Institute Artes Liberales Foundation
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What it says it does
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- Income
- $313,570
- Spending
- $522,865
- Spent on programs
- 52%
- Reserves
- 2.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $20,434, chief accountant
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 38 out of 100. Higher than 8% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.4 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 32% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 67% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 7% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1552% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 95% of charities in its peer group (education, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $227,074 spent. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES (CLASS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (DIRECTOR: PROF. JERZY AXER, INITIATOR OF THE FACULKTRY OF "ARTES LIBERALES AND CLASS, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, PRESIDENT OF THE ARTES LIBERALES INSTITUTE FOUNDATION) 1. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES (ABRIDGED AS CLASS) AT THE FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES" (W"AL") OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW FUNCTIONS AS A UNIQUE BUT REGULAR LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM IN THE POLISH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION. IT FUNCTIONS ON BOTH LEVELS: B.A. AND M.A. AND SUPPORTS FUNCTIONING PHD CURRICULUM. CLASS IS TARGETED TOWARDS DEVELOPING THE IDEA OF THE VERY UNITY OF LEARNING AND TEACHING. IN 2023/24 ACADEMIC YEAR, THERE WERE IN TOTAL: 173 COURSES (30H, 45H OR 60H). IN THE REPORTING PERIOD SUCH INNOVATIVE COURSES AND PROJECTS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP: FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE THE COURSE (INTRODUCED THANKS TO THE COOPERATION WITH THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN NEW YORK) SERVES AS A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC THINKING AND HABITS OF MIND AND PROCEEDS THROUGH A SERIES OF MODULES (INCLUDING LECTURES AND SEMINARS) CONDUCTED BY WORLD-RENOWNED PROFESSORS OF VARIOUS DISCIPLINES (E.G. THEORETICAL PHYSICS, NEUROSCIENCE, GEOLOGY, BIOLOGY) AND INTERDISCIPLINARY-INCLINED INSTRUCTORS. FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE COLLEGIUM ARTES LIBERALES AUTHORITIES, THE COURSE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE BECAME MANDATORY IN THE ARTES LIBERALES PROGRAM STARTING FROM THE 2023/24 ACADEMIC YEAR WITH THREE GROUPS. FRONTIERS OF HUMANITIES A SIMILAR COURSE IN THE HUMANITIES ENTITLED FRONTIERS OF HUMANITIES WAS INTRODUCED AT THE CLASS IN 2022. (FOH). AMONG THE LEARNING OUTCOMES AIMED TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE SEMINAR, A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS IS PLACED ON THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY DESIGN AND CONDUCT INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ON SELECTED CULTURAL TEXTS. IN 2024, A NEW CYCLE OF THE FRONTIERS OF HUMANITIES COURSE WAS LAUNCHED AND OFFERED AS A COMPULSORY COMPONENT FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS OF THE ARTES LIBERALES STUDIES. THE COURSE WAS CONDUCTED IN THREE GROUPS, BASED ON A SYLLABUS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED CONCEPT OF THE COURSE, WHICH HAD BEEN TESTED DURING PILOT CLASSES AND MANDATORY SESSIONS IN THE 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURSE DESIGN, THE TUTORIALS COMPRISED 60 HOURS DELIVERED IN FOUR-HOUR BLOCKS, ALLOWING FOR INTENSIVE ANALYTICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE WORK AIMED AT STRENGTHENING PRACTICAL ACADEMIC SKILLS. AS PART OF THE CLASSES AT THE CLASS, THEMATIC BLOCKS OF CLASSES WERE CARRIED OUT, AMONG OTHERS: ROMANTICISM: EUROPEANNESS AND CULTURAL BORDERLANDS. HERITAGE STUDIES RESEARCH AND TEACHING. IT IS A PROJECT INVOLVING HERITAGE STUDIES RESEARCH, WITH STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE COLLABORATION OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF RESEARCHERS, PHD STUDENTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE PROJECT IS PART OF A WIDER RESEARCH PROGRAM - ROMANTIC LABORATORY, IT COMBINES TEACHING WITH STRICTLY RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND ENABLES STUDENTS TO WRITE BA, MA AND DOCTORAL THESES/DISSERTATIONS ON ROMANTIC HERITAGE IN CONTEMPORARY POLISH AND EUROPEAN CULTURE. A THREE-YEAR CYCLE OF CLASSES, RESEARCH AND STUDIES ON