022 Peter Gelb · 2.55% of revenue $1,629,109
- FY2023 Peter Gelb · 3.1% of revenue $2,237,377
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.251 Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $750,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $75,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $75,000