Program areas at WITS
Coach for kids - encourages Schools to let kids play to reach the recommended 60 minutes of daily activity. Wellness in the Schools coaches, trained fitness professionals, work with Schools to reinvent recess, train school staff, and provide fitness education to students. the daily goal is for students to return to class after lunch and recess ready to focus and learn. the long-term goal is to teach children healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
Scratchworks - a program supporting school districts in cooking school meals from scratch using whole, fresh ingredients that provide students with the nutrition they need for their educational success, health and wellbeing.
Cook for kids - works with Schools to feed kids real food. Wellness in the Schools chefs, trained culinary graduates, work with Schools to transform the cafeteria menu, train Schools staff, and provide nutrition education to students. the daily goal is for students to return to class after lunch and recess ready to focus and learn. the long-term goal is to teach children healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
Various other programming
Who funds Wellness in the Schools (WITS)
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at WITS
Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
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DeMarco Murray | Chief Athletic Officer | $0 | 2024-10-02 |
Nancy Easton | Board Member | $190,322 | 2024-10-02 |
Marty Hillis | Director of Finance and Operations | $116,700 | 2023-06-30 |
Financials for WITS
Revenues | FYE 06/2023 | FYE 06/2022 | % Change |
---|
Total grants, contributions, etc. | $2,000,859 | $2,558,715 | -21.8% |
Program services | $211,664 | $266,483 | -20.6% |
Investment income and dividends | $50,327 | $0 | 999% |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
Total revenues | $2,262,850 | $2,825,198 | -19.9% |
Organizations like WITS
Organization | Type | Location | Revenue |
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Grassroots Health | 501(c)(3) | Washington, DC | $1,104,037 |
Turnaround for Children | 501(c)(3) | New York, NY | $3,829,396 |
On Point | 501(c)(3) | Hixson, TN | $1,300,341 |
Lifesmart Youth | 501(c)(3) | Indianapolis, IN | $895,308 |
The Georgetown Project | 501(c)(3) | Georgetown, TX | $950,443 |
Dental Lifeline Network | 501(c)(3) | Denver, CO | $2,947,850 |
Children's Health Investment Program | 501(c)(3) | Chesapeake, VA | $2,723,953 |
Candor Health Education | 501(c)(3) | Hinsdale, IL | $1,653,779 |
Gbapp | 501(c)(3) | Bridgeport, CT | $3,346,856 |
Center for Human Development (CHD) | 501(c)(3) | Concord, CA | $2,499,995 |
Data update history
October 2, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
August 10, 2024
Received grants
Identified 5 new grant, including a grant for $75,000 from John M Hopwood Irr August 9, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
July 25, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 11, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Public health orgsHealth organizationsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
HealthChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingGala fundraisersAuction fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 31 W 125th St
- New York, NY 10027
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- County
- New York County, NY
- Website URL
- wellnessintheschools.org/Â
- Phone
- (212) 724-2130
- Facebook page
- WellnessintheSchoolsÂ
- Twitter profile
- @witsinschoolsÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 25-1919494
- Fiscal year end
- June
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2005
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- E70: Public Health Programs
- NAICS code, primary
- 624110: Child and Youth Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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