Nonprofit · EIN 39-6078185
BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC
Tax-exempt · FRANKLIN, WI 53132
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $354,817 | $434,425 | -$79,608 | $739,145 | $27,975 | $711,170 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $850,015 | $953,806 | -$103,791 | $765,374 | $16,216 | $749,158 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $527,232 | $495,675 | $31,557 | $828,799 | $17,167 | $811,632 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $201,693
- Program service revenue
- $129,677
- Investment income
- $33,911
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $27,101
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$10,464
- Other revenue
- -$10,464
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $146,751
- Other salaries and wages
- $93,048
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $260,654
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $24,913
- Occupancy
- $25,046
- Travel
- $1,467
- Depreciation
- $1,028
- Program services (functional)
- $283,120
- Management and general (functional)
- $103,218
- Fundraising (functional)
- $48,087
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $765,374
- Total assets, end of year
- $739,145
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $27,975
- Net assets, end of year
- $711,170
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,304
- Publicly traded securities
- $615,132
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$15,458
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $726,628
- Gross receipts
- $465,829
- Employees
- 103
- Volunteers
- 350
- Year formed
- 1959
- State of legal domicile
- WI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAI SIMONE | MANAGING DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $70,000 |
| RICHARD HYNSON | MUSIC DIRECTOR (THRU JUN 2024) Officer | 40 | $49,128 |
| JONATHAN LAABS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $42,692 |
| THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI | PRESIDENT AND ACTING CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 20 | $0 |
| MARCIA SCHWAGER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| THAYER FISHER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN RAGATZ | CHORUS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZACH WILLENBRINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH PAUL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELLEN FULTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTONINA JOHNSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JACOB WOLTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHELLE KLOTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEREDITH MARINE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TOM THIELE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD HYNSON | MUSIC DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $74,256 |
| ASHLEY FISHER | CEO (THRU DEC. 2023) Officer | 30 | $68,100 |
| KAI SIMONE | MANAGING DIRECTOR (FROM NOV. 2023) Officer | 40 | $5,923 |
| JASON ABRAMS | MANAGING DIRECTOR (FROM AUG. 2023) Officer | 40 | $4,846 |
| MARQ TRUSCOTT | PRESIDENT & ACTING CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARCIA SCHWAGER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| THAYER FISHER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| KATIE KAMINSKY | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN RAGATZ | CHORUS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SIBYL MCCARLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZACH WILLENBRINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH PAUL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELLEN FULTON | DIRECTOR (FROM SEPT. 2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANTONINA JOHNSTON | DIRECTOR (FROM SEPT. 2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT SEAMONS | DIRECTOR (THRU MARCH 2024) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD HYNSON | MUSIC DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $72,101 |
| KATE SCHMITT | MANAGING DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $64,102 |
| ASHLEY FISHER | CEO Officer | 40 | $26,922 |
| KATIE KAMINSKY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARCIA SCHWAGER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JIM HYLAND | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARLA POYTINGER | VICE PRESIDENT (THRU FEB. 2023) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN RAGATZ | CHORUS REPRESENTATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SIBYL MCCARLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ZACH WILLENBRINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| THAYER FISHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH PAUL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARQ TRUSCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ERIN STAMPFL | DIRECTOR (THRU FEB. 2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT SEAMONS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 9575 BRENWOOD PARK DR UNIT 320174, FRANKLIN, WI 53132-5007
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI, 9575 BRENWOOD PARK DR 320174, FRANKLIN, WI 53132
- Signed the 990
- THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI, PRESIDENT AND ACTING CEO
- Phone
- (414) 481-8801
- Website
- WWW.BELCANTO.ORG
- Return prepared by
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
Mission
THE MISSION OF BEL CANTO CHORUS IS TO CONNECT SINGERS, AUDIENCES, AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EXPERIENCES WITH DIVERSE CHORAL MUSIC.
Program accomplishments
- BEL CANTO CHORUS, FOUNDED IN 1931, IS MILWAUKEE'S PREMIER INDEPENDENT CHORAL ORGANIZATION. EACH SEASON, THE 100-MEMBER CHORUS PERFORMS FOUR UNIQUE CONCERTS IN GREATER MILWAUKEE'S MOST BEAUTIFUL VENUES, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JONATHAN LAABS.Expenses $263,542 · revenue $118,357
- THE SENIOR SINGERS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE CHORAL EXPERIENCE TO ADULTS AGE 55 OR BETTER. ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE THE PARTICIPANTS' QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF CHORAL SINGING. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FOUR CHOIRS WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 MEMBERS TOTAL.Expenses $19,578 · revenue $11,320
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-6078185
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1959
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $739,145
- Income (IRS master file)
- $465,829
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $354,817 | $434,425 | $739,145 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $850,015 | $953,806 | $765,374 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $527,232 | $495,675 | $828,799 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $380,995 | $368,007 | $746,891 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 39-6078185).
Questions about BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC
- What is the EIN of BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC is 39-6078185.
- Is BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1959.
- Are donations to BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names THEODORE PERLICK MOLINARI.
- Who are the officers and directors of BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $70,000 (KAI SIMONE, MANAGING DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does BEL CANTO CHORUS OF MILWAUKEE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $354,817, expenses of $434,425 and total assets of $739,145 at year end.
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