Massachusetts · Nonprofit
RAW ART WORKS INC
RAW ART WORKS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 140 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,533,412 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,637,546). 105 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 140
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Raw Art Works Inc does
Mission
Raw ignites the desire to create and the confidence to succeed in underserved youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$175,076 spent$41,975 earned by the program8% of program spendingMiddle 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…
$506,542 spent$125,912 earned by the program23% of program spendingHigh 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!
$1,261,822 spent$497,655 earned by the program58% of program spendingAlumni and community engagement the alumni program is a weekly group that gathers to create art work for raws annual auction. The community program is a mobile art program that brings art-making to lynn neighborhoods and community organizations during the summer.
$236,731 spent$107,733 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,180,171.
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.
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 $7.3M to $9.8M (+34%).
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 3% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 3% · 2021 17% · 2022 15% · 2023 20% · 2024 21% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Rosario Ubiera-Minaya
Executive director
Board chair
Rayna Lesser Hannaway
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 34 funders to 79 funders, grant income rose $709k → $1.9M.
11 of 140 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 RAW ART WORKS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 140 funders by total. 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
RAW ART WORKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 47%; half comes from just 4 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
59% 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 RAW ART WORKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 21% · 2019 80% · 2020 63% · 2021 45% · 2022 12% · 2023 17% — 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
66% of RAW ART WORKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
77% of RAW ART WORKS INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding RAW ART WORKS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record — $315k federal, $1.8M state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$315k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$1.7M
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$60k
- (HH) CONSULTANT SVCS (TO DEPTS)$340
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RAW ART WORKS INC?
- RAW ART WORKS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 140 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,533,412 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,637,546). 105 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RAW ART WORKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 140 organizations giving $16,533,412 in grants to RAW ART WORKS INC, 105 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAW ART WORKS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,637,546 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAW ART WORKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 140 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