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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,872,088
Total expenses
$2,702,462
Contributions and grants received
$1,851,155
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,784
Investment income
$32,164
Other revenue
-$63,015
Total assets, end of year
$9,591,375
Total liabilities, end of year
$270,129
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,321,246
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,133,310
Management and general expenses
$287,390
Fundraising expenses
$281,762
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,133,310

Program services were 78.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $238,795

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $545,640

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $134,710

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $932,010

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CURATORIAL PROGRAMS

    total $41,000 · related or exempt $41,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

    total $10,784 · related or exempt $10,784

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,778 · excluded $29,778

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,120

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,188

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,932

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,932 · excluded $4,932

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,386

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,386

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,386 · excluded $2,386

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $51,021

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

    $545,640

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $200,884

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$149,863 · excluded -$149,863

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $117,754

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $41,063

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $76,691 · related or exempt $76,691

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,225 · excluded $5,225

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,225

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,033 · program services $97,220 · management and general $16,203 · fundraising $48,610

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $970,286 · program services $730,217 · management and general $96,154 · fundraising $143,915

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,542 · program services $58,280 · management and general $7,685 · fundraising $11,577

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $89,801 · program services $65,741 · management and general $8,911 · fundraising $15,149

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,000 · management and general $20,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,310 · management and general $11,310

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,161 · program services $1,578 · management and general $4,238 · fundraising $30,345

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $102,129 · program services $93,877 · fundraising $8,252

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $131,626 · program services $79,348 · management and general $38,200 · fundraising $14,078

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,543 · program services $5,548 · management and general $26,995

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $485,800 · program services $449,962 · management and general $30,587 · fundraising $5,251

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,291 · management and general $4,291

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,252 · program services $5,769 · management and general $483

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $401,598 · program services $392,900 · management and general $4,113 · fundraising $4,585

  • 24a · Other expenses: COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBIT

    total $97,408 · program services $97,408

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND

    total $37,265 · program services $37,265

  • 24c · Other expenses: ART ACQUISITION COST

    total $18,197 · program services $18,197

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $18,120 · management and general $18,120

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100 · management and general $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $303,091 · end of year $197,301

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $666,224 · end of year $743,877

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $673,479 · end of year $466,553

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,583

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $19,571 · end of year $19,564

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,310 · end of year $21,533

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

    $10,483,606

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

    $3,166,462

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,684,237 · end of year $7,317,144

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $831,579 · end of year $819,663

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $250,023 · end of year $26

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $249,271 · end of year $5,714

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $164,385 · end of year $112,479

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $171,053 · end of year $157,650

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,181,961 · end of year $7,848,000

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,194,969 · end of year $1,473,246

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART CELEBRATES THE VALUE, DIVERSITY, AND UNIQUENESS OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND ARTISTS OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY COLLECTING, CONSERVING, DOCUMENTING, EXHIBITING, AND PROMOTING AESTHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISUAL ARTS OF WISCONSIN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR STATEMENT.A VITAL CULTURAL CENTER, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, AN EXPANDING NETWORK OF IDEAS, THE MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART COLLECTS AND INTERPRETS AMERICAN ART THROUGH THE LENS OF A SINGLE STATE.

  • THE MUSEUM'S PERMANENT COLLECTION REPRESENTS MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED ARTISTS, SPANS TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY, AND INCLUDES OVER FIVE THOUSAND WORKS OF ART IN EVERY IMAGINABLE MEDIUM. INFORMED BY THE REGION'S CULTURAL HERITAGE AND DIVERSE POPULATION, MOWA IS A VIBRANT HUB FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, SOCIALLY RELEVANT EXHIBITIONS, AND PIONEERING MEMBER INITIATIVES. THE MUSEUM'S PRIMARY VENUE RESTS ALONG THE MILWAUKEE RIVER IN DOWNTOWN WEST BEND, WISCONSIN. SINCE THE 2013 OPENING OF THIS NEW BUILDING AND SURROUNDING CAMPUS, MOWA HAS BEEN DRAWING VISITORS AND TOURISTS FROM THE FAR CORNERS OF THE STATE AND BEYOND. THE MUSEUM SATELLITE MOWA | DTN IS IN SAINT KATE THE ARTS HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE'S CULTURAL DISTRICT. IN ADDITION TO ITS PRIMARY VENUES, MOWA PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE ITS PROGRAMS AND COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE AND FREE OF CHARGE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

    Expenses $1,560,350 · Revenue $41,000

  • EVERYONE'S A MEMBER AT MOWA. THE MUSEUM'S SIMPLE AND AFFORDABLE MODEL REPLACES SINGLE-DAY ADMISSION WITH MEMBERSHIP THAT OFFERS FREE UNLIMITED ACCESS FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR FOR EVERYONE. VISITORS COME ONCE, THEN COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN TO SEE NEW EXHIBITIONS, ENJOY LECTURES, AND DIVE INTO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. A SUITE OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING TALKS, K-12 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND ARTIST INTERVIEWS CREATE ACCESS AND FURTHER EXTEND MOWA'S REACH.

    Expenses $378,409 · Revenue $76,691

  • MOWA IS AN INNOVATIVE FORUM FOR THOUGHTFUL EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES BY ARTISTS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS, AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES. WE BELIEVE THAT WHERE WE LIVE IS IMPORTANT AND WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WISCONSIN. EVERYTHING WE EXHIBIT AND TALK ABOUT HAS BEEN MADE BY AN ARTIST WITH DEEP CONNECTIONS TO THE STATE.

    Expenses $194,551 · Revenue $10,784

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Philip Maples

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Rolfs

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Thadd Llaurado

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frederick C Schwertfeger

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lea Culver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christie Dionisopoulos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prudence Pick Hway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dale Kent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Lipman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Marcus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bob Ramsthal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rafael Francisco Salas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Schilling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Schloemer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Sellinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Stonehouse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr James Hyde

    DIRECTOR (THRU 8/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Winters

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,034
    From this org
    $150,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,458
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,576
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,458
    Filer's total
    $162,034

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302219349300810

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