Washington National Opera
Washington, DC
- UEI
- CPP5NDE74UH3
- CAGE
- 4B9N4
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 6925 Willow St NW, Washington, DC 20012, USA
- Website
- kennedy-center.org
- Founded
- 1956
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $100M-$250M
- 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
Washington National Opera, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, receives federal grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to support musician and orchestra salaries for opera productions, acting as a prime recipient rather than a contractor. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no federal contract awards and no subcontract relationships across its federal footprint.
The vendor's federal customer base is narrow and concentrated. The National Endowment for the Arts accounts for 20 of 21 awards (95% coverage), with one award from the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. NEA project grants fund musician and orchestra compensation for commissioned and world-premiere opera works. Representative recent NEA-funded work includes a 2026 project grant supporting musician salaries for a new production of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha (award date January 1, 2026, completion December 31, 2026); a 2024 project grant funding musician salaries for a re-envisioned version of Puccini's Turandot featuring newly commissioned music by Christopher Tin and text by Susan Soon He Stanton (award date January 1, 2024, completion December 31, 2024); a 2023 project grant supporting musician salaries for the Washington D.C. premiere of the opera Blue by composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist Tazewell Thompson (award date January 1, 2023, completion December 31, 2023); and a 2022 project grant supporting orchestra salaries for the world premiere of Written in Stone, a collection of four original one-act operas presented as part of the Kennedy Center's 50th anniversary season (award date January 1, 2022, completion September 30, 2022).
Activity has remained flat over the past five years, with one award per year in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and one award in 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all 21 awards total $33.4 million since 2007. One award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. Washington National Opera's federal footprint is arts-and-culture-specific, confined to NEA project-grant funding for performing arts salaries, with no commercial contracting activity or procurement-based customer relationships.
Quick answers
Is Washington National Opera registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Washington National Opera's SAM.gov registration is active through June 30, 2027.
What is Washington National Opera's most recent federal award?
Washington National Opera's most recent federal grant award is To support musician salaries for a new production of scott joplins opera treemonisha (19462993626), from National Endowment for the Arts, on January 1, 2026.
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See Washington National Opera's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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