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FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC

EIN 39-1977839 APPLETON, WI

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Revenue 2024
$11,198,747
Expenses 2024
$10,451,329

Program services were 71.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1000
Street
400 W COLLEGE 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 · 2024

Mission

THE FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS A MULTICULTURAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE IN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LIFE THROUGH THE CREATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE ARTS BY PROVIDING A PREMIER VENUE FOR PERFORMING ARTS ATTRACTIONS AND ART ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO OPERATE A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

  • THE FOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WELCOMED MORE THAN 184,000 TICKETED PATRONS TO LIVE EVENTS IN THE 2024-25 SEASON, CONTINUING ITS MISSION TO BE THE MULTICULTURAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ATTRACTING VISITORS FROM ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND SURROUNDING STATES. THE KIMBERLY-CLARK BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA FOX CITIES SERIES HAD 10,339 SEASON TICKET HOLDERS, AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 700 FROM THE PRIOR SEASON. THE CENTER PARTNERED WITH 39 ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE PERFORMANCES, CONNECTING MORE THAN 7,600 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEEPEN THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE LIVE PERFORMING ARTS. THROUGH THE AMCOR EDUCATION SERIES, THE CENTER ENGAGED MORE THAN 19,300 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS FROM 214 SCHOOLS. MORE THAN 2,100 STUDENTS FROM 34 SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST WISCONSIN PARTICIPATED IN THE CENTER STAGE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER PROGRAM. THE CENTER ALSO ADVANCED ITS ACCESSIBILITY EFFORTS, LAUNCHING A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH KULTURECITY TO BETTER SERVE PATRONS WITH SENSORY SENSITIVITIES AND EXPANDING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS THROUGH ADDITIONAL TOUCH TOURS AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION AT BROADWAY PERFORMANCES.

    Expenses $7,479,597 · Revenue $3,875,452

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Maria Van Laanen

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $504,330
    From this org
    $468,592
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,738
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $390,698
    Bonus
    $77,215
    Other
    $679
    Deferred
    $16,527
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,211
    Filer's total
    $504,330
  • Tom Rettler Term End 2025

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kate Burgess Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tim Galloway Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kim Ritzow Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greg Hartjes Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wendy Rosploch Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Willson Left During Year

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Derrick Sytsma Term End 2025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Zich Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Laurie Carter Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Cruz Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tim Bergstrom Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Iganico Cortina Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Cordero Barkley Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sharon Brosnan Term End 2026

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jake Woodford Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Heather Beresford Term 2027

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ryan Downs Term End 2027

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lalu Bere Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Pam Her Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $2,250
    From this org
    $2,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Smith Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sarah Haffer Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Kievet Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David Voss Term End 2027

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,198,747
    Expenses
    $10,451,329
    Contributions
    $3,201,213
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,916,818
    Expenses
    $10,243,620
    Contributions
    $3,089,016
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,636,363
    Expenses
    $9,605,585
    Contributions
    $3,924,295
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $12,172,619
    Expenses
    $8,145,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,069,378
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,089,378
    Expenses
    $5,017,783
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,619,160
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,074,367
    Expenses
    $7,594,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,271,876
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,063,078
    Expenses
    $8,466,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,353,290
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,716,794
    Expenses
    $7,960,088
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,470,641
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,877,341
    Expenses
    $7,485,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,094,503
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,923,842
    Expenses
    $7,393,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,635,085
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,924,082
    Expenses
    $7,724,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $83,754,832
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,741,396
    Expenses
    $6,925,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,769,490
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,046,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $81,565,422

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

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

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.