- Revenue 2024
- $5,383,868
- Expenses 2024
- $5,751,555
Program services were 69.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A31
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1037 W MCKINLEY AVE UNIT 200
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
TO ENTERTAIN, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES.
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MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL - SCREENING OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURE LENGTH, AND SHORT FILMS THAT WERE HAND-PICKED AS THE BEST FROM THE GLOBAL FESTIVAL CIRCUIT.
Expenses $617,232 · Revenue $834,411
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CINEMA - OPERATIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE ORIENTAL THEATRE, INCLUDING ON-SCREEN PROGRAMMING, CONCESSIONS, VENUE RENTALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
Expenses $3,234,175 · Revenue $1,553,036
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EDUCATION - FACILITATES OUR YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING REEL TALKS, WHICH COORDINATES FILMMAKER VISITS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND EDUCATION SCREENINGS FOR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT LOCAL FILMMAKERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
Expenses $170,399 · Grants $42,169 · Revenue $18,562
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Revenue $3,370
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.
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Paul JonesPAUL JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matthew HelmerichMATTHEW HELMERICH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Grant KilloranGRANT KILLORAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alec FraserALEC FRASER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Donna BaumgartnerDONNA BAUMGARTNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael KossMICHAEL KOSS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Victoria TeerlinkVICTORIA TEERLINK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris AbeleCHRIS ABELE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff FitzsimmonsJEFF FITZSIMMONS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carmen HabermanCARMEN HABERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marilka VelezMARILKA VELEZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julia TaylorJULIA TAYLOR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve LaughlinSTEVE LAUGHLIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laurie VielehrLAURIE VIELEHR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joseph RockJOSEPH ROCK
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ken KreiKEN KREI
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Patti Keating KahnPATTI KEATING KAHN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lacey SadoffLACEY SADOFF
CHAIR ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mark MoneMARK MONE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joan LubarJOAN LUBAR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katie HeilKATIE HEIL
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Steve MechSTEVE MECH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave StammDAVE STAMM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jasmine JohnsonJASMINE JOHNSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan MikulaySUSAN MIKULAY
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $5,383,868
- Expenses
- $5,751,555
- Contributions
- $2,972,507
- Grants paid
- $42,169
-
2023
- Revenue
- $4,987,558
- Expenses
- $7,493,381
- Contributions
- $2,045,504
- Grants paid
- $122,575
-
2022
- Revenue
- $4,597,114
- Expenses
- $6,385,842
- Contributions
- $2,568,000
- Grants paid
- $162,259
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
- $5,451,115
- Expenses
- $4,099,427
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,142,698
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,487,747
- Expenses
- $3,558,609
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,518,963
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $7,454,229
- Expenses
- $5,763,768
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,832,675
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,148,608
- Expenses
- $4,562,304
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,932,378
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,478,795
- Expenses
- $2,774,886
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,013,059
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,973,616
- Expenses
- $2,622,662
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,727,853
-
2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,833,910
- Expenses
- $1,833,281
- Assets (EOY)
- $709,594
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,636,987
- Assets (EOY)
- $615,556
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,246,760
- Assets (EOY)
- $881,703
-
2010 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,763,325
- Assets (EOY)
- $562,721
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
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ARTSPEAK MEDIA
$101,108
2022 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
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ARTSPEAK MEDIA
$72,375
2023 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
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CYCLE DOCUMENTARY
$40,000
2023 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
-
DEMOCRACY FILMS
$10,000
2023 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
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CYCLE DOCUMENTARY
$0
2024 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDWEST LLC
$0
2024 FISCAL AGENT SCHOLARSHIP
Grants received
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 GENERAL
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2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC
$97,802
2022 OPERATING SUPPORT
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GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC
$83,872
2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR MILWAUKEE FILM
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2025 GENERAL
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2022 ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
-
2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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IFM FARWELL LLC
OPERATE ONE OR MORE CINEMAS IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA · WI
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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.