Wisconsin Theater Arts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873153504
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Burlington, WI, USA
Phone
2623426888
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,646
Expenses
$18,470
Assets
$16,580
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Peter Punzi (President / Managing Director)

People named in this filing

  • Peter Punzi (President / Managing Director)
  • Lois Lewis (Treasurer)
  • Emily Anderson (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing arts education through theater classes for children, teens, and adults, including acting, dance, vocal lessons, costuming, set design, lighting, and makeup, often culminating in showcases. Additionally, producing accessible, high-quality community theater performances to enrich and engage the local community.

What it reported doing in 2025

**Wisconsin Theater Arts (WTA) held theater classes once a week for two hours, concluding with a showcase performance for friends and family. Sessions typically ran for 7 to 9 weeks. Summer camps culminated in two public performances of a musical. **In spring 2025, WTA offered Acting Techniques for ages 7-11, with 20 students (15 returning and 5 new), and Acting Production for ages 12-18, with 9 returning and 2 new students. One participant from Acting Production also served as a teaching assistant for the Acting Techniques class. ** **WTA's three-week summer musical camp for ages 9-18 enrolled 29 students (19 returning and 10 new), including five Junior Interns (ages 16-18) and one college intern. The production was "Annie Jr.", with two performances selling out and attracting over 450 audience members. **WTA also conducted a one-week intensive summer camp in partnership with the Mukwonago Optimist Club, with 59 participants aged 7-15, including three Junior Interns (ages 16-18) and one college intern. The camp featured an original musical adaptation of "Snow White & The Prince: A Magical Tale", written and adapted by founders Patti and Peter Punzi. The two performances drew over 400 attendees. **In fall 2025, WTA's classes combined all age groups (7-18). There were 32 students in total with 18 returning students-two additional students that had previously participated in the 1 week summer camp-and 12 new students. One Acting Production participant also served as a teaching assistant. **During 2025, WTA's Mary Pat Sutherland Scholarship supported six students with a total of $951.90 for classes and camps. **Participant satisfaction remains high, with 75-90% of students in recent seasons being either returning students or referrals from existing families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.3%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.3% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.