Doc Wayne Youth Services INC

Tax-deductible

Boston, MA501(c)(3)Since 2010Recreation & SportsEIN 27-4216064Revenue $2.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSdocwayne.org1304 Commonwealth Avenue, 02134-3747 · Boston, MATax-exempt since Sep 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Doc Wayne is an award-winning non-profit leading the field of sport-based therapy and catalyzing a mental health movement. We provide training, tools, and Services that address emotional, behavioral, traumatic, racial, gender, and cultural-based barriers by providing equitable access to better mental health for all. Our clinician-led curricula put sport into practice, strengthening social-emotional skills in young learners to build healthier, more resilient global communities. Our mission: to provide access to brighter futures for Youth around the world and strengthen the field of mental health by using revolutionary sport-based therapy and clinical initiatives. Our vision: to level the playing field of mental health globally by harnessing the power of sport-based therapy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 45 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $140K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$309K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 81% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $18K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.9M
105% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 105% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.4M
-1% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
71%
Net assets
−$88K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2025▼ -1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.8M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.4M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2025▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$2.9M
Net assets
−$88K
FY2025▼ -344%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$507K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$774K
FY2024$36K
FY2025−$88K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2011.

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

Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $2.1M Management & general 16% · $475K Fundraising 12% · $357K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

14 people listed on the 990; $309K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$193,693Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$115,612Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President/CEO/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Cohen’s $194K as Executive Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Cohen$193,693$191,377$160,550$157,855$135,742$132,293
Rebecca Roulier$115,612$110,756————
Jon Baum—$104,487————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Empowers youth through sport-based therapy, building resilience and equitable mental health access globally.

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1 program · $2.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Doc wayne works with approximately 300 students weekly through our community-based chalk talk group therapy program in schools, housing developments, and after-school programs in greater boston and eastern massachusetts.

$2.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$18K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$442K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.1M
Managementcol C$475K
Fundraisingcol D$357K
Owns and owesPt X
−$88K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$293K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$438K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$442K
Investment incomeLn 3$25K
Other incomeLn 4–11$884
Gains on assetsLn 7$4K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$293K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$293K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$952K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4K
Other assetsLn 15$320K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32−$88K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 545
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$63K$293K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$853K$952K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K$4K
Total assetsLn 16$1.6M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$36K−$88K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$215K$107K$107K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.6M$1.3M$136K$125K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$187K$150K$19K$18K
Payroll taxesLn 10$135K$99K$18K$17K
Management feesLn 11a$184K$77K$106K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Investment management feesLn 11f$6K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$280K$216K$11K$54K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$32K$51$16K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$11K$5K$462
Information technologyLn 14$48K$35K$8K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$112K$101K$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$29K$23K$5K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K$114$114
InsuranceLn 23$32K$32K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$71K$36K$27K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$2.1M$475K$357K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.4M$2.9M−$554K−$88K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.4M$3.2M−$785K$36K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.8M$3.1M−$302K$774K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.1M$2.3M−$203K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.2M$1.5M$790K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$1.1M$212K$507K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,360,421 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,914,056$1,892,253
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $441,596$442,234
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,623$25,050
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $11,919$884
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,389,194$2,360,421
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,232,534$2,097,488
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $941,511$816,518
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,174,045$2,914,006
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$784,851−$553,585
Part VI · Governance 9 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,360,421 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$438,093
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,454,160
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,892,253
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $442,234$442,234
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $20,871$20,871
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $4,179$4,179
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $884$884
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $443,118 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $25,050$2,360,421
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,914,006 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $107,274 · Fundraising $107,274$214,548
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,300,129 · Management $135,919 · Fundraising $125,031$1,561,079
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $149,851 · Management $19,322 · Fundraising $18,067$187,240
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $99,445 · Management $18,004 · Fundraising $17,172$134,621
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $77,448 · Management $106,260$183,708
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,400$1,400
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,250$3,250
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $5,723$5,723
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $215,660 · Management $11,128 · Fundraising $53,588$280,376
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $51 · Management $15,816 · Fundraising $15,719$31,586
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,676 · Management $5,295 · Fundraising $462$16,433
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $34,661 · Management $7,908 · Fundraising $5,825$48,394
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $100,552 · Management $5,586 · Fundraising $5,586$111,724
IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,200 · Management $5,493$28,693
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,045 · Management $114 · Fundraising $114$2,273
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $31,837$31,837
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $36,233 · Management $26,974 · Fundraising $7,914$71,121
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,081,788 · Management $475,466 · Fundraising $356,752$2,914,006
Part X · Balance sheet $1,785,287 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $62,711$293,060
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $182,065$162,759
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $77,818$53,427
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,415$4,142
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $853,098$952,099
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $439,094$319,800
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,627,288$1,785,287
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $79,230$71,002
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,512,024$1,802,162
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,591,254$1,873,164
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $36,034−$207,877
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$120,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $36,034−$87,877
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,627,288$1,785,287
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$87,877 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,360,421
XI-2 Total expenses$2,914,006
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$553,585
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$36,034
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$79,674
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$350,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$87,877

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