Organizations Filed Purposes:
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 IN 2018, BEGAN OPERATING 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.
BASEBALL INSTRUCTION & CONDITIONING: THIS IS THE BASE'S LARGEST PROGRAM, WHEREBY 800+ BOYS AND GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 19 PARTICIPATE IN BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND BASKETBALL INSTRUCTION, WHILE ALSO HAVING ACCESS TO A RANGE OF ACADEMIC AND CAREER RESOURCES, INCLUDING COLLEGE VISITS AND FAIRS, PROFESSIONAL DAYS, SAT PREP, HOMEWORK SUPPORT, AND LIFE SKILLS.
ASTROS & TOURNAMENTS: A SUBSET OF BASE STUDENT ATHLETES "EARN THEIR SPOT" ON ONE OF 12 TO 15 TEAMS EACH YEAR THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE BASE'S LEAGUES, OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEAGUES, AS WELL AS TRAVEL TO LOCAL,REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS.
URBAN CLASSIC:THE URBAN CLASSIC IS A MULTI-DAY TOURNAMENT ORGANIZED BY THE BASE, AND HAS EVOLVED TO INCLUDE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND BASKETBALL. OVER TWENTY TEAMS AND 400 PLAYERS COME TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR COMPETITIVE TOURNAMENT STYLE PLAY, COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIRS, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Robert Lewis Jr | FOUNDER & PRESIDENT | 40 | $185,460 |
| Jeffrey Paquette | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | 40 | $151,365 |
| Stephanie Monteiro-Merritt | CHIEF ORGANIZATIONAL OFFICER | 40 | $104,610 |
| Kevin J Rasch | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Yolanda Coentro | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| F Dan Burger | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Alan Khazei | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Keith Carroll | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Danny T Levy | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Francisco | CHAIR - GOVERNACE | 1 | $0 |
| Nimit Patel | CO-CHAIR - PROGRAMS | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Kiser | CO-CHAIR - PROGRAMS | 1 | $0 |
| John P Cook | CHAIR - FUNDRAISING | 1 | $0 |
| Wendell Taylor | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Kate Guedj | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Walker | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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