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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PALMER COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$107,212,971
Total expenses
$77,231,582
Contributions and grants received
$3,189,552
Grants paid
$3,579,844
Program service revenue
$81,438,762
Investment income
$18,390,098
Other revenue
$4,194,559
Total assets, end of year
$343,544,806
Total liabilities, end of year
$58,603,352
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$284,941,454
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$56,931,673
Management and general expenses
$19,907,646
Fundraising expenses
$392,263
Program service expenses (Part III)
$56,931,673

Program services were 73.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,025,888

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,163,664

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,277

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $79,467,899 · related or exempt $79,467,899

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLINIC REVENUE

    total $1,385,643 · related or exempt $1,385,643

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $500,662 · related or exempt $500,662

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INT ON LOANS RECEIVABL

    total $49,486 · excluded $49,486

  • 2e · Program service revenue: REGSTRTN FEES & LIBRAR

    total $35,072 · excluded $35,072

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,549,776 · excluded $5,549,776

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,278,348

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,278,348

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,278,348 · excluded $3,278,348

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $147,989,930 · other assets $1,419,893

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

    securities $135,072,412 · other assets $1,497,089

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,917,518 · other assets -$77,196

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,840,322 · excluded $12,840,322

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,937,158

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,266,497

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $670,661 · excluded $670,661

  • 11a · Other revenue: RESEARCH EXP RECOVERY

    total $176,265 · excluded $176,265

  • 11b · Other revenue: CAMPUS BASE ADMIN INC

    total $37,328 · excluded $37,328

  • 11c · Other revenue: SUNDRY INCOME

    total $31,957 · excluded $31,957

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $245,550

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,000 · program services $20,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $3,559,844 · program services $3,559,844

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,755,351 · program services $15,249 · management and general $1,740,102

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $26,550,283 · program services $20,137,565 · management and general $6,412,718

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,280,223 · program services $1,364,144 · management and general $916,079

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,565,682 · program services $3,408,879 · management and general $1,156,803

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,018,339 · program services $1,471,584 · management and general $546,755

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $172,768 · management and general $172,768

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,064 · management and general $102,064

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $346,656 · fundraising $346,656

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $182,565 · management and general $182,565

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,529,239 · program services $4,820,249 · management and general $1,668,921 · fundraising $40,069

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,728,677 · program services $1,502,003 · management and general $225,529 · fundraising $1,145

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,034,074 · program services $1,445,177 · management and general $584,671 · fundraising $4,226

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,561,437 · program services $2,495,383 · management and general $1,066,054

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,495,023 · program services $5,999,222 · management and general $1,495,801

  • 17 · Travel

    total $445,887 · program services $236,455 · management and general $209,265 · fundraising $167

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $455,196 · program services $12,759 · management and general $442,437

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,763,960 · program services $1,763,960

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,260,951 · program services $5,785,651 · management and general $1,475,300

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,479,801 · program services $189,118 · management and general $1,290,683

  • 24a · Other expenses: UBI TAX

    total $6 · management and general $6

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH EXPENSE

    total $891,447 · program services $891,447

  • 24c · Other expenses: STUDENT AID

    total $856,343 · program services $856,343

  • 24d · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $444,624 · program services $444,624

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $731,142 · program services $512,017 · management and general $219,125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,788,703 · end of year $1,010,428

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $61,666,354 · end of year $94,933,792

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,309,046 · end of year $1,938,211

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $918,642 · end of year $592,088

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $691,233 · end of year $584,103

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,386,154 · end of year $2,131,283

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

    $262,540,073

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

    $100,218,179

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $160,660,094 · end of year $162,321,894

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $81,927,691 · end of year $73,418,555

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,431,015 · end of year $1,034,497

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,305,518 · end of year $5,579,955

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,956,818 · end of year $9,904,839

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $305,039 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,106,733 · end of year $1,965,447

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $33,170,536 · end of year $31,933,590

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $14,321,411 · end of year $13,989,063

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $784,570 · end of year $810,413

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $202,246,255 · end of year $226,208,828

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,193,088 · end of year $58,732,626

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROMOTE LEARNING, DELIVER HEALTH CARE, ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RESEARCH.

  • PALMER COLLEGE EDUCATES STUDENTS WITH A DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE. STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED CLASSROOM AND LAB INSTRUCTION TO LEARN THE SCIENCE, ART AND PHILOSOPHY OF CHIROPRACTIC. ENROLLMENT FOR THE SPRING 2025 TERM WAS 1,943 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $38,089,413 · Grants $3,579,844 · Revenue $79,467,899

  • PALMER COLLEGE OPERATES CHIROPRACTIC CLINICS TO EXTEND THE STUDENT EDUCATION FROM THE CLASSROOM TO DIRECT PATIENT CARE. THE DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE IS A 10 TRIMESTER PROGRAM OF WHICH THE FINAL 1/3 IS SPENT IN THE CLINIC SETTING WORKING WITH PATIENTS. STUDENT TUITION REPORTED ABOVE IS USED TO OFFSET THE COST OF CLINIC OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $9,542,236 · Revenue $1,385,643

  • PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH IS DEDICATED TO IMPACTING PATIENT CARE AND POLICY THROUGH RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND INTELLIGENCE. PCCR TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO RESEARCH FOCUSING ON BASIC AND CLINICAL SCIENCES IN ADDITION TO HEALTH SERVICES WORK. GRANT INCOME RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR WAS JUST OVER $1,100,000.