ROMANTICISM ENDED IN 2023, IN 2024 BEGAN A NEW 2-YEARS CYCLE OF SEMINARS WITH PARTICIPATION OF RECOGNIZED GUEST SCHOLARS FROM POLAND AND ABROAD. DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024, SECOND-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE ARTES LIBERALES PROGRAM WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A COURSE ENTITLED STUDENT TEAM PROJECTS WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING TEAMWORK COMPETENCIES. THE CONCEPT OF STUDENT TEAM PROJECTS ASSUMES FULL AUTONOMY FOR THE STUDENTS. THEY FORM THEIR OWN TEAMS, SELECT THE PROJECT TOPIC, AND CHOOSE A SUPERVISOR THEMSELVES. THE PROJECT'S SUBJECT MATTER CAN BE SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC, OR RELATE TO SOCIAL ISSUES (COMMUNITY PROJECT). THE PROGRAM OF MINI-GRANTS FOR FIRST- AND SECOND-CYCLE STUDENTS OF CLASS TOOK PLACE IN 2024 AS WELL. STUDENTS WERE GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY TO APPLY FOR INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM GRANTS, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING: RESEARCH TRIPS, E.G. FIELD STUDIES; PRELIMINARY RESEARCH; CONSULTATION TRIPS; PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES (TRAVEL COSTS, CONFERENCE FEES); ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES; IMPLEMENTATION OF TEAM PROJECTS; ORGANIZATION OF ARTISTIC EVENTS PRESENTING THE WORK OF THE CLASS' STUDENTS (BESIDES THE LIBERAL ARTS FESTIVAL); PURCHASE OF BOOKS UNAVAILABLE AT POLISH LIBRARIES AND IN DIGITAL REPOSITORIES. 2. IN 2024 FIAL CONTINUED TO SUPPORT ANTHROPOZOOLOGY STUDIES, BA LEVEL ANTHROPOZOOLOGY IS AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES LAUNCHED IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/18, WHICH COMBINES HUMANITIES WITH SOCIAL SCIENCES, ESPECIALLY ZOOPSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, ZOOLOGY, ETHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. IT IS COORDINATED BY THE FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES" IN COOPERATION WITH THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY AND THE FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW. THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE REQUIRES COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSORS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (FOR EXAMPLE ARCHEOZOOLOGISTS), AS WELL AS SPECIALISTS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS (SOCIOLOGISTS, SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, VETERINARIANS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AND ANIMAL SHELTERS, VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONS ETC.). THIS CURRICULUM ANTHROZOOLOGY HAS NO EQUIVALENTS ELSEWHERE IN POLAND. FIAL SUPPORTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERAL COURSES IN THE PART WHERE IT GOES BEYOND A STANDARD COURSE OF STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY, AMONG THEM: CONFERENCES, VISITING THEMATIC EXHIBITIONS BY STUDENTS, FIELD WORKSHOPS. 3. IN 2024 FIAL ALSO SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY AND ORGANIZATIONALLY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ARTISTIC, BIOCULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS BEING RUN IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH CLASS: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIALIZATION PROJECT (COORDINATOR: PROF. SZYMON WRBEL, FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW) THE MAIN TASK OF THE PROJECT IS TO LOOK FOR A NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY THAT DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO OUR HUMAN CONDITION, ON THE CO
- $18,425 spent. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN THE HUMANITIES (MSH) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW (COORDINATOR: PROF. ROBERT A. SUCHARSKI, FORMER DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES", UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW) THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL OF MSH IS TO CREATE A NETWORK OF ACADEMICS, ACTIVE IN THE REGION OF THE EASTERN EUROPE. TO ACHIEVE SUCH A GOAL, A SPECIAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN SET UP; THE PROGRAM INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE REGION, WITH EMPHASIS ON MEDITERRANEAN TRADITIONS AS ROOTS OF ITS CULTURE. GREAT IMPORTANCE IS BEING ATTACHED TO ENABLING THE PARTICIPANTS TO ATTAIN A PERCEPTION OF THEIR OWN IDENTITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE REGION. THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL IS TO DISSEMINATE MODERN THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES