- Revenue 2024
- $4,711,842
- Expenses 2024
- $4,754,384
Program services were 70.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A6E0
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 1584 N PROSPECT 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
INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
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THE WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE FINEST MUSIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND BEGINNERS ALIKE. WITH 125 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THREE BRANCH LOCATIONS AND A HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE FACULTY, WE HAVE THE SKILLS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS EXCEL AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC SEEKS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF LEARNING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE PATHWAY BEGINS WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC EXPLORATIONS, AND CONTINUES THROUGH DISCOVERIES CLASSES, CLASSES FOR KIDS AND THEN ON TO INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION, CHAMBER GROUPS, ENSEMBLES, AND CAMPS. CONSERVATORY CONNECTIONS DELIVERS MUSIC PROGRAMS, CURRICULUM ANDCLASSROOM SUPPORT TO MANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER AND CHOICE SCHOOLS IN THE METRO-MILWAUKEE AREA, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT GREATER MILWAUKEE. OUR FACULTY TRAVEL TO CLASSROOMS WITH WORKSHOPS, CLINICS AND FULL ACADEMIC YEAR MUSIC PROGRAMMING.
Expenses $3,352,401 · Revenue $3,074,026
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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Wendell WillisWENDELL WILLIS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mason KahnMASON KAHN
FIRST VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alan GiuffreALAN GIUFFRE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Benjamin PavlikBENJAMIN PAVLIK
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Arvind GopalratnamARVIND GOPALRATNAM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Vinny MoloneyVINNY MOLONEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher NolteCHRISTOPHER NOLTE
SECOND VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jason KuwayamaJASON KUWAYAMA
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jack MillerJACK MILLER
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Terrence WilkinsonTERRENCE WILKINSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer SheehyJENNIFER SHEEHY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ulice Payne JrULICE PAYNE JR
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gerald CannonGERALD CANNON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Genye EdwardsGENYE EDWARDS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tara RadmannTARA RADMANN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Margot SchwartzMARGOT SCHWARTZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kate BaldwinKATE BALDWIN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eric TillichERIC TILLICH
CEO/PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $230,183
- From this org
- $217,888
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,295
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $202,888
- Bonus
- $15,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,537
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,758
- Filer's total
- $230,183
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Rachel FritzRACHEL FRITZ
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $124,243
- From this org
- $124,243
- 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. 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
- $4,711,842
- Expenses
- $4,754,384
- Contributions
- $842,619
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $4,725,907
- Expenses
- $4,684,789
- Contributions
- $923,056
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $3,528,199
- Expenses
- $3,988,058
- Contributions
- $517,374
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,748,800
- Expenses
- $3,593,961
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,103,242
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,546,941
- Expenses
- $3,389,554
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,916,262
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,538,308
- Expenses
- $3,495,775
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,410,362
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,618,344
- Expenses
- $3,770,679
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,987,083
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,512,799
- Expenses
- $3,131,714
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,014,116
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,739,380
- Expenses
- $2,618,042
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,929,631
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,277,272
- Expenses
- $2,476,656
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,819,809
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,013,500
- Expenses
- $2,329,040
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,074,848
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,141,116
- Expenses
- $2,343,809
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,375,235
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,333,966
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,536,578
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
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GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC
$74,500
2024 ADELAIDE F. BANASZYNSKI MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHIP
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GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC
$64,800
2023 ADELAIDE F BANASZYNSKI MEMORIAL FUND SCHOLARSHI WI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC
$45,150
2022 SCHOLARSHIP WITH CRITERIA
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$25,000
2024 ARTS, CULTURE
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$25,000
2023 MUSIC GRANT
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IMPACT 100 GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
$22,000
2024 TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
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$20,000
2022 MUSIC GRANT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC
$15,500
2023 SEASONAL PROGRAM FUNDS
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UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC
$13,250
2022 FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS
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.