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← MILWAUKEE WATER COMMONS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MILWAUKEE WATER COMMONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$873,964
Total expenses
$706,590
Contributions and grants received
$868,979
Grants paid
$24,714
Program service revenue
$4,985
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$730,738
Total liabilities, end of year
$137,511
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$593,227
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$521,439
Management and general expenses
$108,813
Fundraising expenses
$76,338
Program service expenses (Part III)
$521,439

Program services were 73.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $856,479

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROJECT REVENUE

    total $4,985 · related or exempt $4,985

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $24,714 · program services $24,714

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $238,295 · program services $166,807 · management and general $35,744 · fundraising $35,744

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $193,567 · program services $181,566 · management and general $12,001

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,031 · program services $30,982 · management and general $2,049

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,827 · program services $27,503 · management and general $3,660 · fundraising $2,664

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,893 · management and general $9,893

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $36,000 · fundraising $36,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,321 · program services $44,321

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,555 · program services $900 · management and general $7,655

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,630 · program services $40 · management and general $8,590

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,062 · management and general $6,062

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,130 · program services $19,546 · management and general $2,654 · fundraising $1,930

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,754 · program services $1,192 · management and general $12,562

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,261 · program services $17,378 · management and general $3,883

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,914 · management and general $2,914

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EQUIPMENT AND S

    total $6,490 · program services $6,490

  • 24b · Other expenses: HONORARIA AND GIFTS

    total $1,415 · program services $0 · management and general $1,415

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS AND SUBSCRI

    total $195 · management and general $195

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total -$464 · management and general -$464

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $321,610 · end of year $420,660

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $114,102 · end of year $192,053

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $118,025

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $541 · end of year $6,141

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $131,370

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $137,254 · end of year $158,227

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $297,917 · end of year $435,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MILWAUKEE WATER COMMONS IS HELPING CATALYZE MILWAUKEE AS A TRUE MODEL WATER CITY-A PLACE WHERE WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THE HEALTH OF OUR WATERS AND ALL SHARE IN THEIR STEWARDSHIP AND BENEFITS. WE ARE ADVANCING OUR COMMUNITY ENVISIONED WATER CITY AGENDA THROUGH THE ORGANIZING FRAMEWORKS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, COLLECTIVE IMPACT, THE COMMONS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MILWAUKEE WATER COMMONS INC. IS A CROSS-CITY NETWORK THAT FOSTERS CONNECTION, COLLABORATION, AND BROAD COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMON WATERS. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES STEWARDSHIP OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND SHARED DECISION-MAKING FOR OUR COMMON WATERS. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSES ON SIX INITIATIVES: WATER QUALITY, DRINKING WATER, ARTS AND CULTURE, BLUE GREEN JOBS, EDUCATION AND RECREATION, AND GREEN INITIATIVE.

  • KICKED OFF OUR BRANCH OUT MILWAUKEE CAMPAIGN WITH PARTNERS IN THE SHERMAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. FORMED COMMUNITY TREE BOARD WITH WHICH WE PARTNER TO COMBAT URBAN HEAT ISLANDS, RASPATORY HEALTH DISPARITIES AND STORMWATER FLOODING. MAYOR JOHNSON PROCLAIMED SHERMAN PARK THE CITY'S SECOND ECO-NEIGHBORHOOD. CELEBRATED FORMATION OF THE WISCONSIN OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BY GOVERNOR EVERS, FOR WHICH MWC ADVOCATED. CO-HOSTED AND HELPED ORGANIZE TWO REGIONAL/NATIONAL CONFERENCES IN MILWAUKEE THE HEALING OUR WATERS GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE AND THE US WATER ALLIANCE ONE WATER SUMMIT WITH OVER 800 ATTENDEES FROM 263 US CITIES. FIRST WE ARE WATER LAKEFRONT CELEBRATION SINCE PANDEMIC WITH THEMES WE GO TO THE WATER AND WATER UNITES US. MWC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE RECEIVED RIVER NETWORK'S RIVER HERO AWARD. IN-PERSON WATER SCHOOL RETURNED AND WELCOMED NEW COHORT, MEETING IN FOUR LOCAL WATERSHEDS WITH 25 EMERGING WATER LEADERS. BEACH AMBASSADORS SECOND YEAR ADVOCATING FOR WATER SAFETY ALONG MILWAUKEE'S LAKEFRONT. SHORT FILM, SWOLLEN: DISPATCHES FROM THE FLOODED MIDWEST, PREMIERED AT DETROIT'S FREEP FILM FESTIVAL TELLING STORIES OF FLOODING AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY IN CLEVELAND, DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE. MWC CREATED THE MILWAUKEE SEGMENT, DIRECTED BY MWC ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AND FEATURED MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY ON INFRASTRUCTURE, STATE REVOLVING FUNDS, EPA AREA OF CONCERN, EQUITABLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL WATER POLICY.

    Expenses $521,439 · Grants $24,714 · Revenue $4,985

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dinorah Marquez Abadiano

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Hagler

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tina Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deniene Powell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeremy Solin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brenda Coley

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,200
    From this org
    $107,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,197
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kirsten Shead

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,096
    From this org
    $107,003
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,093
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313179349309916

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