Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,500,233

Total expenses

$5,707,504

Contributions and grants received

$32,369

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$5,467,864

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$5,991,371

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,317,755

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,673,616

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,148,157

Management and general expenses

$559,347

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,148,157

Program services were 90.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE BAY SCHOOL, A MAY CENTER SCHOOL, IS A NONPUBLIC, NONPROFIT SCHOOL DEDICATED TO PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS ONE OF MAY INSTITUTE'S FOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS LOCATED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND CALIFORNIA FOR STUDENTS WITH ASD AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS. AT THIS FULL-DAY, YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL, WE EDUCATE STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 22. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO FACILITATE THE STUDENT'S SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION BACK INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MAY CENTER SCHOOLS ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS LEADERS IN "BEST PRACTICE" EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. OUR STUDENTS ARE SURROUNDED BY CARING, HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN THEIR CARE. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT INCLUDES TEACHERS, THERAPISTS, AND CONSULTANTS IMPLEMENTS THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN/INDIVIDUALIZED TRANSITION PLAN (IEP/ITP) GOALS OF STUDENTS REFERRED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND REGIONAL CENTERS. EACH STUDENT RECEIVES APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES ON AN INDIVIDUALLY CONTRACTED BASIS. FROM THE FIRST DAY A CHILD ENTERS ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS, WE BEGIN TO CAREFULLY CREATE A PERSONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, ASSESSING NEEDS AND DEVELOPING SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. TEACHING PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED BASED ON EACH STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS. TEACHERS AT THE BAY SCHOOL ARE CERTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING AS SPECIALISTS (MODERATE TO-SEVERE) IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. THEY WORK WITH STUDENTS ONE ON- ONE AND IN SMALL GROUPS, COMBINING BEST PRACTICES FROM THE FIELDS OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA) AND SPECIAL EDUCATION. CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES EMPHASIZE ALL AREAS OF A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE, SOCIAL SKILLS, SCHOOL READINESS, SELF-CARE, AND PLAY SKILLS STATE-OF-THE-ART TEACHING PROCEDURES SUCH AS DIRECT INSTRUCTION, DISCRETE TRIAL TEACHING, PRECISION TEACHING, OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING, AND INCIDENTAL TEACHING ARE USED TO TEACH EACH STUDENT MEANINGFUL SKILLS TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AT THE BAY SCHOOL, WE RECORD DATA DAILY ON ALL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN EACH STUDENT'S IEP. OUR HIGHLY STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ENABLE US TO REGULARLY MEASURE PROGRESS, REEVALUATING AND ADJUSTING EACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM, AS NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO CONSTANTLY CHALLENGE, MOTIVATE, AND ENCOURAGE EACH CHILD. FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES PLACE STRONG EMPHASIS ON PARENT TRAINING. ACCORDINGLY, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH FAMILIES AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO OBSERVE THEIR CHILD WHILE IN SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND IMPLEMENT TEACHING PROCEDURES IN THE HOME. THE BAY SCHOOL'S SPECIALIZED CARE ENABLES EACH CHILD TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT AND ONGOING IMPROVEMENT IN SKILLS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS RESULT FROM THE TIRELESS WORK OF OUR STAFF COMBINED WITH OUR UNCOMPROMISING COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS. FOR OLDER STUDENTS AT THE BAY SCHOOL, THE FOCUS IS ON TRANSITIONAL SKILLS THAT BOLSTER SELF-CONFIDENCE AND FOSTER SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE SCHOOL'S VOCATIONAL PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO OBTAIN PAYING JOBS AND ACHIEVE AS MUCH INDEPENDENCE AS POSSIBLE. THE VOCATIONAL CLASSROOM TEACHER WORKS WITH INSTRUCTORS AND PARENTS TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC VOCATIONAL GOALS FOR EACH STUDENT. THE FIRST WORK OPPORTUNITIES OFTEN OCCUR RIGHT AT THE SCHOOL AND MAY INVOLVE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RESTOCKING CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, DELIVERING MAIL, AND SHREDDING PAPER. MANY STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO THESE VOCATIONAL POSITIONS. THESE WORK EXPERIENCES PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN INVALUABLE SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SATISFACTION.

  Expenses $5,148,157 · Revenue $5,467,864

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE MAY INSTITUTE INC

  501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · MA

• NATIONAL AUTISM CENTER INC

  501(C)(3) · RESEARCH · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by THE MAY INSTITUTE INC

• THE MAY-WEST ROXBURY RESIDENCES INC

  501(C)(3) · RESIDENTIAL · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by THE MAY INSTITUTE INC

• GREATER SPRINGFIELD RESIDENCES INC

  501(C)(3) · RESIDENTIAL · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by THE MAY INSTITUTE INC

• MAY FOUNDATION INC

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT ORGANIZATION · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by THE MAY INSTITUTE INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

27 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202640889349300159

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