Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD
MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $791,162 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($523,523). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $695k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $791k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Midsummer's Music Ltd does
Mission
Our mission is to present world-class chamber music at the highest standards of artistic excellence that enriches audiences near and far by sharing dynamic, distinctive and engaging performances. We are actively committed to accessibility and intentional inclusivity in all aspects of our work and continually strive to provide all people with opportunities to connect with the music we perform.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Midsummer's music is a year-round chamber music performing arts organization dedicated to enriching northeastern wisconsin'scultural landscape. We have a summer season in door county and a fall, winter, and spring string quartet residency seasonthroughout the region.in 2024, we presented 50 summer and fall concerts and over 100 string quartet residency outreach events. We continued our composer-in-residence program, commissioning our tenth piece since its inception. We expanded our legacy society, recognizing individuals who have included us in their wills to support our future. Other fundraising memberships include the 88 key society and green bay chamber music society.other key accomplishments include our ongoing management of the music for food chapter in door county. All concert proceeds, whether monetary or non-perishable, support local food banks in the fight against food insecurity, reinforcing our commitment to community service through music. Midsummer's music has expanded its staffing and program contractors.
$293,411 spent$65,062 earned by the program65% of program spendingThe griffon string quartet residency positively impacted hundreds of disabled seniors and thousands of children and their families through in-person and virtual performances, school visits, and educational lessons. The quartet brought live music to rural communities across northeastern wisconsin, broadening access to the arts. The three programs offered by the griffon string quartet include youth (einstein), senior health and wellness (b double sharp), and community-embedded events (open music up!). With over 90 collaborations, the griffon works closely with nursing homes, brain centers, memory cafes, hospitals, spark!, adrc, libraries, clubs, schools (both public and private), homeschools, preschools, and community center instructional institutes.in 2023, a digital release featuring the members of the griffon string quartet and singer-songwriter eric lewis was launched. Proceeds from its sales are reinvested into the program to support additional outreach performances and educational initiatives.
$161,003 spent$42,935 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $454,414.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $1.2M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 4% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Allyson Fleck
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $12k → $126k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 74% · 2021 59% · 2022 93% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
63% of MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $100k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $691k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD has grown faster than half of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD?
- MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $791,162 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($523,523). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $791,162 in grants to MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $523,523 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDSUMMER'S MUSIC LTD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing