2025-03-19T06:29:51-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 262101062 ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC ROME 5105429662 4210 Harmon Road El Sobrante CA 94803 Gabriel Pihas President 5105429662 2025-02-27 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Gabriel Pihas 2443 Filmore St 380-5164 San Franciso CA 94115 354988 0 X www.rilarts.org X 2008 CA We give American college students a chance to study the great books in Rome, interweaving with their readings the Roman history, art, architecture, as well as the experience of a broader world and a Italian culture. We aim to supplement the kind of philosophic education students get in great books colleges in the US with an historical, artistic, and cultural education. 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 345081 354988 0 0 0 0 345081 354988 0 0 0 0 151086 210463 0 0 0 171643 170482 322729 380945 22352 -25957 146673 120716 0 0 146673 120716 We give American college students a chance to study the great books/core texts of the liberal arts in Rome, interweaving with those readings Rome's art, architecture and history, as well as the experience of a broader world and Italian culture. We aim to supplement the education in philosophy and literature that students get in great books colleges in the US with an aesthetic and an historical education, as well as a broader understanding of the world beyond the United States. 0 0 380945 23250 354988 Our courses are academically rigorous and involve difficult texts in philosophy and literature, from Plato to Hegel and from Dante to Wallace Stevens. We combine such study with excursions to explore art, architecture and history in Italy that our students' readings help open up for them. 1. Summer Program: we held our six week summer program in Rome, Italy. Professors came from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as from the University of Texas at Austin Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts. We had 30 very excited and capable students in our summer program. These students took part in classes focused either in a course on readings in Roman history/political theory, or in art history/aesthetics, alongside regular excursions for the whole group, together with their professors, to see art and architecture in museums, churches, ancient monuments, renaissance palaces, and so on. As happens every year, a couple of our students discovered new career paths in art history or classics. As in all our classes, the rigorous engagement with major texts from the past alongside excursions to explore art and architecture made these courses a serious learning experience. And, of course, all of the students were broadened by the experience of being in Italy, and made better able to understand themselves and their own country by the experience of seeing another culture and another way of living. The friendships created in our programs continue today and will hopefully last a lifetime, and we hope to keep in contact with many of our students. 2. Venice January Program: We took 28 students from St. Mary's College of California to Venice for four weeks to study the history and art of Venice alongside readings in literature, history, and urban studies. As well, we went on daily trips around the city to museums, churches, and monuments to study the history and art first hand. Students developed a deep understanding of the importance of Venice in early modern history (and the influence of its political system on the American and French revolutions), as well as the role Venice played in the development of modern music and art. As well, students reflected on the place of historical cities like Venice in terms of contemporary issues like gentrification, tourism, and Venice's contemporary environmental challenge. 3. Providence College Maymester: a class from Providence College, Rhode Island, along with faculty, came to study art, architecture, and history for two weeks in Rome, through excursions supported by faculty led discussions and lectures of works of history, political theory, and philosophy. 0 0 0 380945 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 210463 0 1 0 0 1 IT 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 CA X Gabriel Pihas 5105429662 4210 Harmon Road El Sobrante CA 94803 Gabriel Pihas President 40 0 X X X 127532 0 0 Francesca Calvano Secretary 40 0 X X 76350 0 0 Luca Paretti Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Ida Sirolli Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Diana Lanternari Board Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 203882 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Educational Programs 611699 354988 354988 0 0 0 0 0 0 354988 0 0 0 0 0 0 354988 354988 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203882 203882 0 0 0 0 0 0 6581 6581 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 134 3429 3429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Student Accommodation and classrooms 108298 108298 0 0 Student Services 32428 32428 0 0 Tour Preparation and Delivery 21335 21335 0 0 Public Relations 4858 4858 0 0 0 0 0 0 380945 380945 0 0 146673 120716 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146673 120716 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 146673 120716 146673 120716 146673 120716 -25957 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 16400 0 42050 0 23250 81700 129915 81783 237086 345081 331738 1125603 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146315 81783 279136 345081 354988 1207303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1207303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146315 81783 279136 345081 354988 1207303 1 1 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Francesca Calvano (secretary) and Gabriel Pihas (president) are husband and wife. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of the form 990 is reviewed by the Board. Any needed changes are made prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Compensation is determined year by year in agreement with the board, the amount is based on the number of students in the program that year, and the expected salary one would receive for these roles administrating and teaching in a similar program. The compensation is always below what a comparable salary/benefit would be in other organizations offering similar programs, most of which are larger than ours. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Form 990 is available at guide star.org. Tax documents are also available on request, which is advertised on the website. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 We made founding documents available upon request on the website. 990's are widely available on the web.