2026-06-26T13:18:16-04:00 2025-12-31 232749044 BEE BERGVALL & CO PO BOX 754 WARRINGTON PA 189760754 990 2025-01-01 463713176 DMAX FOUNDATION DMAX 6105272971 401 DARTMOUTH ROAD BRYN MAWR PA 19010 LAURIE BURSTEIN-MAXWELL CO-CHAIR AND ED 6105272971 2026-06-26 true CYNTHIA BERGVALL CPA P00133440 2153432727 2026-06-26 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z KIRSTEN BAZURO 401 DARTMOUTH ROAD BRYN MAWR PA 19010 183689 false X WWW.DMAXFOUNDATION.ORG X 2013 PA DMAX FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 7 6 4 8 0 232732 176844 856 3068 1053 2453 0 234641 182365 0 0 246806 190217 0 39102 49584 86229 296390 276446 -61749 -94081 194123 101021 21206 22185 172917 78836 X DMAX FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. false false 197352 3068 DMAX FOUNDATION PROVIDES COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH TRUSTING AND INCLUSIVE SPACES, WHERE THEY CAN TELL THE STORIES OF THEIR LIVES, IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCES WITHOUT JUDGMENT. OUR MISSION IS "CREATING CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELL- BEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE." AT DMAX CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE REALLY DOING, HOW THEIR FRIENDS ARE DOING, AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. MEMBERS NOT ONLY SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO EACH OTHER, THEY GO ON TO SERVE THEIR BROADER COLLEGE CAMPUS BY HOSTING LARGER EVENTS TO SPREAD MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, NORMALIZE MENTAL HEALTH STORYTELLING, AND OVERCOME STIGMAS AND TABOOS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. IN ADDITION TO OUR DMAX CLUBS IN SOUTHEASTERN PA AND THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGION, DMAX FOUNDATION RECENTLY OPENED A NEW MARKET BY ESTABLISHING A NEW DMAX CLUB IN PITTSBURGH, PA. OUR BI-ANNUAL DMAX CLUB SURVEY REVEALED THAT 80 PERCENT OR MORE STUDENTS REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ESTEEM, CONNECTION, AND OUTLOOK, NEARLY ALL REPORTED LEARNING MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH PEER SUPPORT, AND 100 PERCENT REPORTED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THEIR DMAX CLUB TO A FRIEND. IN 2023, WE ENHANCED OUR DMAX CLUB PORTAL WHICH INCLUDES OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING MODULES, CONVERSATION GUIDES AND TOOLKITS, MEETING TEMPLATES, CLUB MARKETING ASSETS, CAMPUS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, REPORTING FORMS AND DIRECT CHAT ACCESS TO DMAX HQ. OUR IN-HOUSE VIRTUAL ORIENTATION EQUIPS DMAX CLUB STUDENT LEADERS WITH SKILLS FOR FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS THAT CONNECT, STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING GROUP DYNAMICS, GUIDANCE FOR DISTINGUISHING PEER SUPPORT FROM THERAPY, AND TRAINING ON RECOGNIZING WHEN A PEER NEEDS ADDITIONAL HELP. IN 2025, DMAX INTRODUCED A GROWING LIBRARY OF GUIDES USED BOTH INSIDE CLUBS AND ACROSS CAMPUSES INCLUDING "CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIDE" (LGBTQ+ YOUTH), "CONVERSATIONS FOR BIPOC WELLBEING", "BODY POSITIVITY & ACCEPTANCE TOOLKIT", AND "DOMESTIC AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE". OUR ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL EVENT, "CONVERSATIONS CONQUER LONELINESS" WAS HELD VIRTUALLY AND FEATURED TWO SPEAKERS. DR. VERONICA CAREY, AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK "FRAME YOUR DEGREE: HOW TO AVOID PAIN WHILE SEEKING A COLLEGE DEGREE" SERVES AS ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, DREXEL UNIVERSITY. OUR OTHER SPEAKER, DR. MARCUS HOTALING, IS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, UNION COLLEGE, AND PAST PRESIDENT, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE COUNSELING CENTER DIRECTORS. IN ADDITION, THE EVENT FEATURED TWO DMAX STUDENTS SPEAK STORYTELLERS WHO SHARED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEYS WITH THE AUDIENCE. IN 2025, DMAX STUDENTS SPEAK EXPANDED ITS STUDENT STORYTELLING EVENTS WITH AN OPEN MIC FOR MH NIGHT THAT ALLOWED STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS TO SHARE POETRY, MUSIC, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES. 197352 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 6 true false false true false false false true true false false true true true true true false false false false PA NJ X LELAND MAXWELL LAURIE BUR MAXWELL 6105272971 401 DARTMOUTH ROAD BRYN MAWR PA 19010 COLLEEN MCNICHOL EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 94297 0 0 LAURIE BURSTEIN-MAXWELL CO-CHAIR AND 14.85 X X 18065 0 0 LELAND MAXWELL CO-CHAIR 10.00 X X 0 0 0 KIRSTEN BAZURO TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 YVETTE WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NORENE MILLER BOARD MEMBER 1.50 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL B JOHNSON BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHARI SHAPIRO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 AUSTIN DAMERON BOARD MEMBER 1.50 X 0 0 0 112362 false false false 176844 176844 PROGRAM EVENTS 611710 3068 3068 3068 2430 2430 1347 1324 23 23 23 182365 3068 2453 112362 86749 12254 13359 66337 51216 7233 7888 11518 8892 1257 1369 1150 1150 6605 6605 1841 1841 2274 1410 22 842 3064 2454 422 188 7486 1598 1776 4112 250 250 1421 667 80 674 4103 1565 2458 80 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 43936 31914 6017 6005 DMAX CLUB SUPPLIES 5315 5251 16 48 GRANT WRITER 4500 4500 PROGRAM EVENTS 3925 3900 25 359 336 11 12 276446 197352 39992 39102 65980 14747 86668 