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ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE INC

EIN 04-2104230 SOMERVILLE, MA

Revenue 2024
$33,325,590
Expenses 2024
$31,790,001

Program services were 64.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T50
Classification
1000
Street
100 CHESTNUT STREET

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).

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.

  • Dr Wenyuan Shi

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $581,525
    From this org
    $528,648
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,877
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $528,648
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,827
    Filer's total
    $581,525

  • Raymond A Cohlmia DDS

    Director & Chair

    Total calculated
    $870,723
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $763,285
    Other
    $107,438
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $639,645 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $112,623 related
    Other
    $0 + $11,017 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $67,700 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,738 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $870,723 related

  • David Kochman

    Director (beginning 11/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr J Leslie Winston

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Teresa Dolan

    Director (through 9/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $9,000
    From this org
    $9,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elyse Cherry

    Director (through 9/18/24)

    Total calculated
    $9,790
    From this org
    $9,790
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James M Boyle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Ryan

    Director (beginning 11/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Greeley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $12,811
    From this org
    $12,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Thorne IV

    Director

    Total calculated
    $12,000
    From this org
    $12,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carline Durocher

    GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY (through 4/26/2024)

    Total calculated
    $783,602
    From this org
    $759,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,133
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $80,516
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $678,953
    Deferred
    $11,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,219
    Filer's total
    $783,602

  • David Reibel

    VP Legal, Clerk/Secretary (beginning 9/18/2024)

    Total calculated
    $108,023
    From this org
    $89,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,709
    Hours/week
    45

  • Sok Cheng Soh

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $373,374
    From this org
    $330,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,635
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,739
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,799
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,836
    Filer's total
    $373,374

  • Benjamin Wu

    COO/CSO

    Total calculated
    $464,505
    From this org
    $407,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,999
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $407,506
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,949
    Filer's total
    $464,505

  • Dr Thomas Van Dyke

    SENIOR MEMBER OF VP CLINICAL & TRANS. RES.

    Total calculated
    $364,088
    From this org
    $326,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,402
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,686
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,123
    Filer's total
    $364,088

  • Mary Ellen Davey

    Full Professor

    Total calculated
    $293,606
    From this org
    $256,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,162
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $248,766
    Bonus
    $7,678
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,047
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,115
    Filer's total
    $293,606

  • Paula LaPalme

    Chief Administration & HR Officer

    Total calculated
    $293,327
    From this org
    $256,006
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,321
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,006
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,996
    Filer's total
    $293,327

  • Wei Hsu

    SENIOR MEMBER OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $387,862
    From this org
    $323,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,269
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,151
    Bonus
    $23,442
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,038
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,231
    Filer's total
    $387,862

  • Xuesong He

    Full Professor

    Total calculated
    $267,800
    From this org
    $245,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,064
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,639
    Bonus
    $22,097
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,048
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,016
    Filer's total
    $267,800

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 — 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
    $33,325,590
    Expenses
    $31,790,001
    Contributions
    $15,397,432
    Grants paid
    $1,712,387
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,679,809
    Expenses
    $14,874,687
    Contributions
    $6,603,114
    Grants paid
    $694,434
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $21,055,155
    Expenses
    $27,628,668
    Contributions
    $14,156,329
    Grants paid
    $1,102,010

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 2026, under deductibility SO.

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.