Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,552,664

Total expenses

$3,994,826

Contributions and grants received

$966,481

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$2,531,916

Investment income

$7,604

Other revenue

$46,663

Total assets, end of year

$5,199,935

Total liabilities, end of year

$233,387

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,966,548

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,702,256

Management and general expenses

$601,254

Fundraising expenses

$691,316

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,702,256

Program services were 67.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• RADIO MILWAUKEE IS A PUBLIC RADIO STATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. LAUNCHED IN 2007, THE STATION PROVIDES REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EXPOSURE TO MILWAUKEE'S COMMUNITY ASSETS, MUSICIANS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE THIS A DIVERSE AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. EVERY DAY RADIO MILWAUKEE AIRS NEW MUSIC, MILWAUKEE MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY STORIES PROMOTING THE WORK OF THOSE STRIVING TO MAKE MILWAUKEE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. RADIO MILWAUKEE ALSO HAS A VIBRANT ONLINE COMMUNITY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND AN ACTIVE WEBSITE WITH COMMUNITY CALENDARS. RADIO MILWAUKEE CAN BE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD VIA ITS ONLINE STREAMING. IN 2022, RADIO MILWAUKEE RESUMED HOSTING LIVE EVENTS AMONG WHICH ARE STUDIO SESSIONS, GRACE WEBER'S MUSIC LAB, AND THE AMPLIFIER PROGRAM.

  Expenses $2,022,036 · Revenue $1,812,358

• IN JUNE, 2022, RADIO MILWAUKEE'S NEWEST CHANNEL CALLED "HYFIN" LAUNCHED. HYFIN IS A BLACK-LED, DIGITAL-FIRST MEDIA MOVEMENT WHOSE FOCUS IS ON CONNECTIONG THE CULTURE AND CELBRATING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF BLACK MUSIC. MILWAUKEE'S ONLY URBAN ALTERNATIVE RADIO STATION FEATURES THE FULL SPECTRUM OF BLACK MUSIC BEYOND R&B AND HIP-HOP PLUS MILWAUKEE MUSIC. HYFIN CONNECTS THE CULTURE WITH THE LATEST BLACK CULTURE NEWS, PODCASTS AND MORE. HYFIN BROADCASTS ON-AIR AT 88.9FM HD2, ONLINE AT HYFIN.ORG AND VIA THE 88NINE AND HYFIN MOBILE APPS. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AS WELL AS GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AS WELL AS SPONSORSHIPS. HYFIN HAD A COUPLE OF SMALL COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 2022, HOWEVER 2023 WILL REFLECT AN INCREASE IN EVENT REVENUE ACTIVITY.

  Expenses $278,383 · Revenue $577,050

• RADIO MILWAUKEE PRODUCES AND AIRS SHORT STORIES FEATURING THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MILWAUKEE. THE STORIES, ABOUT THE LENGTH OF A SONG, ARE AIRED DAILY WITHIN THE MUSIC MIX AND POSTED ON THE RADIOMILWAUKEE.ORG WEBSITE IN A LONGER PODCAST FORMAT. LISTENERS CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE FEATURED ORGANIZATION AND CAN CLICK THROUGH TO AN ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE TO GET INVOLVED, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION, OR ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION. IN 2022, RADIO MILWAUKEE FEATURED OVER 200 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR STORIES. THE STORIES FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEERISM, ARTS AND CULTURE, NEIGHBORHOODS, YOUTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND STORIES FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $242,311

• RADIO MILWAUKEE LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM IN 2018 TO TAKE OUR SUPPORT OF LOCAL MUSIC TO THE NEXT LEVEL. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "BACKLINE AND REBRANDED AS "AMPLIFIER" IN 2021, THIS PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED TO HELP MILWAUKEE'S MUSIC SCENE GROW AND TO ATTRACT YOUNG TALENT TO OUR CITY. AMPLIFIER IS DESIGNED TO HELP ARTISTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION, COLLABORATION, MARKETING AND MORE.IN 2022, THE PROGRAM EVOLVED TO OPERATE MORE AS AN ONGOING "MASTER CLASS" THAT ALLOWED US TO REACH MORE MILWAUKEE ARTISTS AND BUILD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN, AND WITHIN, THE MUSIC COMMUNITY. RADIO MILWAUKEE'S MISSION IS TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY CONVENER, AND THE PROGRAM'S SPEAKERS ARE IN LINE WITH THIS MISSION.BEGINNING IN MARCH 2022, RADIO MILWAUKEE OPENED ITS STUDIO SPACE AND STREAMS ITS SESSIONS VIRTUALLY FOR GREATER REACH TO HOST MASTER CLASSES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS. SESSIONS ARE RECORDED AND ARCHIVED, CREATING A PERMANENT CONTENT LIBRARY AND RESOURCE BANK FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EACH MASTER CLASS HAS A THEME, SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE: MANAGEMENT AND SONG CATALOGING; THE ART OF PRODUCTION; SONGWRITING 101; ENGINEERING, MIXING AND MASTERING; ARTIST BRANDING; MARKETING AND PROMOTION, FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. THE PROGRAM HOSTS SESSIONS MONTHLY FROM MARCH THROUGH OCTOBER AND PROVIDES ATTENDEES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER WHILE LEARNING FROM SOME OF THE BEST MENTORS IN THE BUSINESS.

  Expenses $93,682 · Revenue $2,102

• GRACE WEBER'S MUSIC LAB IS A FREE MONTHLY MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR GREATER MILWAUKEE AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN THIS PROGRAM, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES THROUGH FEATURED GUESTS FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. STUDENTS ARE ALSO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE, PERFORM, AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS. THE PROGRAM TAKES PLACE THE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE RADIO MILWAUKEE PERFORMANCE SPACE. THE SESSIONS INVOLVE A PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW WITH THE FEATURED GUEST, AS WELL AS A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD WITH STUDENT INQUIRIES. AFTERWARDS, THE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS MAY PERFORM IN AN OPEN MIC ATMOSPHERE WHERE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK AND OBSERVATIONS BY THE FEATURED GUEST AND RADIO MILWAUKEE'S MUSIC EDUCATION COORDINATOR ARE OFFERED. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENT ARTISTS TO CREATE, BE HEARD, AND FEEL VALUED.

  Expenses $65,844 · Revenue $82,491

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

4 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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