RAW ART WORKS INC

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

37 CENTRAL SQ STE 3

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Mission and programs · 2023

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,056,468

  Expenses

  $3,554,838

  Contributions

  $3,558,933

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,913,409

  Expenses

  $2,937,593

  Contributions

  $2,490,217

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,732,889

  Expenses

  $2,935,508

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,024,409

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,508,111

  Expenses

  $2,172,403

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,797,320

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,292,013

  Expenses

  $2,333,845

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,331,386

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,484,085

  Expenses

  $2,335,709

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,916,057

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,973,001

  Expenses

  $2,255,429

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,623,960

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,211,985

  Expenses

  $2,209,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,911,636

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,118,403

  Expenses

  $2,234,297

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,891,943

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,114,196

  Expenses

  $2,016,572

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,008,500

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,801,184

  Expenses

  $1,706,864

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,857,789

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,477,418

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,764,878

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $300,000

  2024 · ARTS AND CULTURE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $261,480

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $181,365

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $126,806

  2023 · Community Impact

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $125,892

  2024 · Community Impact

• UNITED WAY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY INC

  $104,783

  2022 · Community Impact

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $99,250

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FORGOOD INC

  $72,290

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $70,045

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION

  $70,000

  2022 · SEE PART IV

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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