Nonprofit · EIN 26-2101062
ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC
Tax-exempt · EL SOBRANTE, CA 94803
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $394,504 | $443,709 | -$49,205 | $71,511 | $0 | $71,511 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $354,988 | $380,945 | -$25,957 | $120,716 | $0 | $120,716 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $345,081 | $322,729 | $22,352 | $146,673 | $0 | $146,673 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $23,250
- Program service revenue
- $371,254
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $231,097
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $231,097
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Travel
- $3,620
- Program services (functional)
- $443,709
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $120,716
- Total assets, end of year
- $71,511
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $71,511
- Gross receipts
- $394,504
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Year formed
- 2008
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Pihas | President Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $148,468 |
| Francesca Calvano | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $82,629 |
| Luca Paretti | Board Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Ida Sirolli | Board Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| Diana Lanternari | Board Member Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Pihas | President Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 40 | $127,532 |
| Francesca Calvano | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $76,350 |
| Luca Paretti | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ida Sirolli | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Diana Lanternari | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francesca Calvano | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer, Highest-paid employee | 30 | $79,516 |
| Gabriel Pihas | President Trustee or director, Officer | 30 | $64,970 |
| Luca Paretti | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Ida Sirolli | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Diana Lanternari | Board Member Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4210 HARMON RD, EL SOBRANTE, CA 94803-3010
- In care of
- % GABRIEL PIHAS
- Mailing address (990-N for 2015)
- 1748 ARLINGTON BLVD, EL CERRITO CA 94530
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Gabriel Pihas, 2443 Filmore St 380-5164, San Francisco, CA 94115
- Principal officer (990-N for 2015)
- Gabriel Pihas, 1748 Arlington Blvd, El Cerrito CA 94530
- Signed the 990
- Gabriel Pihas, President
- Phone
- (510) 542-9662
- Website
- www.rilarts.org
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 26-2101062 or by the name ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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. 4. We began planning in 2025 for two 2026 new programs, described separately in previous entry.Expenses $443,709 · revenue $394,504
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-2101062
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2008
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $71,511
- Income (IRS master file)
- $394,504
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $394,504 | $443,709 | $71,511 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $354,988 | $380,945 | $120,716 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $345,081 | $322,729 | $146,673 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $279,135 | $217,447 | $124,321 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2015 Officer: Gabriel Pihas | December 31, 2015 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-2101062).
Questions about ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC
- What is the EIN of ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC is 26-2101062.
- Is ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2008.
- Are donations to ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Gabriel Pihas.
- Who are the officers and directors of ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 5 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $148,468 (Gabriel Pihas, President).
- How much revenue does ROME INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $394,504, expenses of $443,709 and total assets of $71,511 at year end.
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