Public Charity

MILWAUKEE YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC

MILWAUKEE YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC, of MILWAUKEE, WI, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.1M in revenue, $2.1M in expenses, $14.9M in total assets. 14 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $15.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 113665475 MILWAUKEE, WI Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: A12 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.1M
Total Expenses$2.1M
Total Assets$14.9M
Grant Records14
Funding Total$15.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE THE FINEST COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR: SUPPORTING PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR A DIVERSE POPULATION OF YOUTH; NURTURING YOUTH FROM DIVERSE ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, INSTILLING LIFE-SKILLS AND INSPIRING A LIFE-LONG APPRECIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS; SERVING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE ENTIRE ARTS AND EDUCATION COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc

How Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
To be an arts education setting, allowing for the highest quality training in music and theatre and serving as a resource for other arts organizations in the region
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Caryn Esten
TREASURER Cassie Bonneau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Chad Tessmer
SECRETARY Daniel Jones
DIRECTOR Del Wilson
DIRECTOR Frank Krejci

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$11,907,446 8 grants
Education
$750,000 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$2,301,000 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.1M $2.1M $14.9M
2024 $1.1M $2.2M $15.7M
2023 $1.6M $2.0M $16.6M
2022 $870K $1.5M $17.0M
2021 $1.5M $11.8M $19.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.5M to $1.1M (-25%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.9M.

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