61644 41475 4630 20000 194123 101021 21206 22185 21206 22185 X 172917 73836 5000 172917 78836 194123 101021 -94081 X true X false true false X 314948 303515 260904 232732 176844 1288943 2028 5254 856 3068 11206 314948 305543 266158 233588 179912 1300149 1330 10877 19903 30669 17536 80315 1330 10877 19903 30669 17536 80315 1219834 30 365 4307 1015 2430 8147 30 365 4307 1015 2430 8147 314978 305908 270465 234603 182342 1308296 0.93240 0.94540 0.01000 0.01000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A DMAX FOUNDATION PROVIDES COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH TRUSTING AND INCLUSIVE SPACES, WHERE THEY CAN TELL THE STORIES OF THEIR LIVES, IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCES WITHOUT JUDGMENT. OUR MISSION IS "CREATING CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELL- BEING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE." AT DMAX CLUB MEETINGS AND EVENTS, COLLEGE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE REALLY DOING, HOW THEIR FRIENDS ARE DOING, AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER. MEMBERS NOT ONLY SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO EACH OTHER, THEY GO ON TO SERVE THEIR BROADER COLLEGE CAMPUS BY HOSTING LARGER EVENTS TO SPREAD MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, NORMALIZE MENTAL HEALTH STORYTELLING, AND OVERCOME STIGMAS AND TABOOS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. IN ADDITION TO OUR DMAX CLUBS IN SOUTHEASTERN PA AND THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGION, DMAX FOUNDATION RECENTLY OPENED A NEW MARKET BY ESTABLISHING A NEW DMAX CLUB IN PITTSBURGH, PA. OUR BI-ANNUAL DMAX CLUB SURVEY REVEALED THAT 80 PERCENT OR MORE STUDENTS REPORTED IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ESTEEM, CONNECTION, AND OUTLOOK, NEARLY ALL REPORTED LEARNING MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH PEER SUPPORT, AND 100 PERCENT REPORTED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THEIR DMAX CLUB TO A FRIEND. IN 2023, WE ENHANCED OUR DMAX CLUB PORTAL WHICH INCLUDES OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING MODULES, CONVERSATION GUIDES AND TOOLKITS, MEETING TEMPLATES, CLUB MARKETING ASSETS, CAMPUS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, REPORTING FORMS AND DIRECT CHAT ACCESS TO DMAX HQ. OUR IN-HOUSE VIRTUAL ORIENTATION EQUIPS DMAX CLUB STUDENT LEADERS WITH SKILLS FOR FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS THAT CONNECT, STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING GROUP DYNAMICS, GUIDANCE FOR DISTINGUISHING PEER SUPPORT FROM THERAPY, AND TRAINING ON RECOGNIZING WHEN A PEER NEEDS ADDITIONAL HELP. IN 2025, DMAX INTRODUCED A GROWING LIBRARY OF GUIDES USED BOTH INSIDE CLUBS AND ACROSS CAMPUSES INCLUDING "CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIDE" (LGBTQ+ YOUTH), "CONVERSATIONS FOR BIPOC WELLBEING", "BODY POSITIVITY & ACCEPTANCE TOOLKIT", AND "DOMESTIC AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE". OUR ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL EVENT, "CONVERSATIONS CONQUER LONELINESS" WAS HELD VIRTUALLY AND FEATURED TWO SPEAKERS. DR. VERONICA CAREY, AUTHOR OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK "FRAME YOUR DEGREE: HOW TO AVOID PAIN WHILE SEEKING A COLLEGE DEGREE" SERVES AS ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, DREXEL UNIVERSITY. OUR OTHER SPEAKER, DR. MARCUS HOTALING, IS THE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, UNION COLLEGE, AND PAST PRESIDENT, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE COUNSELING CENTER DIRECTORS. IN ADDITION, THE EVENT FEATURED TWO DMAX STUDENTS SPEAK STORYTELLERS WHO SHARED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEYS WITH THE AUDIENCE. IN 2025, DMAX STUDENTS SPEAK EXPANDED ITS STUDENT STORYTELLING EVENTS WITH AN OPEN MIC FOR MH NIGHT THAT ALLOWED STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS TO SHARE POETRY, MUSIC, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 LAURIE BURSTEIN-MAXWELL LELAND MAXWELL CO-CHAIR CO-CHAIR MARRIED FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 5 DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION DISCOVERED A MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 40,000. UPON DISCOVERY, THE ORGANIZATION IMMEDIATELY INITIATED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, NOTIFIED APPROPRIATE PARTIES, AND IMPLEMENTED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, INCLUDING ENHANCED FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES. THE ORGANIZATION TERMINATED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED AND IS PURSUING RECOVERY OF THE DIVERTED FUNDS THROUGH LEGAL ACTION. AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THIS RETURN, APPROXIMATELY 8,575 HAS BEEN RECOVERED, AND THE REMAINING BALANCE IS BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED. MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWED AND STRENGTHENED INTERNAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SEGREGATION-OF-DUTY PROCEDURES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FUTURE OCCURRENCES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,THE TREASURER, AND THE CO-CHAIRS. IT IS THEN PRESENTED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE BOARD REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY AND IF ANY CONFLICTS WERE TO ARISE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEY WOULD BE REVIEWED ACCORDINGLY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 DOCUMENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.