David Cohen

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States Contact Info
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Experience & Education

  • Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc.

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Volunteer Experience

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    Board Chair

    Epic Experience

    - Present 4 years 11 months

    Health

    Epic Experience helps cancer patients and survivors live an empowered life through week-long outdoor adventures in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Our not-for-profit camps for cancer patients allow attendees to participate in activities, such as whitewater adventures in the summer and cross-country skiing in the winter. These camps for adults with cancer provide more than adventure therapy – they give hope that those who have been diagnosed with the illness can live a positive post-cancer life.

  • Soccer Coach

    Framingham United Soccer Club

    - 11 years 10 months

    Children

  • Coach

    Framingham Youth Lacrosse

    - 4 years 6 months

  • Member of Scholarship Committee

    Framingham United Soccer Club

    - 2 years 1 month

    Children

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    Board of Advisors

    PetsEmpower

    - 3 years 5 months

    Animal Welfare

    PetsEmpower.org preserves pet relationships that are at risk, through no fault of owners, from crises that threaten one of the most important relationships on the planet including:

    Domestic Violence
    Veteran and Senior Hospitalizations
    Addiction Recovery
    Sudden Job Loss and Foreclosure
    Natural Disasters
    "Up to 65 percent of domestic violence victims are unable to escape their abusers because they are concerned about what will happen to their pets when they leave."…

    PetsEmpower.org preserves pet relationships that are at risk, through no fault of owners, from crises that threaten one of the most important relationships on the planet including:

    Domestic Violence
    Veteran and Senior Hospitalizations
    Addiction Recovery
    Sudden Job Loss and Foreclosure
    Natural Disasters
    "Up to 65 percent of domestic violence victims are unable to escape their abusers because they are concerned about what will happen to their pets when they leave." (Carlisle-Frank, Frank and Nielsen, 2004)

    PetsEmpower.org is a non-profit foundation that aims to provide volunteers and funding to short-term pet fostering organizations to help people struggling through crisis situations.

Publications

Projects

  • 10 Roundtables, Presented By Beyond Sport - How can the sports community unite to address one of America's most pressing issues: mental health?

  • Creator of Leveling The Playing Field #3 - Social Emotional Learning: A Community Gathers To Share And Partner

  • The Philanthropy Connection Dialogue

    Panelist - The Importance of Mental & Physical Health For Success

  • 10 Roundtables - Thought Leadership, Full Circle Presented By Beyond Sport

    A concept aimed at providing an opportunity for deep-thinking with a diverse group of high-level people through a series of structured conversations on key topics from different perspectives. How can we use sports to address critical social outcomes and leadership opportunities for marginalized girls in the US by learning from international experience?

  • Creator of Leveling The Playing Field #2 - Breaking Down Stigma In Mental Health

  • Presenter - Uniting Sport & Therapy: A Powerful Intervention For At-Risk Youth, U.S. Soccer Foundation Symposium (Washington D.C.)

  • 10 Roundtables - Thought Leadership, Full Circle Presented by Beyond Sport

    A concept aimed at providing an opportunity for deep-thinking with a diverse group of high-level people through a series of structured conversations on key topics from different perspectives. How can sport raise awareness and mitigate stigma around mental health issues?

  • Creator of Leveling The Playing Field - A Conference Bringing Together Sports, Mental Health and Social Justice

    A Conference Bringing Together Sports, Mental Health and Social Justice

  • Active RVA Summit & Awards

    Panelist - Active Health For Underserved Populations

  • Panelist

    Shut Out Trafficking in Society Through Sport at Brown University
    (part of the End Trafficking Project)

    See project
  • Panelist

    Playing for Change: Sport and The Arts for Social Action at Endicott College

  • Panelist

    Non-profit Management for Sport-Based Youth Development Organizations (Northeastern University Center for the Study of Sport in Society, College of Professional Studies)

  • Panelist

    "Young Minds Behind Bars: The State of Mental Health Care Within the Juvenile Justice System" sponsored by Wheelock College

  • A Fireside Chat on "True Cost" of Nonprofits

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    How can we strengthen nonprofits and build their capacity to combat the “nonprofit starvation cycle”? Project grants routinely discount the core administrative and operational costs of delivering programs and services.

