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TBEY ARTS CENTER INC

EIN 02-0739623 MILWAUKEE, WI

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Revenue 2024
$417,112
Expenses 2024
$480,724

Program services were 46.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
1000
Street
2266 N PROSPECT AVE STE 325B

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

TBEY ARTS CENTER STRENGTHENS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION. YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 2-19 RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL ARTS INSTRUCITON, ENJOY PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITS, RECEIVE TUTORING, MENTORING, AND COACHING TO ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY AND PURSUE THEIR INTEREST IN THE ARTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TBEY ARTS CENTER STRENGTHENS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGH EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION. YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AGES 2-19 RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL ARTS INSTRUCTION, ENJOY PERFORMANCES & EXHIBITS, RECEIVE TUTORING, MENTORING, AND COACHING TO ACHIEVE ACADEMICALLY AND PURSUE THEIR INTEREST IN THE ARTS.

  • ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING (INCLUDING TBEY TINY'S, ASAP, AND SUMMER ARTS CAMP):DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, TBEY ARTS CENTER, INC. SERVED OVER 700 YOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY, AGE-APPROPRIATE ARTS EDUCATION. OUR PROGRAMS PROVIDED CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THEATRE, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, AND MUSIC, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON REACHING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. NOTABLY, OUR TBEY TINY'S PROGRAM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTICIPANTS AGED K3-4, BUILDING FOUNDATIONAL CREATIVE AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. OUR SUMMER ARTS CAMP OFFERS ARTS ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS, FIELD TRIPS, AND CULMINATING SHOWCASES THAT ENGAGED FAMILIES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $225,015 · Revenue $247,992

  • ARTREACH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM:TBEY'S ARTREACH PROGRAM BROUGHT ARTS EDUCATION DIRECTLY INTO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND AFTER-SCHOOL SITES ACROSS MILWAUKEE, SUPPORTING ARTS ACCESS WHERE IT'S NEEDED MOST. THIS YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH 12 SCHOOLS AND 4 COMMUNITY CENTERS, DELIVERING OVER 300 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION AND REACHING APPROXIMATELY 2,000 STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM ALIGNED WITH ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND SUPPORTED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GOALS. IT WAS PARTICULARLY INSTRUMENTAL IN RE-ENGAGING STUDENTS POST-PANDEMIC, USING CREATIVE EXPRESSION TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, AND FOSTER RESILIENCE.

  • YOUTH PRODUCTIONS AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES:TBEY CONTINUED ITS TRADITION OF YOUTH-LED PRODUCTIONS AND PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, PROVIDING YOUNG ARTISTS WITH PROFESSIONAL STAGE EXPERIENCES WHILE ENRICHING MILWAUKEE'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. OVER 40 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR ANNUAL THEATRE AND DANCE PRODUCTIONS, WITH PERFORMANCES ATTRACTING MORE THAN 700 ATTENDEES. THESE SHOWCASES PROVIDED VITAL EXPOSURE FOR YOUNG TALENT AND FOSTERED INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OUR CAPSTONE EVENT, THE STARGAZED BENEFIT CONCERT, HIGHLIGHTED STUDENT AND ALUMNI PERFORMERS ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS, RAISING ESSENTIAL FUNDS AND CELEBRATING OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY MILESTONE.

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.

  • Paul Beck

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Kirk

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daron Wolf

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyrstal Reed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Myesha Cole

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,001
    From this org
    $30,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Contessa Lobley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,846
    From this org
    $92,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $417,112
    Expenses
    $480,724
    Contributions
    $167,526
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $348,774
    Expenses
    $278,845
    Contributions
    $142,566
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $420,833
    Expenses
    $240,233
    Contributions
    $29,049
    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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $269,913
    Expenses
    $0
    Assets (EOY)
    $248,400

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $237,715
    Expenses
    $248,462
    Assets (EOY)
    $148,698

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $292,959
    Expenses
    $251,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,666

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2015

Tax period
1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015
Principal officer
Contessa Lobley
Mailing address
2266 N Prospect Avenue ste 325BMilwaukee WI 53202
Website
www.tbey.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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.