Wild Space Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391602186
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4142710307
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Dance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $154,760
- Expenses
- $148,592
- Assets
- $185,822
- Liabilities
- $52,423
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LISA M LAWLESS (PRESIDENT)
- MEGHAN DEMORE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEAN NOVY (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER REINKE (MANAGING DIR)
- DANIEL SCHUCHART (ARTISTIC DIR)
- DEBRA LOEWEN (FOUNDER)
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
To expand the audience for contemporary dance through performance and educational programs in the greater milwaukee area and throughout southeastern Wisconsin, reaching diverse communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Wild space produced two major live performances for its 2024-2025 season, which garnered critical acclaim and had capacity audiences. "insite: cycles," the third iteration of the insite: choreographic exchange program, commissioned four choreographers of color to create new site-specific works for davidson park on the near west side and engaged audiences through three free performances with pre-show talks. The first evening-length theatrical concert by new artistic director dan schuchart, "a room shaped story" took place at broadway theatre center and featured collaborating choreographers katelyn altmann and ashley ray garcia. In addition, the choreo kitchen program showcased wild space's creative process and a performance at milwaukee art museum engaged new audiences. Expanding its reach nationally, the company toured to radfest, a prestigious alternative dance festival in kalamazoo, mi, to present "set," one of 33 works selected from more than 230 submissions. Wild space performances reached a total of 1,000 audiences and supported the work of 24 artists (21% racial minority).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
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: 4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 52.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.