Travis Roy Foundation INC

Boston, MAUnknown exempt organization EIN 45-1618706Revenue $8K in FY2024Latest return filed Aug 12, 2025

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The primary focus of the corporation is to support the Travis Roy Foundation in its mission to foster the rehabilitation of spinal cord injuries and research & educational programs relating to such injuries.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 45-1618706) · Dispute this line
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 143 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $212K a year · 28% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 0 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
91% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$152K
to officers and key staff · 35% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 35% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
Named funders
3
named funders · $71K
3 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 12 voting members
11 of 12 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$8K
-96% vs prior year
Spent
$433K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$8K
FY2024▼ -96%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$204K
FY2024$8K
Expenses
$433K
FY2024▼ -36%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$673K
FY2024$433K
Net assets
$0
FY2024▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.0M
FY2021$933K
FY2022$895K
FY2023$426K
FY2024$0

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2014-02-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $396K Management & general 9% · $38K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $152K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$151,923Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lisa Kielt$151,923$100,000$101,923$96,860$76,839
Travis Roy———$64,904$75,000

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Funds spinal cord injury rehabilitation, research, and education programs.

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1 program · $396K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Support to the travis roy foundation to further its mission of rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injuries and research and educational programs related to such injuries and support to other charitable organizations.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 45-1618706) · Dispute this line
$396Kprogram 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 · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$71K
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Grants paid · 11 grants · $3.2M · 2019–2023
Travis Roy FoundationMA · FY2023$317,181
Journey Forward INCMA · FY2023$50,000
T-Bird Foundation INCMA · FY2023$15,000
Travis Roy FoundationMA · FY2022$300,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$49,569
Slamt1d INCVT · FY2022$16,066
Travis Roy FoundationMA · FY2021$756,327
Travis Roy FoundationMA · FY2020$886,878
Unitemized GrantFY2020$71,660
Travis Roy FoundationMA · FY2019$744,517
Unitemized GrantFY2019$30,307

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$433K
Ln 25
Programscol B$396K
Managementcol C$38K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Total revenueLn 12$8K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6143
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$509K$0
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$509K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$84K$0
Net assetsLn 32$426K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$382K$382K
Payroll taxesLn 10$26K$13K$13K
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$20K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$887$887
OccupancyLn 16$328$164$164
InsuranceLn 23$480$480
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$70$70
Total functional expensesLn 25$433K$396K$38K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 12, 2025 $8K$433K−$426K$0 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 5, 2024 $204K$673K−$469K$426K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 31, 2023 $1.1M$1.1M−$3K$895K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2022 $1.3M$1.4M−$104K$933K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 26, 2021 $1.2M$1.3M−$58K$1.0M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $7,811 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $182,270$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $21,806$7,811
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $204,076$7,811
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $365,635$382,181
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $190,528$26,328
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $116,935$24,925
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $673,098$433,434
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$469,022−$425,623
Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,811 across 2 lines filed
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,811$7,811
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,811$7,811
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $433,434 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $382,181$382,181
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,164 · Management $13,164$26,328
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,000$3,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $20,160$20,160
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $887$887
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $164 · Management $164$328
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $480$480
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $70$70
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $395,509 · Management $37,925 · Fundraising $0$433,434
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $509,321$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $509,321$0
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $83,698$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $83,698$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $425,623$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $425,623$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $509,321$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,811
XI-2 Total expenses$433,434
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$425,623
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$425,623
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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