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← MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,109,289
Total expenses
$8,036,267
Contributions and grants received
$4,341,823
Grants paid
$193,049
Program service revenue
$4,602,020
Investment income
$111,163
Other revenue
$54,283
Total assets, end of year
$37,142,025
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,804,807
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$34,337,218
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,005,013
Management and general expenses
$766,155
Fundraising expenses
$265,099
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,005,013

Program services were 87.2% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $803,865

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $253,094

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,284,864

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKETS/SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,458,400 · related or exempt $2,458,400

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SCHOOL TUITION

    total $2,011,540 · related or exempt $2,011,540

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RENTAL AND OTHER REVENUE

    total $109,823 · related or exempt $82,924 · unrelated business $26,899

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OUTREACH PROGRAMS

    total $22,257 · related or exempt $22,257

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,011 · excluded $66,011

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,217,303

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

    securities $1,172,151

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $45,152

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $45,152 · excluded $45,152

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,230

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

    $253,094

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $89,398

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$30,168 · excluded -$30,168

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $130,269

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $47,625

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $82,644 · related or exempt $82,644

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,807 · excluded $1,807

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $193,049 · program services $193,049

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $213,001 · program services $180,848 · management and general $21,060 · fundraising $11,093

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,137,168 · program services $2,630,461 · management and general $331,885 · fundraising $174,822

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $93,289 · program services $79,206 · management and general $9,224 · fundraising $4,859

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $477,758 · program services $403,478 · management and general $48,652 · fundraising $25,628

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $266,289 · program services $223,557 · management and general $27,989 · fundraising $14,743

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $95,734 · program services $4,208 · management and general $89,798 · fundraising $1,728

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $536,719 · program services $525,925 · management and general $7,823 · fundraising $2,971

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $113,197 · program services $77,118 · management and general $28,399 · fundraising $7,680

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $55,050 · program services $55,050

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $896,028 · program services $869,997 · management and general $24,339 · fundraising $1,692

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,080 · program services $75,620 · management and general $1,310 · fundraising $150

  • 20 · Interest

    total $73 · management and general $73

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $699,409 · program services $679,145 · management and general $11,434 · fundraising $8,830

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $64,915 · program services $2,350 · management and general $62,565

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $672,342 · program services $585,498 · management and general $76,642 · fundraising $10,202

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD CHARGES

    total $159,229 · program services $159,229

  • 24c · Other expenses: LODGING DORM

    total $115,837 · program services $115,837

  • 24d · Other expenses: COSTUMES AND SHOES

    total $99,893 · program services $99,811 · fundraising $82

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $70,207 · program services $44,626 · management and general $24,962 · fundraising $619

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,480,505 · end of year $775,866

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,890,444 · end of year $883,395

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,478,534 · end of year $6,948,540

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,692 · end of year $10,181

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $93,149 · end of year $110,242

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $123,318 · end of year $138,499

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

    $24,426,887

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

    $4,995,248

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,278,448 · end of year $19,431,639

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $7,314,398

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,352,894 · end of year $1,529,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $581,758 · end of year $495,073

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $679,674 · end of year $752,607

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $704,670 · end of year $1,557,127

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,836,880 · end of year $21,688,951

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,898,002 · end of year $12,648,267

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MILWAUKEE BALLET TRANSFORMS LIVES AND CONNECTS COMMUNITIES THROUGH INSPIRING PERFORMANCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INSPIRING PERFORMANCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION & TRAINING.

  • BALLET PERFORMANCES:MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY, FOUNDED IN 1970, HAS BROUGHT WORLD-CLASS PRESENTATION OF THE ART FORM TO ITS AUDIENCES. MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY'S LONG-TERM GOALS INCLUDE PRODUCING INSPIRING BALLET PRODUCTIONS FOR THE GREATER MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY AND MAINTAINING A FOCUS ON FAMILY PROGRAMMING IN TANDEM WITH A COMMITMENT TO THE CREATION OF NEW WORKS. DURING THE 2023/24 SEASON, MILWAUKEE BALLET WELCOMED MORE THAN 48,000 PATRONS AT 39 PERFORMANCES.

    Expenses $4,399,840 · Revenue $2,623,968

  • BALLET SCHOOL & ACADEMY:MILWAUKEE BALLET SCHOOL & ACADEMY OFFERS CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES A COMPLETE EDUCATION IN CLASSICAL DANCE. IT WAS ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF DANCE IN SEPTEMBER 2008, MAKING IT THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL STUDIO SCHOOL IN THE MIDWEST AND ONE OF THIRTEEN NATIONALLY TO RECEIVE SUCH RECOGNITION. THE ACCREDITATION HAS ALLOWED THE SCHOOL TO GREATLY EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO ITS STUDENTS. APPROXIMATELY 1183 STUDENTS ATTEND MILWAUKEE BALLET SCHOOL & ACADEMY.

    Expenses $1,991,202 · Grants $106,174 · Revenue $2,011,540

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EDUCATION:THE MILWAUKEE BALLET II PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE TRAINING NEEDED TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL THROUGH PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS THE VITAL FORCE DRIVING MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMMING. AS THE MAIN ARM OF MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, MILWAUKEE BALLET II DANCERS PERFORMED FOR AND PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS REACHING THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

    Expenses $613,971 · Grants $86,875 · Revenue $22,257

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHERYL CARRON

    BOARD CHAIR & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JAN PIROZZOLO-MELLOWES

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • CHRISTINE IRGENS

    TREASURER, FINANCE CHAIR, CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SARAH THOMAS PAGELS

    SECRETARY,COMM ENG CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • LIZ BICKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • GRETCHEN JAMESON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SUZANNE MARTENS MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • KELLY NOYES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JOHN RUMPF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • IRISSOL ARCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DONNA BAUMGARTNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JON BIORKMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JASON EGGERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • AMY SCHMIDT JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SARAH KIMBALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • BEVERLEY MORGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MOLLY MULROY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JILL PELISEK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • WILLIAM RAASCH MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JODI RISTAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JANE BELL THRU 731

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SARAH DANSGAARD THRU 731

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • NEIL RIEGLEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • JUSTIN MORTARA THRU 731

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • TAI PAULS

    MANAGING DIRECTOR& CHIEF ADV. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $120,781
    From this org
    $115,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,694
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • MARY RASK

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $91,346
    From this org
    $85,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,531
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related
  • MICHAEL PINK

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,192
    From this org
    $195,574
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,618
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,574
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,618
    Filer's total
    $216,192

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 survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PAID CHOREOGRAPHIC ROYALTIES TO MICHAEL PINK.

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.

  • MILWAUKEE BALLET ORCHESTRA INC

    501(C)(3) · MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY, INC. · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541199349300634

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