Nashville Opera Association
Nashville, TN
- UEI
- E4CMJDZ4TZU8
- CAGE
- 4BDY5
- Primary NAICS
- 813920 Professional Organizations
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3622 Redmon St, Nashville, TN 37209, USA
- Website
- nashvilleopera.org
- Founded
- 1981
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Media
- Movies & Entertainment
- SIC code
- 79 Amusement & Recreation Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Nashville Opera Association, doing business as Nashville Opera Company, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, that receives federal grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support operatic productions, artist fees, and organizational operations. The vendor operates exclusively as a grant recipient (100% of awards); it holds no federal prime contracts, subcontracts, or IDV positions.
All fifteen awards in the source footprint derive from a single federal customer: the National Endowment for the Arts, which has funded the organization consistently since at least 2010. Recent grant awards support specific production costs and personnel expenses across named operatic works. A $100,000 project grant (CFDA 45.024, Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals) awarded in January 2022 supported personnel expenses during COVID-19 pandemic recovery through December 2023. Subsequent production-specific grants funded artist fees for Puccini's The Girl of the Golden West (awarded January 2026, completion June 2026), artist fees for The Shining (awarded June 2025, completion May 2026), the world premiere staged production of The Cook-Off, a new opera by Grammy-nominated composer Shawn Okpebholo and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Mark Campbell (awarded June 2024, completion June 2025), artist fees for Florencia en el Amazonas by composer Daniel Catan and librettist Marcela Fuentes-Berain (awarded June 2023, completion June 2024), and staff salaries for Stuck Elevator, a chamber opera-musical theater hybrid by composer Byron Au Yong and librettist Aaron Jafferis with community engagement events (awarded June 2022, completion July 2023). Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $1.8 million.
Award frequency has declined in recent years — two awards in 2022, one each in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. The organization does not pursue federal contracting, subcontracting opportunities, or competitive procurement vehicles; its federal relationship is limited to direct grant awards from NEA for arts production and organizational support.
Quick answers
Is Nashville Opera Association registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Nashville Opera Association's SAM.gov registration is active through December 23, 2026.
What is Nashville Opera Association's CAGE code?
Nashville Opera Association's CAGE code is 4BDY5, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is E4CMJDZ4TZU8.
What is Nashville Opera Association's most recent federal award?
Nashville Opera Association's most recent federal grant award is To support artist fees for a production of puccinis the girl of the golden west (19455813626), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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See Nashville Opera Association's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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