MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A54

Classification

1000

Street

205 VETERANS 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 · 2025

• 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. MOWA'S MAIN CAMPUS HAS BEEN DRAWING VISITORS AND TOURISTS FROM THE FAR CORNERS OF THE STATE AND BEYOND. THE MUSEUM'S 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 $1,944,522 · Revenue $66,061

• EVERYONE IS 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 $386,697 · Revenue $47,621

• 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 $232,622 · Revenue $15,091

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $2,605,736

  Expenses

  $3,097,351

  Contributions

  $2,514,041

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,756,818

  Expenses

  $2,621,990

  Contributions

  $1,747,832

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,872,088

  Expenses

  $2,702,462

  Contributions

  $1,851,155

  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

  $3,038,325

  Expenses

  $2,629,596

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,712,368

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,991,389

  Expenses

  $2,322,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,583,829

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,970,953

  Expenses

  $2,438,425

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,835,842

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,667,786

  Expenses

  $2,013,008

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,326,792

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,633,192

  Expenses

  $2,108,940

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,593,485

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,849,252

  Expenses

  $1,881,839

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,134,189

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,133,252

  Expenses

  $2,042,594

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,298,033

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,265,963

  Expenses

  $1,927,280

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,447,786

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,946,340

  Expenses

  $1,990,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,604,108

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,132,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,998,489

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

• WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $294,644

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED USE

• WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $251,261

  2023 · 2023 ANNUAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $243,248

  2022 · OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOUSING MANAGEMENT INC

  $145,000

  2024 · ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $89,185

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $80,560

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $53,733

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

  $37,500

  2022 · OPERATING SUPPORT

• GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

  $37,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING 2023

• NATIONAL CENTER FOR HOUSING MANAGEMENT INC

  $30,000

  2025 · ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT

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

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