2026-07-30T09:55:24-05:00 2025-09-30 060903326 WHITTLESEY PC 280 TRUMBULL ST 24TH FL HARTFORD CT 06103 990 2024-10-01 060958072 REAL ART WAYS INC REAL 8602321006 56 ARBOR STREET HARTFORD CT 06106 JOHN A WILKINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8602321006 2026-07-27 1 1 KIMBERLY NAPP P01390521 8605223111 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JOHN A WILKINS 56 ARBOR STREET HARTFORD CT 06106 3592223 0 X WWW.REALARTWAYS.ORG X 1975 CT REAL ART WAYS IS AN ALTERNATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT PRESENTS AND SUPPORTS CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK, FACILITATES THE CREATION OF NEW WORK, AND CREATIVELY ENGAGES, BUILDS, AND INFORMS AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES. 8 8 28 28 0 0 2015766 2428986 402628 304208 64720 75295 -84141 -22869 2398973 2785620 0 0 0 0 1020129 1059761 0 0 169013 759050 801501 1779179 1861262 619794 924358 6107515 10052683 243308 3358817 5864207 6693866 X REAL ART WAYS IS AN ALTERNATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT PRESENTS AND SUPPORTS CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK, FACILITATES THE CREATION OF NEW WORK, AND CREATIVELY ENGAGES, BUILDS, AND INFORMS AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES. 0 0 392343 190713 FILM: OUR CINEMA PROGRAM, OPEN SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK, INCLUDES FIRST-RUN INDEPENDENT FILMS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD. OUR CINEMA ATTRACTS ON AVERAGE 34,000 VIEWERS PER YEAR. WE USE FILM TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH EACH OTHER. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH OUR SCIENCE ON SCREEN PROGRAM, WE COUPLE FILM WITH LIVE PRESENTATIONS TO INTRODUCE AUDIENCES TO ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTISTS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR REGION. 283569 3952 VISUAL ARTS: A COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY INFORMS OUR VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE A SPACE FOR ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING ARTISTS TO EXPERIMENT AND EXHIBIT WORK. FROM LARGE EXHIBITIONS TO SMALLER SOLO SHOWS, TOTALING 12 TO 15 PER YEAR, EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION ARE CENTRAL TO OUR EFFORTS. 245101 0 EDUCATION: OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO NEW IDEAS, AND PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVITY.EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE: FILM FIELD TRIPS: MORE THAN 2,000 STUDENTS PER YEAR VISIT REAL ART WAYS TO WATCH SUPERB FILMS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTARIES ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HOW YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE MADE AN IMPACT IN OUR SOCIETY. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT. PARK ART, OUR SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM, PROVIDES FREE-OF-CHARGE ART-MAKING WORKSHOPS, LED BY PRACTICING ARTISTS, FOR CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN OUR WORKING CLASS PARKVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD. REAL APPRENTICES EMPLOYS AN AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN PAID POSITIONS. THEY BECOME VALUED STAFF MEMBERS, AND GAIN THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT. EYE ON VIDEO: FIFTEEN AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, EACH PAID A WEEKLY STIPEND, LEARN HOW TO MAKE FILM AND VIDEO PROJECTS IN AN INTENSIVE, SUMMER-LONG PROGRAM. WITH EXHIBITIONS, FILMS, PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, READINGS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND A WELCOMING SPACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER BEFORE AND AFTER EVENTS, REAL ART WAYS IS A NEXUS FOR PEOPLE OF WIDELY VARYING BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS TO EXPLORE ART AND IDEAS AND BUILD A STRONGER CULTURAL COMMUNITY. 495085 113495 LIVE ARTS: REAL ART WAYS PRESENTS VIBRANT LIVE ARTS PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDES CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, READINGS AND OTHER EVENTS. WE OFFER 25 CONCERTS PER YEAR BY INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL INNOVATORS, RANGING FROM INNOVATIVE IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC TO CLASSICALLY-BASED CONTEMPORARY MUSIC TO POPULAR INTERNATIONAL FORMS. WE PARTNER WITH OTHER PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE THE HARTFORD SYMPHONY AND THE HARTFORD JAZZ SOCIETY. 495085 113495 1416098 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 53 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CT X X BARBARA HOCKER 8602321006 56 ARBOR STREET HARTFORD CT 06106 JOHN A WILKINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 133853 0 25275 ERIC D ORT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR 40.00 X 107000 0 3228 PATRICIA H WENZ DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR (THRU AUG 2025) 40.00 X 108740 0 13941 BARBARA HOCKER FINANCIAL CONTROLLER 28.00 X 78861 0 2366 YEDALIS RUIZ PHD MED CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRENDA MILLER VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DEREK HALL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 REX FOWLER TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MATTHEW MALUTICH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VICTOR PACHECO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ENID REY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 OLU OGUIBE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 428454 0 44810 3 0 1 0 DBVW ARCHITECTS 111 CHESTNUT STREET PROVIDENCE RI 02903 ARCHITECTS 265368 1 653700 1775286 112150 2428986 ADMISSIONS 711190 190713 190713 