Piano Arts of Wisconsin Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391882903
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Waukesha, WI, USA
- Phone
- 2625013730
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Performing Arts Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $97,513
- Expenses
- $52,797
- Assets
- $148,914
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jennifer Gettel (President)
People named in this filing
- Sue Medford (Artistic Director)
- Jennifer Gettel (President)
- Allison Guthrie (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through a North American competition, PianoArts identifies pianists, ages 16-20, with exceptional artistic and communication skills and prepares them to present innovative programs to diverse audiences.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education program - PianoArts presents in-school programs that culminate in neighborhood concerts that broaden the general public's knowledge in the arts and provide activities for under-servced children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.5%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 43.4%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.9%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.5% of revenue deployed · 43.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.