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← MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,067,827
Total expenses
$13,439,898
Contributions and grants received
$8,217,117
Grants paid
$650,000
Program service revenue
$4,273,162
Investment income
$65,166
Other revenue
$512,382
Total assets, end of year
$16,555,973
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,130,078
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,425,895
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,640,295
Management and general expenses
$1,994,574
Fundraising expenses
$1,805,029
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,640,295

Program services were 71.7% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $350,884

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,996,882

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,869,351

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $120,199

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MUSEUM ADMISSIONS

    total $2,685,408 · related or exempt $2,685,408

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REVENUE

    total $1,351,139 · related or exempt $1,351,139

  • 2c · Program service revenue: THEATER/PLANETARIUM AD

    total $169,155 · related or exempt $169,155

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAM

    total $67,460 · related or exempt $67,460

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,845 · excluded $66,845

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $222,828

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $228,440

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$5,612

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$5,612 · unrelated business -$5,612

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $248,714

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $250,393

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,679

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,679 · excluded -$1,679

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $469,896

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $350,884

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $218,556

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $251,340 · excluded $251,340

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $904,787

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $762,926

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $141,861 · related or exempt $141,861

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $124,793 · excluded $124,793

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $124,793

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $650,000 · program services $650,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $804,065 · program services $273,371 · management and general $363,929 · fundraising $166,765

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,656,582 · program services $3,688,495 · management and general $815,060 · fundraising $1,153,027

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $371,585 · management and general $371,585

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $996,727 · program services $707,855 · management and general $89,696 · fundraising $199,176

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $463,480 · program services $326,062 · management and general $55,589 · fundraising $81,829

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,376 · management and general $14,376

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $70,339 · management and general $70,339

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,891 · management and general $1,891

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $397,681 · program services $248,625 · management and general $59,747 · fundraising $89,309

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $469,067 · program services $437,004 · management and general $18,815 · fundraising $13,248

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $361,951 · program services $340,048 · management and general $14,138 · fundraising $7,765

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $244,808 · program services $244,808

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $43,568 · program services $43,568

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,097,977 · program services $1,097,977

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,617 · program services $58,115 · management and general $347 · fundraising $31,155

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,259 · program services $2,398 · management and general $12,861

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $814,263 · program services $814,263

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $71,631 · program services $1,593 · management and general $70,038

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $353,488 · program services $350,532 · management and general $2,956

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $230,108 · program services $142,582 · management and general $32,292 · fundraising $55,234

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $147,993 · program services $144,095 · fundraising $3,898

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $73,442 · program services $68,904 · management and general $915 · fundraising $3,623

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,189,216 · end of year $5,716,176

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $358,051 · end of year $1,023,494

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $113,471 · end of year $174,653

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $450,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $55,939 · end of year $66,835

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $89,374 · end of year $101,805

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $33,059,984

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $25,524,129

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,139,084 · end of year $7,535,855

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $409,227 · end of year $1,487,155

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $970,176 · end of year $984,908

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,457,883 · end of year $1,361,221

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,544,160 · end of year $3,783,949

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,826,211 · end of year $8,156,846

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,555,932 · end of year $2,269,049

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INSPIRES CURIOSITY, EXCITES MINDS AND INCREASES DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR WORLD'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INSPIRES CURIOSITY, EXCITES MINDS AND INCREASES THE DESIRE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR WORLD'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH.

  • THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, INC. OPERATES A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, WHICH FOCUSES ON EXHIBITS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, AND RESEARCH IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY. THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, INC. UNIQUELY AND DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE THEMES OF BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS. THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, INC. PRESERVES AND CARES FOR ITS COLLECTIONS HELD IN PUBLIC TRUST. THROUGH RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS, THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC. SEEKS KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL CHANGE AND DIVERSITY FROM GEOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES. THROUGH ITS RENOWNED EXHIBITS, ITS PROGRAMS AND ITS PUBLICATIONS, THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, INC. INTERPRETS THESE THEMES TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES.

    Expenses $9,640,295 · Grants $650,000 · Revenue $4,415,023

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Patrick Distefano

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Warner Brengel

    VICE CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Roberts

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Rundblad

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Erickson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ellen Pindyck

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy P Byrne

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angie Izard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Ramirez Baritt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Peters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Wright Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charlie Uhlein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Her-Xiong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corey Jaskolski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ethan Elser Sr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Yabuki

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Randall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ivan Gamboa

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Allen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerome Weiss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Plant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Khalaf Khalaf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristten Hardy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lyle Ignace

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcelia Nicholson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margarete Harvey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marion Sullivan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Maistelman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Tate

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Vanasten

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Niksa Ivancevic

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia J Hoben

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Yunk

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Feigin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thad Nation

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Censky

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $238,856
    From this org
    $223,831
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,831
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,948
    Filer's total
    $238,856
  • Julie Quinlan

    SR. VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $169,474
    From this org
    $159,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,797
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,570
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,227
    Filer's total
    $169,474
  • Lue Hang Sr Vp Of

    FINANCE & OPERATIONS (TERM. 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $158,277
    From this org
    $153,568
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,709
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,568
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,461
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,248
    Filer's total
    $158,277
  • Thomas M O'Brien

    CFO (HIRED 06/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rebecca Ehlers

    VP OF AUDIENCE & COMMUNITY

    Total calculated
    $127,832
    From this org
    $121,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,986
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Zaspel

    VP ACADEMIC DEAN

    Total calculated
    $143,743
    From this org
    $136,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,260
    Hours/week
    40
  • Katherine Sanders

    CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $148,211
    From this org
    $127,069
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,142
    Hours/week
    40
  • Gail Boym

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $111,412
    From this org
    $101,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,781
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kaye Leszczynski

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $112,516
    From this org
    $102,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,200
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM ENDOWMENT FUND

    501 (C)(3) · SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF MPM. · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
21 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440969349301624

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