BAY STATE JAGUARS BASKETBALL CLUB
EIN 77-0649061 · Basketball (N62)
What they do
THE BAY STATE JAGUARS STRIVE to PROVIDE A FUN and COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH OUR PLAYERS CAN IMPROVE NOT ONLY AS BASKETBALL PLAYERS BUT ALSO AS YOUNG MEN and WOMEN. OUR ON THE COURT FOCUS is ON PROVIDING OUR PLAYERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY to DEVELOP INTO THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYERS THEY CAN BE A GOAL WE ACHIEVE THROUGH (1) A SKILL DEVELOPMENT BASED APPROACH to TEACHING THE GAME and (2) BY PROVIDING OUR TEAMS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY to COMPETE REGIONALLY and NATIONALLY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS of THE GRASSROOTS GAME. WHILE WE ARE PROUD of THE TANGIBLE RESULTS IN THE FORM of TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS and PLAYERS GOING ON to PLAY COLLEGIATELY THAT OUR PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED, THE BAY STATE JAGUARS ARE COMMITTED to BEING A PROCESS BASED ORGANIZATION IN WHICH OUR FOCUS REMAINS NOT ON AN END RESULT BUT ON THE PROCESS of DEVELOPING OUR PLAYERS. THE BAY STATE JAGUARS VIEW BASKETBALL AS A VEHICLE for TEACHING OUR PLAYERS THAT EACH ONE of THEM HAS THE ABILITY to MAKE CHOICES WITH RESPECT to THEIR ATTI
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LAURIE BOLLINPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- 1150 WALNUT STREET, NEWTON, MA 02461
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- LAURIE BOLLIN
- Primary officer
- LAURIE BOLLIN, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2018
- Tax period began
- September 1, 2018
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- MARC D SCHWARTZ CPA PC
- NTEE classification
- Basketball (N62)
- IRS tax category
- Basketball
- Revocation date
- January 15, 2026