WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC (EIN 39-0915050)
Tax period: 2020-09-01 to 2021-08-31
Filed: 2022-06-13
IRS object ID: 202231649349301313
Schema version: 2020v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule E
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-06-13T15:43:11-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-08-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390974031	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2921 LANDMARK PLACE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	MADISON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	537133074	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-09-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	390915050	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WISC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4142765760	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1584 N PROSPECT AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	532026501	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERIC TILLICH	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT/CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4142765760	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-06-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	ERIC	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	TILLICH	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JENNY TARKOWSKI CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00634290	PTIN
Phone	6082744020	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-06-08	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ERIC TILLICH	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1584 N PROSPECT AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	532026501	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,950,497	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.WCMUSIC.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1899	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	16	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	16	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	107	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,491,638	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,236,698	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,938,149	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,984,115	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$108,521	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$320,785	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,343	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$3,538,308	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,546,941	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,572,921	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,465,189	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$36,850	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$312,567	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$886,004	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$924,365	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,495,775	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,389,554	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$42,533	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,157,387	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$10,410,362	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$12,916,262	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$218,194	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$312,531	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$10,192,168	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$12,603,731	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,635,341	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,984,115	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC STRIVES TO PROVIDE THE FINEST MUSIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND BEGINNERS ALIKE. WITH 122 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, FOUR 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 AND CLASSROOM 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.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,635,341	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	Yes (1)	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	27	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	107	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	16	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	16	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RACHEL FRITZ	PersonNm
Phone	4142765760	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1584 N PROSPECT AVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	532026501	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (18 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JACK MILLER
CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID HOOVER
VICE CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WENDELL WILLIS
SECOND VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BENJAMIN PAVLIK
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HENRY HERZING
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL ARNOW
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ALAN GIUFFRE
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ARVIND GOPALRATNAM
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MASON KHAN
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TOM LACY
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER NOLTE
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ULICE PAYNE JR
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BILLIE JEAN SMITH
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KURT THOMAS
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KIMBERLY WALKER
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TERRENCE WILKINSON
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ERIC TILLICH
PRESIDENT/CEO	40.00		Yes (X)	$174,909	$0	$20,406
SHALISA KLINE-UGAZ
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	40.00		Yes (X)	$113,169	$0	$3,395

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$288,078	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$23,801	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$906,404	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,330,294	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,236,698	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
TUITION AND FEES	616000	$1,008,718	$1,008,718
CONTRACTS AND PROGRAM FEES	616000	$975,397	$975,397

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,984,115	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$208,150	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$208,150	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,516,191	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,402,468	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,088	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$113,723	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$1,088	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$112,635	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$112,635	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$5,343	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,343	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$5,343	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,546,941	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,984,115	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$326,128	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$325,627	TotalAmt
Program Services	$141,043	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$61,559	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$123,025	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,817,781	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,643,705	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$84,969	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$89,107	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,044	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,013	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,567	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,164	TotalAmt
Program Services	$110,049	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,080	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$153,573	TotalAmt
Program Services	$127,875	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,499	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,199	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$75,278	TotalAmt
Management And General	$75,278	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,318	TotalAmt
Management And General	$36,318	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,710	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,902	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,218	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,590	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$81,284	TotalAmt
Management And General	$80,774	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$510	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$182,119	TotalAmt
Program Services	$141,943	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,008	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$30,168	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$47,188	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,145	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,991	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$253,637	TotalAmt
Program Services	$231,273	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,279	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,085	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,835	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,822	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$767	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$246	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,936	TotalAmt
Program Services	$137,225	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,569	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,142	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$13,271	$2,514	$2,857	$7,900
BAD DEBT EXPENSE	$7,789	$1,832	$0	$5,957