    Expenses $2,703,697

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OPERATION OF BOOKSTORE, CAFETERIA, PRINT SHOP, STUDENT HOUSING, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $6,596,327 · Revenue $500,662

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Trevor V Ireland Dc

    TRUSTEE/CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 10 related
  • Paul Vanduyne PE Dc

    TRUSTEE/VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related
  • Vickie A Palmer Hcd

    TRUSTEE/SECRETARY GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kenneth R Koupal

    TRUSTEE/INTERIM ASST SEC GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $1,099
    From this org
    $1,099
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kent Pilcher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $2,464
    From this org
    $2,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Donna Craft Dc

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Don Betz PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $1,485
    From this org
    $1,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Donald Doucette PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Susan Hatfield PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $658
    From this org
    $658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Chance Dc

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $2,784
    From this org
    $2,784
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Nathan Hinkeldey Dc Dacrb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charles Keller Dc Ma

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dennis Marchiori Dc PhD

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,336,440
    From this org
    $1,207,266
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $129,174
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $467,830
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $639,436
    Deferred
    $93,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,090
    Filer's total
    $1,336,440
  • Dan Weinert Dc

    PROVOST/EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $428,502
    From this org
    $299,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $128,835
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,715
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $1,952
    Deferred
    $84,618
    Nontaxable benefits
    $44,217
    Filer's total
    $428,502
  • Jennifer Randazzo

    VICE CHANCELLOR FINANCE/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $348,565
    From this org
    $240,409
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $108,156
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,116
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $293
    Deferred
    $68,987
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,169
    Filer's total
    $348,565
  • William Sherrier Dc Ma

    CAMPUS PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $242,556
    From this org
    $194,230
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,326
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,354
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $1,876
    Deferred
    $48,298
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28
    Filer's total
    $242,556
  • Robert Percuoco Dc

    VICE CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $266,607
    From this org
    $214,841
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,766
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,035
    Bonus
    $7,000
    Other
    $3,806
    Deferred
    $17,190
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,576
    Filer's total
    $266,607
  • Cynthia Long Dc

    DEAN OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $265,246
    From this org
    $218,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,220
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,542
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $2,484
    Deferred
    $14,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,120
    Filer's total
    $265,246
  • Barbara Melbourne JD

    VICE CHANCELLOR

    Total calculated
    $259,875
    From this org
    $209,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,757
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,638
    Bonus
    $32,000
    Other
    $2,480
    Deferred
    $48,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,317
    Filer's total
    $259,875
  • Michael Norris PhD

    VICE CHANCELLOR OF ADMISSIONS

    Total calculated
    $264,607
    From this org
    $214,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,342
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $1,018
    Deferred
    $48,207
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,040
    Filer's total
    $264,607
  • Ian McLean

    DIRECTOR OF CLINIC RADIOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $244,192
    From this org
    $230,807
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,385
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,433
    Bonus
    $7,781
    Other
    $44,593
    Deferred
    $11,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,304
    Filer's total
    $244,192
  • Kevin Cunningham Dc

    FACULTY (FORMER VICE CHANCELOR)

    Total calculated
    $183,569
    From this org
    $132,679
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,890
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,139
    Deferred
    $11,129
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,761
    Filer's total
    $183,569

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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS OR CHARTER TRAVEL - FIRST CLASS TRAVEL IS ONLY PERMITTED BY THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SINCE HE IS LOCATED IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. CHARTER TRAVEL IS ALLOWED IF IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE THAN INDIVIDUAL AIRFARE WHEN A GROUP IS TRAVELING. THESE BENEFITS ARE NOT TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME. TRAVELS FOR COMPANIONS - FOR ONE BOARD MEETING A YEAR, SPOUSES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE INVITED TO ACCOMPANY HIS/HER SPOUSE TO THE CITY WHERE THE MEETING TAKES PLACE. MOST YEARS THE COLLEGE REIMBURSES THE TRUSTEE MEMBER FOR THE SPOUSE'S TRAVEL AND EACH TRUSTEE MEMBER IS PROVIDED AN IRS FORM 1099 FOR THAT REIMBURSEMENT. ON A LESS FREQUENT BASIS, SPOUSES OF EXECUTIVES ARE INVITED TO BOARD MEETINGS. THE COST OF THAT TRAVEL IS ADDED TO AN EMPLOYEE'S IRS FORM W-2.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN UNDER SECTION 457(F) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES. CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE YEAR TOTALED $387,732. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAD CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE YEAR: * $67,884 FOR DENNIS MARCHIORI, DC, PH.D. * $64,095 FOR DAN WEINERT, DC * $52,500 FOR JENNIFER RANDAZZO * $34,610 FOR MICHAEL NORRIS, PH.D. * $34,742 FOR BARBARA MELBOURNE, JD * $34,510 FOR WILLIAM SHERRIER, DC, MA
PART I, LINE 7
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATORS REPORTING DIRECTLY AND PRIMARILY TO THE CHANCELLOR ARE AWARDED BONUSES ON A DISCRETIONARY BASIS DETERMINED BY THE CHANCELLOR USING A REVIEW OF DIFFERENT FACTORS SUCH AS COLLEGE, DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT OUTCOMES. THE FUNDS USED FOR THESE BONUSES ARE DETERMINED BY THE CHANCELLOR AND VICE CHANCELLOR FOR FINANCE BASED ON A REVIEW OF FINANCES AND GENERAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF BELOW THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR DISCRETIONARY BONUSES REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION TEAM.

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

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
2024
Filed
30 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202640989349301524

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