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← MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,632,617
Total expenses
$2,045,552
Contributions and grants received
$1,512,038
Grants paid
$1,298,469
Program service revenue
$70,961
Investment income
$20,220
Other revenue
$29,398
Total assets, end of year
$1,050,920
Total liabilities, end of year
$49,004
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,001,916
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,813,501
Management and general expenses
$81,880
Fundraising expenses
$150,171
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,813,501

Program services were 88.7% 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

    $135,819

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,376,219

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $600

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $70,961 · related or exempt $70,961

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,220 · excluded $20,220

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,865

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

    $135,819

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $25,348

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,517 · excluded $18,517

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,765

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,765 · related or exempt $7,765

  • 11a · Other revenue: RAFFLE INCOME

    total $1,575 · excluded $1,575

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $1,541 · excluded $1,541

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,116

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,298,469 · program services $1,298,469

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $170,597 · program services $108,253 · management and general $17,060 · fundraising $45,284

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $119,073 · program services $89,410 · management and general $10,741 · fundraising $18,922

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,901 · program services $2,233 · management and general $263 · fundraising $405

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,343 · program services $8,044 · management and general $815 · fundraising $484

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,923 · program services $16,477 · management and general $2,288 · fundraising $5,158

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,531 · management and general $28,531

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $266,006 · program services $184,393 · management and general $12,975 · fundraising $68,638

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,478 · program services $16,394 · fundraising $84

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,988 · program services $12,230 · management and general $1,155 · fundraising $2,603

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,790 · program services $7,431 · management and general $1,033 · fundraising $2,326

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,326 · program services $6,423 · management and general $892 · fundraising $2,011

  • 17 · Travel

    total $41 · management and general $41

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,745 · program services $6,712 · management and general $932 · fundraising $2,101

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $34,875 · program services $34,875

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPACE AND EQ RENTAL

    total $8,108 · program services $8,108

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT SPONSORSHIPS

    total $7,165 · program services $7,165

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $6,102 · program services $4,203 · management and general $583 · fundraising $1,316

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,091 · program services $2,681 · management and general $4,571 · fundraising $839

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $900,747 · end of year $878,057

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $538,668 · end of year $70,862

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,075 · end of year $2,001

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $100,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,639 · end of year $49,004

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $476,565 · end of year $392,193

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $938,286 · end of year $609,723

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS TO COLLECTIVELY STEWARD A THRIVING PARK SYSTEM.

  • IN 2025, MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION (MPF) CONTINUED ADVANCING OUR MISSION TO COLLECTIVELY STEWARD A THRIVING PARK SYSTEM. WE DID THIS THROUGH OUR CORE STRATEGIES: SUPPORTING EQUITABLE AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS, BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND RAISING AWARENESS, PROMOTING ACCESS AND FOSTERING BELONGING IN OUR PARKS. THREE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:INVESTING MORE THAN $3,300,000 INTO OUR PARKS VIA PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS TO BUILD A MORE VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE PARKS SYSTEM.SPECIFICALLY MORE THAN $1,000,000 WAS INVESTED DIRECTLY INTO PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INCLUDING BASKETBALL COURT RENOVATIONS, TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, TREE PLANTING, PERMANENT SEATING, A NEW PARK PAVILION, AND MORE.MILWAUKE PARKS FOUNDATION INVESTED MORE THAN $129,000 DIRECTLY INTO GRASSROOTS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING PARKS VIA ACTIVATION, ESPECIALLY THE PARKS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEEDS.

    Expenses $1,813,501 · Grants $1,298,469 · Revenue $78,726

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rebecca Stoner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,341
    From this org
    $90,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,549
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kweku Teangelo Cargile Jr

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Podmokly

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Krause

    TREASURER, PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tami Garrison

    FOUNDING BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Guy Smith

    EX OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Angresano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Octavio Arreaga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Avila Loughmiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Ballentine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brigette Beamon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ayrton Bryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan De Dios Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

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

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Hanrahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Helmerich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Lang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Martyka

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $58,948
    From this org
    $58,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $588
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Mercado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Nielsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Schreiber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Shields

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheri Williams Pannell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
3 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632469349300608

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