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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by RAW ART WORKS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,056,468
Total expenses
$3,554,838
Contributions and grants received
$3,558,933
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$125,819
Investment income
$371,716
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$12,032,232
Total liabilities, end of year
$876,442
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,155,790
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,206,120
Management and general expenses
$765,989
Fundraising expenses
$582,729
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,206,120

Program services were 62.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $155,175

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $850,124

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,553,634

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,191

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $125,819 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $154,814 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $154,814

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $520,047

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $303,145

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $216,902

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $216,902 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $216,902

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,833

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $155,175

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,833

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $190,433 · program services $142,825 · management and general $45,704 · fundraising $1,904

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,772,916 · program services $1,034,133 · management and general $347,363 · fundraising $391,420

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $254,246 · program services $188,487 · management and general $20,910 · fundraising $44,849

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $190,558 · program services $115,009 · management and general $37,617 · fundraising $37,932

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,500 · program services $0 · management and general $25,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176,108 · program services $0 · management and general $176,108 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $170,561 · program services $102,862 · management and general $21,732 · fundraising $45,967

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,727 · program services $4,420 · management and general $2,815 · fundraising $492

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $109,722 · program services $78,067 · management and general $13,250 · fundraising $18,405

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $144,233 · program services $120,929 · management and general $18,056 · fundraising $5,248

  • 17 · Travel

    total $30,317 · program services $21,237 · management and general $3,392 · fundraising $5,688

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $63,831 · program services $36,912 · management and general $19,007 · fundraising $7,912

  • 20 · Interest

    total $268 · program services $0 · management and general $268 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $87,809 · program services $66,992 · management and general $17,406 · fundraising $3,411

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,084 · program services $22,867 · management and general $97 · fundraising $120

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT LABOR

    total $226,046 · program services $216,867 · management and general $2,650 · fundraising $6,529

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT EXPENSES

    total $75,907 · program services $54,513 · management and general $8,542 · fundraising $12,852

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $5,572 · program services $0 · management and general $5,572 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,387,824 · end of year $968,721

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,957 · end of year $53,052

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $170,750 · end of year $523,609

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $73,025 · end of year $184,089

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $260,000 · end of year $209,035

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,194 · end of year $20,888

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,600,644

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,509,975

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,017,619 · end of year $1,090,669

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,129,614 · end of year $8,554,387

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $470,432 · end of year $427,782

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $327,887 · end of year $208,698

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $753,194 · end of year $667,744

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,374,633 · end of year $2,106,212

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,114,701 · end of year $9,049,578

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

RAW IGNITES THE DESIRE TO CREATE AND THE CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED IN UNDERSERVED YOUTH.

  • ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUPS CHILDREN ARE WELCOMED INTO A CREATIVE CULTURE WHERE THEY LEARN THE VALUE OF BLENDING PAINTS AND IDEAS. OUR YOUNG ARTISTS LEARN THAT LISTENING WITH THEIR ENTIRE BODY MEANS YOU ARE RESPECTFUL, EXPLORING NEW ART MATERIALS MEANS YOU ARE COURAGEOUS, AND STAYING FOCUSED AND WORKING VERY HARD ON YOUR PIECE MEANS YOU ARE COMMITTED. RAW OFFERS A SUPPORTIVE STRUCTURE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SLOW DOWN, BREATHE, MAKE FRIENDS AND BEGIN TO CREATE VALUES TO LIVE BY. WE BELIEVE THERE IS A PLAYGROUND OF POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR LITTLE ARTISTS AND OUR STAFF IS COMMITTED TO DISCOVERING THE POTENTIAL THAT LIVES IN EACH AND EVERY SMOCK.

    Expenses $188,300 · Revenue $53,000

  • MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUPS WHERE DO I BELONG? RAW HAS ANSWERED THIS QUESTION FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ARTISTS BY CREATING A CULTURE OF REAL CONNECTION. THE DIVERSITY OF NEED IS DEEP AND WIDE FOR THIS GROUP. SOME OF OUR KIDS ARE CONSTANTLY CONFRONTING FEELINGS OF AWKWARDNESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION. OTHERS ARE BATTLING FEELINGS OF FALSE CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE HAD TO DEVELOP TO SURVIVE THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR POSSIBLY WITHIN THEIR HOME. THE IGNITION FOR THIS KIND OF HONESTY IS SPARKED BY RAWS ART THERAPISTS WHO INSPIRE THE CREATION OF ART IN ORDER TO REVEAL THE ARTISTS TRUE SELF. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS EXERCISE OF EXPLORATION IS WHEN THEY WERE ASKED TO CREATE A SELF-PORTRAIT BY CARVING IN WOOD. AS THEY DIG DEEPER HOPING TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE VS. THE INSIDE, THE GROUP BEGINS TO FEEL A PROFOUND SHIFT FROM ME TO WE AS THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR PIECE. THIS IS THE MOMENT AT WHICH THEY LEARN THE ART OF EMPATHY. EACH ARTIST CAN HEAR PARTS OF THEIR STORY IN SOMEONE ELSES STORY AND REALIZE: I AM NOT ALONE. THROUGH THIS SELF- DISCOVERY, THEY CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC, TELL MIDDLE SCHOOL JOKES AND ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO KEEPING IT MIDDLE SCHOOL REAL.

    Expenses $488,799 · Revenue $209,829

  • HIGH SCHOOL GROUPS OUR TEENS ARE CHALLENGED AND CHERISHED BY EVERYONE AT RAW. THEY ARE A VITAL EXAMPLE THAT WE ARE LIVING OUR MISSION - EVERY ARTIST IS ASKED TO SHOW US HIS OR HER COMMITMENT BY CONSISTENTLY IGNITING THEIR DESIRE TO CREATE AND EMBRACING THE CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED WITH A DEEP SENSE OF PASSION AND PURPOSE. WHETHER A 15 YEAR OLD IS JUST BEGINNING THE FILM PROGRAM REEL TO REEL OR A CORE ARTIST IS GETTING SUPPORT TO BUILD A STRONG PORTFOLIO IN ORDER TO APPLY TO ART SCHOOL, IT IS ALL ABOUT DOING IT RIGHT. RIGHT IS A STANDARD SET BY EVERYONE, IN PARTICULAR THEIR PEERS. ALL OF OUR TEENS STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THEIR PERSONAL GOALS, WHICH FOR MANY IS TO BE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE. WE GUIDE SENIORS IN OUR PROGRAM PROJECT LAUNCH BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A VOLUNTEER MENTOR FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. THE MENTOR WORKS DILIGENTLY TO HELP WITH THE ENTIRE APPLICATION SO THEY CAN BECOME STRONG CANDIDATES CANDIDATES IN THIS COMPETITIVE PROCESS. RAW TEENS ARE GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT HARD WORK DOES PAY OFF. THEY HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY NEED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY, AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO BOTH ASK FOR HELP AND SAY THANK YOU!

    Expenses $1,529,021 · Revenue $431,549

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rosario Ubiera-Minaya

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,850
    From this org
    $184,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,087
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,979
    Filer's total
    $205,742
  • Rayna Lesser

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maurice Kelley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Baletsa

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mary Flannery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Sous

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evonne Peters

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cinda Danh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meegan Simpson-Best

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Curtis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hongchau Huynh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristela Guerra

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Rosen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
28 January 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530359349301318

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