MEMBERSHIP 900099 113495 113495 304208 75295 75295 676790 773283 -96493 -96493 -96493 102992 33320 69672 69672 MISC. REVENUE 900099 3952 3952 3952 2785620 308160 0 48474 247869 100269 58287 89313 694963 629446 56495 9022 9714 5192 1493 3029 43757 23387 6724 13646 63458 33916 9753 19789 42463 42463 154328 115520 15566 23242 8612 8612 155477 83801 60704 10972 144549 135028 9521 34857 33419 1438 29770 29770 8862 8862 19978 16790 3188 49524 39005 10519 FILM AND VIDEO RENTAL 78110 78110 ARTIST FEES AND REIMBUR 74971 74971 1861262 1416098 276151 169013 190353 49650 3553883 3450048 831588 957757 2020 28659 19788 74776 6168106 2107469 66259 4060637 1443624 1431156 6107515 10052683 100467 253427 124628 230667 0 62775 0 2600000 18213 211948 243308 3358817 X 3538966 3444888 2325241 3248978 5864207 6693866 6107515 10052683 X 924358 -94699 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1658781 2101324 1306580 1762762 1545249 8374696 1658781 2101324 1306580 1762762 1545249 8374696 563881 7810815 8541 11411 -44887 -56130 75398 -5667 30138 38346 40269 12946 121699 8490728 1624827 0.91990 0.96600 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 X 503000 0 0 503000 503000 513 513 503000 503000 200 200 503000 503000 205 205 503000 503000 373 373 503000 1.00000 0 0 455000 455000 5410403 1836381 3574022 302703 271088 31615 4060637 OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET 6794 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 1424362 1431156 DEFERRED COMPENSATION 457B PLAN 205129 RIGHT-OF-USE OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY, CURRENT PORTION 6819 211948 3565402 779782 779782 2785620 0 2785620 2667865 806603 806603 1861262 0 1861262 PART IV, LINE 2B: TENANT SECURITY DEPOSITS FOR 56 ARBOR STREET PROPERTY PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: CAFE INCOME 102,992. RENTAL INCOME 676,790. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: CONCESSIONS COST OF GOODS SOLD 33,320. RENTAL EXPENSES 773,283. PART V, LINE 4 - INTENDED USES FOR ENDOWMENT FUNDS THE WALLACE CASH RESERVE FUND ("RESERVE FUND") IS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY AS A DONOR-RESTRICTED FUND AND MAY NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE OR PROGRAM WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE WALLACE FOUNDATION. REAL ART WAYS, INC. MAY TEMPORARILY BORROW FROM THE RESERVE FUND TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN REAL ART WAYS, INC.'S PROGRAMS. PER REAL ART WAYS, INC.'S INVESTMENT POLICY, REAL ART WAYS, INC. STAFF MAY ACCESS THE CASH RESERVE FOR UP TO $25,000 IN TOTAL, WHEN THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE CASH FLOW NEED, WITHOUT PRIOR BOARD APPROVAL. ANY USE OF THE CASH RESERVE BEYOND $25,000 REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD. THE FULL AMOUNT OF ANY FUNDS WITHDRAWN FOR THESE PURPOSES MUST BE REPLENISHED WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE THEY ARE BORROWED. REPLENISHMENT CAN BE MADE BY TRANSFERS FROM REAL ART WAYS, INC.'S GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS OR THROUGH INTEREST INCOME EARNED BY THE RESERVE FUND AS OF THE REQUIRED REPLENISHMENT DATE. REAL ART WAYS, INC. HAS ADOPTED INVESTMENT AND SPENDING POLICIES, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR THESE PERPETUAL NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS THAT ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE CAPITAL AND TO CONTROL RISK, EMPHASIZING AGGREGATE RETURN FROM CAPITAL APPRECIATION AND INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH INVESTMENT GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE WALLACE FOUNDATION GRANT AGREEMENT. INVESTMENT INCOME, INCLUDING INVESTMENT APPRECIATION, RELATIVE TO THE RESERVE FUND MUST BE USED TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN REAL ART WAYS, INC.'S PROGRAMS. X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JOHN A WILKINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 133853 0 0 0 0 0 4016 0 21259 0 159128 0 0 0 X 2 112150 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 1 2523 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 1 0 PART I COLUMN (B): THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990 THE CPA PREPARING THE RETURN PROVIDES A COPY OF THE RETURN TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY ALL STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CERTIFICATION ANNUALLY. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING ANY REPORTED OR SUSPECTED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND FOR DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS COMPENSATION FOR ALL STAFF WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO CONSIDERS EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS WHEN AWARDING INCREASES IN COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S BY-LAWS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: NET ASSETS TRANSFER FROM 56 ARBOR STREET LLC AND 56 ARBOR STREET MM LLC -94,699. FORM 990 PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT CHANGE ITS OVERSIGHT OR SELECTION PROCESS DURING THE YEAR. 56 ARBOR STREET LLC 56 ARBOR STREET HARTFORD CT 06106 873871521 531120 CT REAL ART WAYS INC EXCLUDED -103452 1 0 0.99000 56 ARBOR STREET MM LLC 56 ARBOR STREET HARTFORD CT 06106 873907677 531120 CT REAL ART WAYS INC C -1045 1.00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 ARBOR STREET LLC S 5182325 NET BOOK VALUE OF BUILDING 56 ARBOR STREET LLC S 264090 CASH SCHEDULE R - IDENTIFICATION OR RELATED ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025, BOTH 56 ARBOR STREET LLC AND 56 ARBOR STREET MM LLC WERE LEGALLY DISSOLVED, AND ALL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THOSE ENTITIES WERE TRANSFERRED TO REAL ART WAYS.