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,389,554	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,635,341	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$441,646	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$312,567	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$54,730	BOYAmt
EOY	$135,277	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,582	BOYAmt
EOY	$186,821	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$303,171	BOYAmt
EOY	$715,009	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,718	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,398	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,232	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,268	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$6,044,680	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$3,254,743	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,868,581	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,789,937	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,077,508	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,299,893	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$671,313	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,840	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,346	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,410,362	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,916,262	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$112,189	BOYAmt
EOY	$101,383	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,005	BOYAmt
EOY	$211,148	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$218,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$312,531	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,532,407	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,572,799	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,659,761	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,030,932	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,192,168	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,603,731	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,410,362	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,916,262	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,157,387	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$1,254,176	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
School	Yes (X)	SchoolInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,162,174	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,825	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$289,892	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$30,045	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,424,846	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,034,887	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$12,915	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$114,372	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$1,162,174	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$947,708	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$92,491	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$17,444	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$22,756	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,034,887	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$899,449	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,500	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$68,580	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$23,821	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$947,708	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$848,952	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,272	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$80,809	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$34,584	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$899,449	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.76749	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.23251	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$232,675	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$232,675	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,921,778	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,872,621	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,049,157	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,890,227	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,382,122	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$508,105	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,789,937	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	Desc
Book Value	$671,313	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$671,313	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$5,767,899	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$1,254,176	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$3,100	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$1,257,276	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,510,623	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$36,318	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$36,318	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,546,941	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,356,336	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$3,100	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$3,100	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,353,236	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$36,318	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$36,318	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,389,554	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART V, LINE 4:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE INTENT OF THE CONSERVATORY'S ENDOWMENT FUND IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO CONSERVATORY PROGRAMS AND STUDENTS WHILE PRESERVING THE PRINCIPAL OR CORPUS OF THE GIFT, CREATING A FUNDING STREAM IN PERPETUITY. MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES HAVE ESTABLISHED A NAMED FUND WITHIN THE ENDOWMENT FUND TO HONOR OR MEMORIALIZE LOVED ONES AND DESIGNATED THE PROCEEDS TOWARDS A PARTICULAR AREA OF STUDY OR INSTRUMENT.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule E IRS990ScheduleE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Nondiscriminatory Policy Stmt	Yes (1)	NondiscriminatoryPolicyStmtInd
Policy Stmt In Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	PolicyStmtInBrochuresEtcInd
Plcy Pblczd Via Broadcast Media	Yes (1)	PlcyPblczdViaBroadcastMediaInd
Maintain Racial Comp Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainRacialCompRecsInd
Maintain Scholarships Recs	Yes (1)	MaintainScholarshipsRecsInd
Maintain Cpy Of Brochures Etc	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfBrochuresEtcInd
Maintain Cpy Of All Sol	Yes (1)	MaintainCpyOfAllSolInd
Discriminate Race Stdnts Rghts	0	DiscriminateRaceStdntsRghtsInd
Discriminate Race Admiss Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceAdmissPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Emplm Fculty	0	DiscriminateRaceEmplmFcultyInd
Discriminate Race Schs	0	DiscriminateRaceSchsInd
Discriminate Race Educ Plcy	0	DiscriminateRaceEducPlcyInd
Discriminate Race Use Of Fclts	0	DiscriminateRaceUseOfFcltsInd
Discriminate Race Athlt Prog	0	DiscriminateRaceAthltProgInd
Discriminate Race Other Acty	0	DiscriminateRaceOtherActyInd
Government Financial Aid Rcvd	Yes (1)	GovernmentFinancialAidRcvdInd
Government Financial Aid Rvkd	0	GovernmentFinancialAidRvkdInd
Compliance With Rev Proc7550	Yes (1)	ComplianceWithRevProc7550Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 3

WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUILD FOR COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATION AND AS PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION IT IS COMMITTED TO SERVING ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF AGE, SEX, GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL AND ETHNIC ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, ABILITY, OR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE CONSERVATORY IS CURRENTLY FOLLOWING A RACIALLY NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY; HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT PUBLICIZE ITS POLICY USING NEWSPAPER OR BROADCAST MEDIA. THE CONSERVATORY IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO REMEDY THIS MATTER.

SCHEDULE E, PART I, LINE 6

ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $16,740 FROM MILWAUKEE COUNTY, $36,000 FROM MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND $357,906 IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	0	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ERIC TILLICH	PersonNm
Title	PRESIDENT/CEO	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$174,909	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$5,247	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$15,159	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$195,315	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 1A	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE CONSERVATORY PAYS ANNUAL DUES TO THE WISCONSIN CLUB UNDER THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S NAME. THE BENEFIT WAS TREATED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE PREPARED FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY ALL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS COMPLETE AND SIGN A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR INTERESTS AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A CONFLICT EXISTS AND REVIEW ACTUAL CONFLICTS. ANY PERSON WITH A CONFLICT IS PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BODY'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS IN THE TRANSACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE CEO'S COMPENSATION IS BASED ON SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES, AND IS DETERMINED AND REVIEWED/APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT IS BASED ON SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES, AND IS DETERMINED AND REVIEWED/APPROVED BY THE CEO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE CONSERVATORY INCLUDES A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO DONORS AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE CONSERVATORY'S WEBSITE. THE CONSERVATORY ALSO MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.