WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC

EIN 39-6101087 MADISON, WI

Revenue 2023: $6,052,512
Expenses 2023: $2,660,106

Program services were 73.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A11
Classification: 1000
Street: 1118 E WASHINGTON AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ENRICHING LIVES BY PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIONAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

THE WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (WYSO) ANNUALLY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 400 STUDENTS FROM UP TO 15 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, WITH NEARLY 80% RESIDING IN DANE COUNTY COMMUNITIES. IN A NORMAL YEAR, STUDENTS REHEARSE ON 33 SATURDAYS DURING EACH SEASON AND PARTICIPATE IN THREE OR MORE CONCERTS, AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL IN-STATE TOUR OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS. CONCERTS ARE IMPORTANT EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS, BUILDING CONFIDENCE AND FUNCTIONING AS BENCHMARKS IN THE LIFE OF EACH ORCHESTRA. WHILE THE BULK OF LEARNING TAKES PLACE IN REHEARSALS AND IN THE PRACTICE ROOM, CONCERTS ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOWCASE THEIR MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENTS. WYSO'S REHEARSALS AND THREE CONCERT SERIES OF THE YEAR ARE ITS LARGEST PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE MAIN TOOL IN ACHIEVING THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE ORGANIZATION. FOR EACH CONCERT WEEKEND, FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING, EACH OF THE FIVE ORCHESTRAS AND THE WYSO MUSIC MAKERS PRESENTS A CONCERT ON EITHER SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OF THE PRESCRIBED WEEKEND. THESE CONCERTS SERVE OUR TOTAL MEMBER POPULATION AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE, CONSISTING PRIMARILY OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND LOCAL ARTS SUPPORTERS. THE ORGANIZATION'S OBJECTIVE, BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM, IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCES THROUGH ORCHESTRAL TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY AN INSPIRING AND LOW-COST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE PERFORMING CLASSICAL MUSIC AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

Expenses $1,965,225 · Grants $22,853 · Revenue $397,460

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

MARY GERBIG

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2 + 1 related
BRUCE MATTHEWS

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JAVIER GARAY

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NATE BOEBEL

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MONA MULDOWNEY

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AMANDA GAUSEWITZ

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2 + 1 related
KATHY SCHELL

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
STEVEN EWER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JOHN WALKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BARBARA MERZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CYRENA PONDROM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BILL WINKLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAROLA WINKLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
AARON ZUTZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RON ZEROFSKY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARIE JUSTICE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KAREN RENEE KRITSCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BONNIE SOMMERS-OLSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANDREE VALLEY

LIFE TRUSTEES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
COE WILLIAMS

LIFE TRUSTEES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICHARD W WOLF

LIFE TRUSTEES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STANLEY INHORN

LIFE TRUSTEES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL GEORGE

LIFE TRUSTEES

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRIDGET FRASER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$168,155

From this org

$142,667

From related orgs

$0

Other

$25,488

Hours/week

38 + 2 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$142,667

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$4,866

Nontaxable benefits

$20,622

Filer's total

$168,155

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$6,052,512

Expenses

$2,660,106

Contributions

$5,564,464

Grants paid

$22,853
2022

Revenue

$18,864,413

Expenses

$1,617,108

Contributions

$18,334,773

Grants paid

$76,189

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$6,052,512	$2,660,106	$5,564,464	$22,853
2022	$18,864,413	$1,617,108	$18,334,773	$76,189

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$7,653,874

Expenses

$1,411,162

Assets (EOY)

$7,680,238
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,732,368

Expenses

$1,363,585

Assets (EOY)

$1,346,832
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,223,449

Expenses

$1,226,943

Assets (EOY)

$966,697
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,118,263

Expenses

$1,150,343

Assets (EOY)

$817,551
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,095,984

Expenses

$1,046,513

Assets (EOY)

$923,214
2016 · 990

Revenue

$873,766

Expenses

$937,001

Assets (EOY)

$911,908
2015 · 990

Revenue

$927,761

Expenses

$746,287

Assets (EOY)

$998,798
2014 · 990

Revenue

$697,193

Expenses

$709,020

Assets (EOY)

$769,809
2013 · 990

Revenue

$666,472

Expenses

$588,982

Assets (EOY)

$769,469
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$727,281

Assets (EOY)

$670,095

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$7,653,874	$1,411,162	$7,680,238
2020	990	$1,732,368	$1,363,585	$1,346,832
2019	990	$1,223,449	$1,226,943	$966,697
2018	990	$1,118,263	$1,150,343	$817,551
2017	990	$1,095,984	$1,046,513	$923,214
2016	990	$873,766	$937,001	$911,908
2015	990	$927,761	$746,287	$998,798
2014	990	$697,193	$709,020	$769,809
2013	990	$666,472	$588,982	$769,469
2012	990	not reported	$727,281	$670,095

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS FOUNDATION INC

$421,667

2023 SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF TUITION FOR STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE FINANCIAL AID.
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF S F MARIN PENINSULA & SONOMA COUNTIES

$400,000

2023 ARTS/CULTURE/HUMANITIES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$199,200

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS FOUNDATION INC

$198,482

2024 SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF TUITION FOR STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE FINANCIAL AID.
WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS FOUNDATION INC

$182,417

2022 SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF TUITION FOR STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE FINANCIAL AID.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$161,800

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$158,300

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
EVJUE FOUNDATION INC

$100,000

2022 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO BUILD THE NEW 40,000 SQ FT WYSO CENTER FOR MUSIC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$64,126

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$56,000

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS FOUNDATION INC

501(C)(3) · SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION OF WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC. · WI

Declared as related by

WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS FOUNDATION INC

On its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.