Rome Art Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271627533
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
6464771063
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts Education
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,744
Expenses
$101,624
Assets
$58,916
Liabilities
$853

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JILL ROSSI (Executive Dir.)
  • CLAUDIA CARR LEVY (Director)
  • JOCK IRELAND (Director)

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

The rome art program is designed to inspire students to expand theirartistic vision through painting and drawing on the streets of rome andflorence, and in the countryside of umbria, expanding on the plein-airtradition of earlier generations of artists. The program's ideology isbased on the compelling impact that firsthand observation and perceptionhave on drawing and painting. Students will work on location, taking theirinspiration from the evocative ruins, churches, renaissance palaces, gardens, and natural scenery that constitute the italian language.critiques and lectures will lend insight and prompt a deeper knowledge ofeach student's artistic journey. Guiding students through important sites, distinguished art historians will illuminate the significance of historicplaces and periods. Working plein-air, where the street and garden becomesthe studio, profoundly impacts the focus and output of our students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $102K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.