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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$727,738
Total expenses
$1,212,025
Contributions and grants received
$273,214
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$239,404
Investment income
$10
Other revenue
$215,110
Total assets, end of year
$17,572,167
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,371,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,200,363
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$955,396
Management and general expenses
$239,657
Fundraising expenses
$16,972
Program service expenses (Part III)
$955,396

Program services were 78.8% 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)

    $73,608

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,606

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $93,728

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $239,404 · related or exempt $239,404

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10 · excluded $10

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $14,719

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,058

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $11,661 · excluded $11,661

  • 11a · Other revenue: SITE USAGE

    total $108,838 · unrelated business $108,838

  • 11b · Other revenue: INSURANCE CLAIM

    total $90,751 · excluded $90,751

  • 11c · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,860 · excluded $3,860

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $203,449

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $418,711 · program services $342,505 · management and general $70,302 · fundraising $5,904

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,597 · program services $7,850 · management and general $1,611 · fundraising $136

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,397 · program services $9,324 · management and general $1,913 · fundraising $160

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,009 · program services $27,819 · management and general $5,710 · fundraising $480

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,400 · program services $10,780 · management and general $4,620

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,041 · program services $2,828 · management and general $1,213

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,775 · program services $8,243 · management and general $3,532

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $172,491 · program services $132,352 · management and general $40,139

  • 17 · Travel

    total $876 · program services $613 · management and general $263

  • 20 · Interest

    total $9,400 · program services $8,460 · management and general $940

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $248,608 · program services $206,344 · management and general $42,264

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $61,465 · program services $43,025 · management and general $18,440

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $87,284 · program services $61,098 · management and general $26,186

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $60,392 · program services $60,392

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $24,331 · program services $17,032 · management and general $7,299

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $22,784 · program services $15,949 · management and general $6,835

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,464 · program services $782 · management and general $8,390 · fundraising $10,292

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,102 · end of year $57,830

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $56,928

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $143,569 · end of year $90,174

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $13,971 · end of year $23,190

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $141,396 · end of year $141,396

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,419 · end of year $17,189

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

    $15,051,368

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

    $8,128,965

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,171,011 · end of year $6,922,403

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,319,985 · end of year $10,319,985

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,653 · end of year $742

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,219

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $2,750,000 · end of year $2,810,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $90,000 · end of year $225,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $335,859 · end of year $336,062

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,471,515 · end of year $3,987,228

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,213,135 · end of year $10,213,135

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PARI IS A PUBLIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HANDS- ON EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF USERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) DISCIPLINES.

  • PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PARI) IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING OF ASTRONOMY AND PROVIDE AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY AND STUDY SITE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SCIENCES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, RELATIONSHIPS ARE DEVELOPED WITH UNIVERSITIES, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - ASHEVILLE, AND OTHERS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HAS IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF SPACE CAMP OPTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE, AND ROBOTICS PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES, FROM ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, AND ASTROBIOLOGY, WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT USED BY NASA, TO SIMULATE SPACE MISSIONS THAT TEACH LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND STEM PRINCIPLES. OTHER CAMP OFFERINGS INCLUDE EXPERIENCE IN ROBOTICS, SENSORS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CRYPTOGRAPHY AND SECRET MESSAGING, COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, AND 3D DESIGN AND PRINTING.

    Expenses $955,396 · Revenue $239,404

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

Listed in Part VII

  • J Donald Cline

    CHAIRMAN & P

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Ken Jacobson

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Avant

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zac Engle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • George House

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael A Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jerry Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523219349315152

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