IN THE HUMANITIES AND, PRIMARILY, TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF SCHOLARS IN DISCIPLINES PARTICULARLY NEGLECTED IN EAST- CENTRAL EUROPE (MAINLY IN THE AREAS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION) AND FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE HUMANITIES. THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION ON UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY 2022 BROUGHT VERY IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MSH PROGRAM. THE COOPERATION WITH THE ACADEMIC WORLD IN RUSSIA IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE AND THE COLLABORATION WITH THE BELARUSIAN ACADEMIC MILIEU VERY MUCH RESTRAINED. AS A RESULT, MSH'S OPERATIONS FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN ACADEMICS DURING THE WAR: - IN 2024 THE FIAL SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES LINKED TO THE PROJECT INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP. PHASE VII: MODELS OF UNIVERSITIES AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. THE PROJECT IS RUN TOGETHER WITH THE FIAL AND THE FACULKTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES", UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW ON THE POLISH SIDE, AND THE ASSOCIATION OF THE RECTORS OF THE UKRAINIAN HIGHER SCHOOLS, AND THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RESEARCH ON THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY ON THE UKRAINIAN SIDE. IN NOVEMBER 2024 ALTOGETHER 35 PEOPLE, REPRESENTING VARIOUS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS FROM THE ENTIRE UKRAINE AND RECRUITED ONLY FROM THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE FORMER PHASES TOOK PART IN WORKSHOPS IN WARSAW AS WELL AS MET PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN POLAND TO BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE TOPICS RELEVANT FOR MICRO-PROJECTS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE. THE MICRO-PROJECTS - THE CONCEPTS OF WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED IN POLAND - ARE TO SKETCH A MODEL FOR PREPARING THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR UNIVERSITIES OF VARIOUS KINDS. THE SUBSEQUENT (THE SIXTH) VOLUME IN THE SERIES "INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY AND LEADERSHIP" WAS PUBLISHED IT CONTAINS THE MATERIAL FROM THE SIXTH PHASE OF THE PROJECT. - A DISTINCT AND IMPORTANT SUBPROGRAM OF THE MSH PROGRAM IS THE POLISH-SIBERIAN RESEARCH GROUP. IT WAS ORGANIZED IN THE BELIEF THAT THE POLISH EXPERIENCE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES COULD BE CREATIVELY USED TO GALVANIZE THE EFFORTS OF THE ELITES OF THE SIBERIAN AUTOCHTHONOUS NATIONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS TO THOROUGHLY STUDY THEIR OWN IDENTITY(-IES) AND HELP THEM RECOVER THEIR SOVEREIGN CHARACTER(S).
- $11,056 spent. ECOLOGY OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY - INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (EI) (COORDINATOR: PROF. JERZY AXER) BUILDING ON THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN TWO PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD PROGRAMS AT THE FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES" SUPPORTED BY FIAL (INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL PROJECTS "THE TRADITIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN HUMANISM AND THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES: THE FRONTIERS OF HUMANITY" 2010-2015 AND INTERDISCIPLINARY DOCTORAL STUDIES "NATURE-CULTURE 2018-2023), A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TITLED "ECOLOGY OF INTERDISCIPLINARITY". THIS PROGRAM WILL ENABLE THE FULFILLMENT OF THE MISSION OF THE CLASS, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, WHICH CONSISTS IN EDUCATING ACADEMIC STAFF CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VARIOUS UNITS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW. IN 2024 THE PROGRAM WAS IN ITS PREPARATORY STAGE.
- $16,336 spent. HELLENIC STUDIES (HS) (COORDINATOR: PROF. MAGORZATA BOROWSKA, FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES", UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW):FIAL SUPPORTS THE HELLENIC STUDIES AT THE FACULTY OF "ARTES LIBERALES", WHICH RUNS THE FIELD OF STUDY "MODERN GREEK PHILOLOGY". IN 2024 FIAL PAID SOME HONORARIA FOR TEACHERS AND A PART OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(3) charitable organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2006.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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