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THE BASEBALL INC

EIN 46-1856641 ROXBURY, MA

Revenue 2024
$4,784,883
Expenses 2024
$2,982,368

Program services were 76.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N63
Classification
2000
Street
150 SHIRLEY ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BASE BALL, INC. D/B/A THE BASE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO SHIFT THE NATIONAL MINDSET AND RE-IMAGINE PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS FOR URBAN YOUTH. FOUNDED IN ROXBURY, MA, THE BASE OPERATES IN BOSTON AND ON THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO, IL. THE BASE PROVIDES STUDENT ATHLETES WITH YEAR-ROUND, SUPERIOR ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC TRAINING, ACCESS TO COLLEGE FAIRS AND SHOWCASES, PROFESSIONAL VISITS, AND ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVERAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE BASE ALSO TRAINS AND SUPPORTS A GROWING NETWORK OF COACHES, MANY OF WHOM ARE ALUMNI OF THE BASE AND ITS PREDECESSOR BALLCLUB, THE BOSTON ASTROS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS BUILT A STRONG SET OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, COMMUNITY LEADERS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFITS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • ATHLETIC INSTRUCTION, LEAGUES, AND TOURNAMENTS:THE BASE LEVERAGES THE POWER OF YOUTH SPORTS TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A CULTURE OF HARD WORK AND SUCCESS. FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND EXCELLENCE COMBINED WITH TEAMWORK AND SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR STAFF AND COACHES USE THE LESSONS AND VALUES OF TEAM SPORTS TO PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE A BLUEPRINT FOR PERSONAL GROWTH. WE PROVIDE URBAN STUDENT-ATHLETES ACCESS TO EXCEPTIONAL YEAR-ROUND ATHLETIC TRAINING, CONDITIONING AND COMPETITION IN BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND SOFTBALL. OUR TEAMS COMPETE AT HIGH LEVELS, AND HAVE ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.

    Expenses $1,279,968 · Grants $2,825 · Revenue $14,491

  • HEALTH & WELLNESS AND OTHER PROGRAMMING:IN 2020, THE BASE PARTNERED WITH THE HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION TO HELP ENSURE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. AS A RESULT, THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FULL BAGS OF ASSORTED GROCERIES, PACKED LUNCHES AND LOCAL MARKET GIFT CARDS TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THE GREATER ROXBURY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE WORKED WITH LOCALLY BASED, MINORITY-OWNED VENDORS AS WELL, IN OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE SYSTEMATIC CHANGE AND RIPPLE EFFECTS THROUGH OUR INITIATIVES. IN 2022, THE BASE HEALTH & WELLNESS INITIATIVE EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY, BUILDING ON OUR HEALTHY FOODS PROJECT TO CREATE A UNIQUE "URBAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER." OUR GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE, WELLNESS PROGRAMS, AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY.

    Expenses $577,747 · Grants $4,959

  • ACADEMICS & CAREER:THROUGH THE BASE COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM, ALL BASE STUDENT-ATHLETES ARE PROVIDED PERSONALIZED COLLEGE APPLICATION & ENROLLMENT SUPPORT DURING THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS. THIS INCLUDES SMALL-GROUP AND ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING SESSIONS TO IDENTIFY TARGET SCHOOLS, PREPARE FOR SATS, AND WORK ON APPLICATION CHECKLISTS AND PERSONAL STATEMENT ESSAYS, WHILE ALSO PURSUING SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID. WE ARRANGE CAMPUS TOURS AND ATTEND COLLEGE FAIRS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND, AND EVERY WINTER WE TRAVEL TO THE SOUTH AND MID-ATLANTIC TO VISIT SEVERAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (HBCU'S). AS LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE ARRIVE, OUR COLLEGE ADVISOR WORKS WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ENSURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR FINANCIAL AID OFFERS AND CONSIDER ALL FACTORS AS THEY MAKE THEIR DECISIONS. THE BASE WORKS WITH BUSINESSES OF ALL KINDS TO INTRODUCE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES TO THE MANY INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS THAT MAKE UP THE ECONOMIC ENGINE IN GREATER BOSTON. THROUGH INTERNSHIPS, CAREER DAYS, INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, WORKSITE TOURS, AND MORE, WE ENSURE OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES GET TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE KINDS OF PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AS THEM CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $430,446 · Grants $1,031

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KEITH CARROLL

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • WENDELL C TAYLOR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • FELIPE COLON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN P COOK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MINDY D'ARBELOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • PAUL FRANCISCO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ALAN KHAZEI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DANNY T LEVY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NIMIT PATEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JACQUELINE SCHUMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MIKE VOLO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • STEPHEN LEWIS

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $182,598
    From this org
    $165,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,598
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,598
    Filer's total
    $182,598

  • JEFF PAQUETTE

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $85,254
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $254
    Hours/week
    20

  • STEPHANIE MONTEIRO-MERRITT

    CHIEF ORGANIZATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $183,049
    From this org
    $156,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,049
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,049
    Filer's total
    $183,049

  • CASSIDY JAYNE PRIESTER

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $115,480
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $480
    Hours/week
    40

  • LORI DIPINA

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $119,398
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,398
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,784,883
    Expenses
    $2,982,368
    Contributions
    $4,795,501
    Grants paid
    $8,816
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,149,709
    Expenses
    $2,991,287
    Contributions
    $3,134,635
    Grants paid
    $12,313
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,547,823
    Expenses
    $3,178,906
    Contributions
    $3,547,823
    Grants paid
    $21,729

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,601,318
    Expenses
    $3,322,174
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,393,613

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,180,837
    Expenses
    $2,722,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,409,493

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,899,437
    Expenses
    $2,771,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,258,473

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,398,475
    Expenses
    $2,729,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,028,755

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,090,263
    Expenses
    $2,807,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $853,208

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,699,404
    Expenses
    $1,519,653
    Assets (EOY)
    $390,669

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,429,423
    Expenses
    $1,546,237
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,625

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $409,776
    Expenses
    $287,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,952

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.