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← MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$19,800,512
Total expenses
$23,482,388
Contributions and grants received
$14,137,955
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,273,593
Management and general expenses
$4,014,834
Fundraising expenses
$1,193,961
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,273,593

Program services were 77.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MARK NIEHAUS

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $398,522
    From this org
    $386,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $375,028
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,637
    Deferred
    $10,124
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,733
    Filer's total
    $398,522

  • KEN-DAVID MASUR

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $338,312
    From this org
    $329,617
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,695
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,617
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,733
    Filer's total
    $338,312

  • SUSAN MARTIN

    BOARD CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANDY NUNEMAKER

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR(THRU12/12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • PATRICK MURPHY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ALYCE COYNE KATAYAMA

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KATE BREWER

    BOARD DIRECTOR (THRU 12/12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF COSTAKOS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER DIRKS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS HAGERMAN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE HANCOCK

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLOTTE HAYSLETT

    BOARD DIRECTOR (THRU 12/12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC HOBBS

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER MAHLER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK METZENDORF

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT MONNAT

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • CHRISTIAN MITCHELL

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAURA PACKHAM

    BOARD DIRECTOR (THRU 12/12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE PLAMANN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL J SCHMITZ

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRAIG SCHMUTZER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAY SCHWISTER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DALE SMITH

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY SMITH

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARUKI TOYAMA

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HERB ZIEN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAM STAMPEN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SACHIN CHHEDA

    COUNTY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • PEGGE SYTKOWSKI

    COUNTY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI

    CITY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • FIESHA LYNN BELL

    CITY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARREN RANDOLPH

    CITY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM ZALE

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEE HERZING

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY TAVOLIER

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN BYRNE

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERESA MOGENSEN

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIKO RUUD

    COUNTY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENE IZQUIERDO

    COUNTY APPOINTED DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM LINDOW

    VP AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $198,805
    From this org
    $190,264
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,541
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,264
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,775
    Filer's total
    $198,805

  • DAVID UIHLEIN

    HONORARY CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JULIE UIHLEIN

    HONORARY CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MONICA KRISTINE MEYER BEALE

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT (THRU 4/5/25)

    Total calculated
    $158,746
    From this org
    $151,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,776
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,970
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,593
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,183
    Filer's total
    $158,746

  • BRET DORHOUT

    VP OF ARTISTIC

    Total calculated
    $149,397
    From this org
    $143,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,902
    Hours/week
    40

  • JINWOO LEE

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $194,288
    From this org
    $191,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,661
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,627
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,661
    Filer's total
    $194,288

  • ILANA SETAPEN

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $120,273
    From this org
    $118,546
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,727
    Hours/week
    40

  • SUSAN BABINI

    MUSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $133,950
    From this org
    $109,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,548
    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 — 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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611349349308096

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