Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $2,521,383
Total expenses: $2,252,154
Contributions and grants received: $1,598,896
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $37,883
Other revenue: $884,604
Total assets, end of year: $13,634,370
Total liabilities, end of year: $311,770
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $13,322,600
Program services expenses (Part IX): $1,789,920
Management and general expenses: $288,152
Fundraising expenses: $174,082
Program service expenses (Part III): $1,789,920

Program services were 79.5% 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

$78,190
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$586,000
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$934,706
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$2,554
3 · Investment income

total $37,883 · excluded $37,883
6a · Gross rents

real property $369,299
6b · Less rental expenses

real property $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $369,299
6d · Net rental income or loss

total $369,299 · excluded $369,299
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$37,166
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$78,190
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$43,977
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$6,811 · excluded -$6,811
11a · Other revenue: PARKING REVENUE

total $418,393 · unrelated business $135,082 · excluded $283,311
11b · Other revenue: CATERING & LIQUOR COMMISSIONS

total $22,762 · excluded $22,762
11d · All other revenue

total $80,961 · excluded $80,961
11e · Other revenue, total

$522,116

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $265,710 · program services $105,906 · management and general $127,063 · fundraising $32,741
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $505,261 · program services $350,023 · management and general $82,858 · fundraising $72,380
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $23,815 · program services $14,809 · management and general $6,056 · fundraising $2,950
9 · Other employee benefits

total $78,472 · program services $46,398 · management and general $20,662 · fundraising $11,412
10 · Payroll taxes

total $64,273 · program services $41,405 · management and general $14,704 · fundraising $8,164
11a · Fees: management

total $10,798 · program services $10,798
11b · Fees: legal

total $3,045 · management and general $3,045
11c · Fees: accounting

total $17,100 · management and general $17,100
11g · Fees: other

total $79,877 · program services $79,877
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $50,310 · program services $43,538 · management and general $3,171 · fundraising $3,601
13 · Office expenses

total $115,795 · program services $65,291 · management and general $8,787 · fundraising $41,717
16 · Occupancy

total $315,727 · program services $315,727
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $5,652 · program services $3,010 · management and general $1,525 · fundraising $1,117
20 · Interest

total $40 · management and general $40
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $542,147 · program services $542,147
23 · Insurance

total $32,045 · program services $28,904 · management and general $3,141
24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

total $121,886 · program services $121,886
24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

total $10,481 · program services $10,481
24c · Other expenses: EDUCATION EXPENSES

total $9,720 · program services $9,720

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $2,135 · end of year $1,000
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $2,646,027 · end of year $3,364,182
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $72,985 · end of year $143,022
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $8,522 · end of year $12,167
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $44,514 · end of year $42,741
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$13,266,934
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$3,279,751
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $10,486,201 · end of year $9,987,183
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $84,075 · end of year $84,075
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $215,544 · end of year $182,529
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $73,195 · end of year $126,892
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $2,349 · end of year $2,349
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $12,789,315 · end of year $12,631,594
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $264,056 · end of year $691,006

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL, INC. (WMC) IMPROVES THE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE AS WISCONSIN'S MOST VISIBLE MEMORIAL TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE US ARMED SERVICES, AND IS COMMITTED TO FURTHERING A SINGLE, SOLEMN MISSION: "HONOR THE DEAD. SERVE THE LIVING." LOCATED ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN AND DESIGNED BY PRE-EMINENT ARCHITECT EERO SAARINEN, THIS LIVING MEMORIAL SERVES VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PRICE THAT OUR BRAVE AMERICANS IN UNIFORM HAVE PAID TO ENSURE OUR FREEDOM. WMC WAS ENVISIONED IN 1945, AND OPENED ON VETERANS DAY IN 1957, IN DEDICATION TO THE LEGACY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ESTABLISH & MAINTAIN A PERMANENT MEMORIAL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY WHO WERE OR ARE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PARTICIPATING, OR WHO PARTICIPATED, IN ANY WAR, INCLUDING THE STUDY & ADOPTION OF PLANS THEREFORE, THE ERECTION & OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENTS, SUITABLE BUILDINGS, EDIFICES & GROUNDS AS MEMORIALS.

THE WAR MEMORIAL CENTER (WMC) IS WISCONSIN'S MOST VISIBLE MEMORIAL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMED SERVICES, AND IS COMMITTED TO FURTHERING A SINGLE, SOLEMN MISSION: "HONOR THE DEAD. SERVE THE LIVING."IN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING ITSELF STANDING AS A MEMORIAL, WMC HONORS THE DEAD THROUGH THE MEMORIALS AND EXHIBITS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS. WMC SERVES THE LIVING THROUGH COMMUNITY WIDE EVENTS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WMC HOSTS COMMUNITY WIDE RECOGNITION EVENTS SUCH AS VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, PURPLE HEART DAY, AND OTHERS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS OF OUR VETERANS' SERVICE. WMC'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACH MORE THAN 56,000 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TEACHING ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE EXPERIENCES AND THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. WMC SERVES AS A HUB FOR SERVICES AND EVENTS FOR OVER 50,000 AREA VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CO-SPONSORS PROGRAMS COVERING ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION STATEWIDE TO OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS NEW TO WMC. WMC HAS AN AVERAGE OF 184,000 ANNUAL VISITORS.

Expenses $1,789,920

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

CHARLES A GORDON

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MARY B READ

VICE-CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL B KOSZUTA

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MICHAEL C GIBSON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL W GREBE

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
CANDEE S ARNDT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BERDIE COWSER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOSHUA DAVIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ROBERT M GARVIN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
GEORGE J GASPAR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.15
EUGENE MANZANET

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JEFFREY MARKS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CO NGUYEN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.58
RAY PASBRIG

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN WEISHAN JR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRISTINE WESTRICH

TRUSTEE (THRU JULY 2023)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DANIEL W BUTTERY

PRESIDENT & CEO

Total calculated

$130,964

From this org

$124,728

From related orgs

$0

Other

$6,236

Hours/week

45
LAURIEANN KILDEGAARD

VP OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Total calculated

$134,745

From this org

$107,978

From related orgs

$0

Other

$26,767

Hours/week

45
VICKI CHAPPELL

VP OF PHILANTHROPY

Total calculated

$136,246

From this org

$100,342

From related orgs

$0

Other

$35,904

Hours/week

45

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 7 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202421289349301547

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