    Join us for a conversation to inform funders to better understand equitable grant making and communicate what it actually costs to run effective organizations that achieve their intended goals.

    What will you learn?
    Best practices and policies to combat the…

    How can we strengthen nonprofits and build their capacity to combat the “nonprofit starvation cycle”? Project grants routinely discount the core administrative and operational costs of delivering programs and services.

    Join us for a conversation to inform funders to better understand equitable grant making and communicate what it actually costs to run effective organizations that achieve their intended goals.

    What will you learn?
    Best practices and policies to combat the “starvation cycle” that undercuts the effectiveness of our grantee partners.
    Defining true cost as full cost—operating, non-operating and unfunded expenses.
    "True cost" as a tool to strengthen nonprofits and aid in attracting and retaining high quality staff—especially now as leaders and staff suffer from exhaustion due to the continuing pandemic.
    Advocating for equitable grant making that levels the playing field.
    Supporting nonprofits' internal systems and processes that allow them to actually determine their full cost of delivering programs.
    Speakers
    David S. Cohen, CEO, Doc Wayne Youth Services
    Katie Tetrault, Vice President of Finance and Grants Management, The Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Hilda Polanco (Moderator), Managing Partner, BDO FMA

    See project
  • Panelist - A Fireside Chat on “True Cost” of Nonprofits (Philanthropy NY)

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    How can we strengthen nonprofits and build their capacity to combat the “nonprofit starvation cycle”? Project grants routinely discount the core administrative and operational costs of delivering programs and services.

    Join us for a conversation to inform funders to better understand equitable grant making and communicate what it actually costs to run effective organizations that achieve their intended goals.

    See project
  • Panel - Project Play WNY Community Conversation: Sports & The Young Mind

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  • Beyond Sport: Stay In The Game - Current Landscape for Grassroots Sport

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  • Doc Wayne

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    12 videos created from only four hours of the client's time
    Honce Oui interview and content editing technique
    40 day start-to-finish turnaround

    Other creators
    See project
  • Contributor

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    Leading The Way: Social Innovation in Massachusetts (published jointly by - The Center for Social Innovation at the Boston College School of Social Work and the Providers Council)

    See project

Honors & Awards

  • Changing Lives Award

    Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)

    In recognition of our creativity and commitment to finding new ways to improve the children's system on a local or regional level.

  • Finalist

    2017 Classy Awards

    The Classy Awards exist to put a spotlight on the most remarkable changemakers of our generation. The Finalists recognized are addressing the incredibly complex and equally severe problems we face today. Their efforts span global poverty and hunger, disease, education, climate change, disaster response and preparedness, and health care accessibility.

  • 2016 Margaret Stewart Lindsay Inspiration Award

    Margaret Stewart Lindsay Trust

    The Margaret Stewart Lindsay Inspiration Award recognizes organizations and leaders who inspire us with their leadership and perseverance and are doing exemplary work spreading social innovation in greater Boston. The award is given in memory of Margaret Lindsay, who died at 62. She would have been pleased to support organizations like Doc Wayne Youth Services and leaders like David Cohen who contribute so much through their innovative work.

  • 2016 Winner - Sport for Health Award

    Beyond Sport - London

    Awarded to an organization, project, or program using sport as a tool to encourage better health and well-being.

  • Pioneer

    Ashoka Changemakers - Children's Wellbeing

    Recognition for transforming the ways kids grow up in the United States.

  • 2015 Carmax 'Bright Side of Game Day' Community Hero

    Carmax

    Local community heroes who bring the Bright Side through their volunteer work and passionate commitment to help others.

    https://brightsideofgameday.com/en-us/Detail/cb35e32a-d8d7-49e3-a8ad-4ddb6586a4b1?Gallery=Winners

  • 2015 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sports Award

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Influential Leader and Model for Others Making Communities Healthier Through Sport

  • 2014 Innovator of the Year

    Providers' Council (The MA Council of Human Service Providers)

    Given to an organization that has launched or grown an exemplary innovative program.

  • Social Innovator

    Social Innovation Forum (Root Cause)

    Selected as the 2014 Social Innovator in the category of Breaking Down Barriers To Effective Mental Health Services.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Providers' Council

    Member of Education and Convention Committee

    - Present
  • Children's League of Massachusetts

    Member

    - Present
  • Non-profit Learning Institute

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