Nonprofit · EIN 39-1602186
WILD SPACE INC
Also known as WILD SPACE DANCE CO
Tax-exempt · MILWAUKEE, WI 53203
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990-EZ | $154,760 | $148,592 | $6,168 | $185,822 | $52,423 | $133,399 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $173,970 | $151,674 | $22,296 | $146,329 | $19,098 | $127,231 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $210,507 | $190,280 | $20,227 | $108,382 | $3,447 | $104,935 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $133,766
- Program service revenue
- $20,580
- Investment income
- $34
- Other revenue
- $380
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $77,350
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $82,858
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $37,332
- Occupancy
- $7,326
- Printing, publications and postage
- $3,644
- Other expenses
- $17,432
- Program services (functional)
- $134,596
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $146,329
- Total assets, end of year
- $185,822
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $52,423
- Net assets, end of year
- $133,399
- Cash, savings and investments
- $167,242
- Gross receipts
- $154,760
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-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER REINKE | MANAGING DIR | 32 | $40,183 |
| DANIEL SCHUCHART | ARTISTIC DIR | 40 | $37,167 |
| DEBRA LOEWEN | FOUNDER | 40 | $0 |
| LISA M LAWLESS | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| MEGHAN DEMORE | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN NOVY | PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| SCOTT KASTNER | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| YENG VANG-STRATH | INTERIM TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| SIMONE FERRO | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| DANIEL GREGO PHD | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| MARGARET HOWLAND | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL KOSIDOWSKI | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL SCHUCHART | ARTISTIC DIR Officer | 40 | $26,849 |
| JENNIFER RIENKE | MANAGING DIR Officer | 32 | $26,594 |
| DEBRA LOEWEN | FOUNDER Officer | 40 | $23,750 |
| LISA LAWLESS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MEGHAN DEMORE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SCOTT KASTNER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SIMONE FERRO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOY PEOT-SHIELDS | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANNE HAMILTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN GREGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE KERKSICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARGARET HOWLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL KOSIDOWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN NOVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| YENG VANG-STRATH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHEL ST AMOUR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER RIENKE | MANAGING DIR Officer | 32 | $39,770 |
| DEBRA LOEWEN | FOUNDER Officer | 40 | $37,894 |
| DANIEL SCHUCHART | ARTISTIC DIR Officer | 40 | $11,900 |
| LISA LAWLESS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN DEMORE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SCOTT KASTNER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SIMONE FERRO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JOY PEOT-SHIELDS | PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANNE HAMILTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAN GREGO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JULIE KERKSICK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARGARET HOWLAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL KOSIDOWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEAN NOVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| YENG VANG-STRATH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHEL ST AMOUR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 511665, MILWAUKEE, WI 53203-0281
- Signed the 990-EZ
- LISA LAWLESS, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (414) 271-0307
- Website
- WWW.WILDSPACEDANCE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- RITZ HOLMAN LLP
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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).Expenses $134,596
- WILD SPACE EMPLOYED 10 TEACHING ARTISTS (30% RACIAL MINORITY) AND SERVED A TOTAL OF 300 YOUTH IN 13 CLASSROOMS AT 5 MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SITES, MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, RACINE YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND 1 SUBURBAN SCHOOL, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 40 FAMILIES WHO ATTENDED PERFORMANCES. OUTREACH/EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDED MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ARTS IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION (ACE), MPS COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS (CLCS), MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM KOHL'S FAMILY SUNDAYS, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND A LONGSTANDING RESIDENCY WITH MPS LINCOLN CENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
- DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ARE CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR ALL COMPANY PROGRAMS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUTH REACHED THROUGH EDUCATION/OUTREACH ARE UNDERSERVED WITH THE FOLLOWING DEMOGRAPHICS: 50% AFRICAN AMERICAN/BLACK, 28% HISPANIC/LATINO, 9% WHITE, 9% ASIAN, 4% TWO OR MORE RACES; 19% STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES; 84% ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED; 16% ENGLISH LEARNERS (DPI MPS REPORT CARD, 2023-2024). THE ANNUAL INSITE: CHOREOGRAPHIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM UPLIFTS MINORITY ARTISTIC VOICE AND LEADERSHIP TO CREATE NEW WORKS IN UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS, CREATING ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DANCE THROUGH FREE ALL-AGES PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS FOR NEW AUDIENCE-PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
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-EZ on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-1602186
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1988
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A62Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $185,822
- Income (IRS master file)
- $154,760
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | June 2025 | $154,760 | $148,592 | $185,822 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $173,970 | $151,674 | $146,329 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $210,507 | $190,280 | $108,382 | XML |
| 990-EZ | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 39-1602186).
Questions about WILD SPACE INC
- What is the EIN of WILD SPACE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WILD SPACE INC is 39-1602186.
- Is WILD SPACE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1988.
- Are donations to WILD SPACE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does WILD SPACE 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 WILD SPACE 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 WILD SPACE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended June 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of WILD SPACE INC?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $40,183 (JENNIFER REINKE, MANAGING DIR).
- How much revenue does WILD SPACE INC have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $154,760, expenses of $148,592 and total assets of $185,822 at year end.
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