BRAVO WAUKEGAN

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A68

Classification

1000

Street

400 E ILLINOIS RD

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).

Other organizations at this address

7 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• CENTERSTAGE IN LAKE FOREST

  EIN 23-7157023

• DEER PATH ART LEAGUE

  EIN 36-6112791

• GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER

  EIN 20-0484607

• LAKE FOREST FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

  EIN 36-2887911

• MOTHERS TR FOUNDATION

  EIN 36-4177726

• ST VAKHTANG GORGASALI ORTHODOX CHURCH

  EIN 80-0630261

• SUITE AN ILLINOIS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION

  EIN 92-3889683

Mission and programs · 2025

• BRAVO BUDDIES: Musical instruction provided at a minimal cost to Waukegan Public School students. Bravo Buddies is a 4-week Summer Camp that provides individual music lessons for the instrument that the Waukegan student chooses. Additionally, every week includes an exciting musical experience for the Camper that provides exposure to the Arts that they might not receive without the camp experience. This program has not only taught valuable music instruction but has proven to increase the students' confidence not only in music, not only in school, but also in life as a whole. INCOME NOTES: $7,440 was from a minimal registration fee of $50/camper for the entire 4-week period; $17,000 was from grants specifically restricted to Bravo Buddies; $1,250 was from individual donors specifically restricted to Bravo Buddies. EXPENSE NOTES: $604 was from advertising and office expenses for the camp; $42,890 was from paying Music Teachers and Camp Managers for the camp; $3,685 was spent on camp supplies and events for the 4-week time period.

  Expenses $47,179 · Grants $17,000 · Revenue $25,690

• INSTRUMENT CONNECTION PROGRAM: This program reaches out to the Waukegan Public School students to provide them with necessary instruments and instrument supplies in order to participate in various musical experiences that will promote education, experience, and growth that they may not otherwise be able to participate in. This program receives donations of used instruments and then repairs them, cleans them, and offers them to Waukegan students that are interested in learning the instrument. Some of the refurbished instruments are sold at cost to students who would like to "Own Your Own." All other donated instruments and musical supplies are eventually given to the Waukegan Public Schools for use in classrooms, not always in the same year that it was donated. INCOME NOTES: $44,582 of noncash instruments were donated in 2025; $10,000 was a foundation donation specifically restricted to the "Own Your Own" program; $4,661 was from a minimal charge for new or refurbished instruments that were purchased by students. EXPENSE NOTES: $11,642 of the 2025 noncash instruments donated were given to the Waukegan Public Schools; $690 of 2025 donated instruments were junked; $5,506 were charges paid to refurbish instruments and/or to purchase new instruments for students; $40 was from the purchase of a needed instrument for a Waukegan Public School that was then donated to them.

  Expenses $17,878 · Revenue $59,243

• MIDDLE SCHOOL FESTIVAL: Over 800 Waukegan students come together and perform at a professional venue, the Genesee Theatre in downtown Waukegan. This annual Spring Concert spans two nights and showcases the rising talent in the schools. The young musicians are from the district's band, orchestra, mariachi, and choir programs. For many, it's their first opportunity to perform on a professional stage - an unforgettable experience that builds confidence, pride, and a lifelong love of music. The students' families attend free of charge. INCOME NOTES: There was a corporate donation of $5,000 specifically restricted for use at the Middle School Festival. EXPENSE NOTES: The Genesee Theatre charged $9,900 for the use of their venue, their equipment, and light refreshments over the two nights.

  Expenses $9,900 · Revenue $5,000

• See Schedule O, Part III, Line 4d for description.

  Expenses $37,536 · Revenue $750

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $279,476

  Expenses

  $213,352

  Contributions

  $233,283

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $164,719

  Expenses

  $165,820

  Contributions

  $41,621

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $173,057

  Expenses

  $155,647

  Contributions

  $71,441

  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-EZ

  Revenue

  $111,726

  Expenses

  $128,586

  Assets (EOY)

  $112,383

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 2011

Tax period

1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012

Principal officer

Patricia Sikorovsky

Mailing address

400 E Illinois RoadLake Foresrt IL 60045

Website

bravowaukegan.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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $38,450

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $37,845

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $30,750

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FOREST AND FOUND

  $20,000

  2024 · General Operating Grant

• FOREST AND FOUND

  $20,000

  2022 · Community Social Services

Other IRS files