Travis Roy Foundation FY2020 filing

Boston, MAUnknown exempt organization EIN 04-3327883Revenue $1.2M in FY2020

On file with the IRStravisroyfoundation.org101 Huntington Avenue No 520 · Boston, MA

Claim this org

(tell your story, add context, and more)

What claiming does How does your 990 look to donors? Take the 10-Question Audit

The primary focus of the trust is the rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries and research and educational programs relating to such injuries.

89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX

Before you give

FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $775K a year · 58% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 13.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $317K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$251K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.2M
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$4.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$394K
FY2024$335K
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$6.1M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$384K
Net assets
$4.6M
FY2020
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.6M
FY2021$5.5M
FY2022$929K
FY2023$49K
FY2024$0

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending September 2020) · see the original

Give Claim
You’re viewing the FY2020 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $1.1M Management & general 2% · $23K Fundraising 9% · $115K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to add context

Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Founder & Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
See Travis Roy Foundation executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to add context

Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Rehabilitates spinal cord injuries, funds research, and provides related educational programs.

Questions for Travis Roy Foundation

Tap to ask. Travis Roy Foundation sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Travis Roy Foundation answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

2 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Support to find a cure for spinal cord injuries through funding of research.

$642Kprogram expense
02

Support to enchance the lives of individuals with spinal cord injuries and their families by providing adaptive equipment resulting in self-reliance and the ability to be as independent as possible.

$477Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$317K
Grants paid · 24 grants · $9.7M · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$84,333
Jack Trottier Foundation INCMA · FY2023$75,000
Sci BostonMA · FY2023$70,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalMA · FY2023$25,000
Trustees of Boston UniversityMA · FY2022$1,015,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$107,232
Slamt1d INCVT · FY2022$50,000
Shepherd Center Foundation INCGA · FY2021$2,500,000
Spaulding Rehabilitation HospitalMA · FY2021$2,125,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,211,233
Garden of Dreams FoundationNY · FY2021$15,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$676,318
See all 24 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$23K
Fundraisingcol D$115K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$251K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$9K
Investment incomeLn 3$46K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$11K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$152K
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$745K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$251K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 623
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.6M$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$798K$745K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$4.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$204K$251K
Net assetsLn 32$4.4M$4.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$442K$442K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$471K$471K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$199K$199K
Legal feesLn 11b$62$62
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$20K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$53K$6K$6K$41K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$54K$450$53K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$1.1M$23K$115K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $335K$384K−$50K$0 990 PDF
FY2023 $394K$1.3M−$882K$49K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.7M$6.1M−$3.3M$929K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$1.5M$499K$5.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.2M$1.3M−$96K$4.6M 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants F · Foreign O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,161,285 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,214,598$1,115,520
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $71,603$45,765
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$7,950$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,278,251$1,161,285
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,454,168$1,112,892
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $186,443$144,064
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,640,611$1,256,956
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $637,640−$95,671
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,161,285 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$744,517
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$371,003
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,467
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,115,520
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $56,610$56,610
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$10,845−$10,845
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $45,765$1,161,285
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,256,956 across 10 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $442,461$442,461
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $471,330$471,330
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $199,101$199,101
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $62$62
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,500$9,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $20,000$20,000
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $6,447$6,447
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,993 · Management $5,993 · Fundraising $41,182$53,168
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $450 · Fundraising $53,429$53,879
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,008$1,008
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,118,885 · Management $23,460 · Fundraising $114,611$1,256,956
Part X · Balance sheet $4,851,082 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $64,805$152,283
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,105,499$1,270,476
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,935$714
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $797,972$744,804
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,619,404$2,682,805
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,596,615$4,851,082
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $203,562$248,265
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$2,500
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $203,562$250,765
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,393,047$4,600,317
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,393,053$4,600,317
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,596,615$4,851,082
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,600,317 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,161,285
XI-2 Total expenses$1,256,956
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$95,671
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,393,053
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$302,935
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,600,317

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.