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← PACER CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PACER CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,049,123
Total expenses
$5,198,231
Contributions and grants received
$4,129,251
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$137,184
Investment income
$828,773
Other revenue
-$46,085
Total assets, end of year
$23,964,809
Total liabilities, end of year
$311,075
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,653,734
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,207,400
Management and general expenses
$463,745
Fundraising expenses
$527,086
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,207,400

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $456,671

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,029,211

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,643,369

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $113,246

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARENT TRAINING

    total $117,000 · related or exempt $117,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SOCIAL INCLUSION

    total $12,384 · related or exempt $12,384

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TECHNOLOGY CENTER

    total $7,800 · related or exempt $7,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $507,924 · excluded $507,924

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,019,640

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $698,791

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $320,849

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $320,849 · excluded $320,849

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $178,059

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $456,671

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $238,775

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$60,716 · excluded -$60,716

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $5,950

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $5,950 · excluded $5,950

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,681

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $8,681 · related or exempt $8,681

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $367,767 · program services $157,853 · management and general $161,344 · fundraising $48,570

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,134,890 · program services $2,706,362 · management and general $94,416 · fundraising $334,112

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $131,979 · program services $114,879 · management and general $3,053 · fundraising $14,047

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $311,500 · program services $270,872 · management and general $4,592 · fundraising $36,036

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $265,261 · program services $218,399 · management and general $17,683 · fundraising $29,179

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,167 · management and general $44,167

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $130,101 · program services $21,659 · management and general $108,442

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $223,062 · program services $222,979 · fundraising $83

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $155,421 · program services $126,101 · management and general $5,196 · fundraising $24,124

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $61,616 · program services $54,029 · management and general $2,811 · fundraising $4,776

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $295,014 · program services $247,961 · management and general $17,645 · fundraising $29,408

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,536 · program services $8,536

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,888 · program services $10,464 · management and general $1,415 · fundraising $9

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,130 · program services $2,130

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,117 · program services $39,602 · management and general $2,818 · fundraising $4,697

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,782 · program services $5,574 · management and general $163 · fundraising $2,045

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $2,900 · program services $1,900 · management and general $400 · fundraising $600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $437,979 · end of year $586,554

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $45,191 · end of year $92,734

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $840,804 · end of year $665,441

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,765 · end of year $43,484

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $42,163 · end of year $53,170

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $718,514

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $638,698

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $107,059 · end of year $79,816

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,035,680 · end of year $22,402,502

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $58,725 · end of year $41,108

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $299,238 · end of year $267,867

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $16,493 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $60,514 · end of year $43,208

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,247,756 · end of year $8,747,587

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,979,365 · end of year $14,906,147

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARENT TRAINING, INFO REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND BULLYING PREVENTION

  • PACER'S PARENT TRAINING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM HELPS FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES NAVIGATE SPECIAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, TRANSITION-TO-ADULTHOOD SYSTEMS, AND MORE SO THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. PROVIDED 10,968 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 126 TRAININGS TO 7,766 ATTENDEES; 95% OF INDIVIDUALS COMPLETING EVALUATION FORMS REPORTED LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.

    Expenses $3,052,499 · Revenue $119,427

  • PACER'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAM SUPPORTS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES TO BE MORE INCLUDED AND ACCEPTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER EDUCATES SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO BULLYING THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES AND NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. PACER'S COUNT ME IN PUPPET PROGRAM TEACHES YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT DISABILITIES AND INCLUSION, THE FUN TIMES PROVIDED INCLUSIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. PROVIDED 639 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 82 PUPPET SHOWS TO 4,553 ATTENDEES; AND HAD 633,717 VISITS TO NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER WEBSITE.

    Expenses $651,211 · Revenue $18,638

  • PACER'S SIMON TECHNOLOGY CENTER MAKES THE LIFE-CHANGING BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS, A LENDING LIBRARY, TRAININGS, AND STEM ACTIVITIES. PROVIDED 2,051 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 42 EVENTS FOR 1,858 ATTENDEES; CONDUCTED 106 CONSULTATIONS AND INDIVIDUALIZED TRAININGS; AND HAD 429 VISITS TO THE LENDING LIBRARY.

    Expenses $503,690 · Revenue $7,800

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Jackson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Bakken

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Woods

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ginny Hopper

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Betchwars

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy J Feyma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Graft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Graves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Guthmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Levinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannan Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Sagedahl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Simermeyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Slegman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristina Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Watterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margery L Webb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonia Teasley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $237,100
    From this org
    $230,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,100
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,350
    Filer's total
    $237,100
  • Renee Gallaher

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,265
    From this org
    $64,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,901
    Hours/week
    30
  • Gretchen Godfrey

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,175
    From this org
    $126,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,967
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jireh Mabamba

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,450
    From this org
    $120,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,850
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nancy Kleve

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $116,556
    From this org
    $109,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,810
    Hours/week
    40
  • Vava Guthrie

    PARENT TRAINING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $109,739
    From this org
    $103,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,510
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600789349300625

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