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← PITZER COLLEGE COSTA RICA

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PITZER COLLEGE COSTA RICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,145
Total expenses
$127,646
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$8,145
Total assets, end of year
$1,869,592
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,462,401
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$407,191
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$116,051
Management and general expenses
$11,595
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$116,051

Program services were 90.9% 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.

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $8,145 · excluded $8,145

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,145

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $441 · management and general $441

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,460 · management and general $5,460

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,392 · program services $18,392

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $376 · program services $376

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,509 · program services $11,509

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,118 · program services $14,118

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,694 · management and general $5,694

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contract labor

    total $62,451 · program services $62,451

  • 24b · Other expenses: Maintenance & Repair

    total $9,205 · program services $9,205

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,809 · end of year $16,391

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,502 · end of year $32,647

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,772 · end of year $2,038

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

    $1,950,106

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

    $131,590

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,804,094 · end of year $1,818,516

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $886,147 · end of year $604,833

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $442,260 · end of year $857,568

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $507,770 · end of year $407,191

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To own real property in Costa Rica for the benefit of the educational curriculum of Pitzer College and in support of the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Support Pitzer College educational programs in Costa Rica.

  • Own and operate the Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology in Costa Rica in conjunction with Pitzer College educational programs in Costa Rica.

    Expenses $116,051

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Strom C Thacker

    President

    Total calculated
    $372,018
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $283,571
    Other
    $88,447
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $281,071 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,500 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $41,522 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $46,925 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $372,018 related

  • Laura Schaefer

    COO, VP and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $483,679
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $368,527
    Other
    $115,152
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $368,527 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $39,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $75,552 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $483,679 related

  • Melanie Lacy Sorenson

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $154,923
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $124,416
    Other
    $30,507
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $124,416 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,007 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $154,923 related

  • Mia Alonzo

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
The organization relied on a related organization that used one or more of the methods described to establish the top management official's compensation.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521079349301047

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