The Wisconsin Philharmonic Inc

Analysis

The Wisconsin Philharmonic Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Waukesha, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2025. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2020, The Wisconsin Philharmonic Inc reported income of $238k and spending of $232k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2020, income fell from $309k to $238k (-23%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2020, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Wisconsin Philharmonic Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of the Almeida Theatre Inc ($238k), Texas Forestry Museum ($238k) and Destination Art ($237k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $148k. At year end it held assets of $222k against liabilities of $3,303, net assets of $218k. It reported 115 employees.