Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,427,308
- Total expenses
- $3,407,143
- Contributions and grants received
- $686,752
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $585,442
- Investment income
- $1,127,810
- Other revenue
- $27,304
- Total assets, end of year
- $56,669,044
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $677,459
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $55,991,585
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,649,657
- Management and general expenses
- $524,684
- Fundraising expenses
- $232,802
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,649,657
Program services were 77.8% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$153,684
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$533,068
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2a · Program service revenue: Service Fees
total $585,442 · related or exempt $585,442
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3 · Investment income
total $35,134 · related or exempt $35,134
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,095,047
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $2,371
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $1,095,047 · other assets -$2,371
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $1,092,676 · related or exempt -$2,371 · excluded $1,095,047
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$26,670
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$153,684
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$26,090
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $580 · excluded $580
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Other
total $26,724 · related or exempt $26,724
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11e · Other revenue, total
$26,724
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $338,264 · program services $267,228 · management and general $40,592 · fundraising $30,444
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,563,515 · program services $1,236,268 · management and general $180,210 · fundraising $147,037
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $208,093 · program services $154,256 · management and general $41,092 · fundraising $12,745
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $8,363 · program services $6,607 · management and general $1,003 · fundraising $753
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $72,837 · management and general $72,837
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11g · Fees: other
total $277,729 · program services $138,508 · management and general $130,139 · fundraising $9,082
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $20,804 · program services $8,322 · fundraising $12,482
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $32,193 · program services $14,165 · management and general $9,658 · fundraising $8,370
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $25,096 · program services $4,581 · management and general $17,919 · fundraising $2,596
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17 · Travel
total $21,351 · program services $13,562 · management and general $7,201 · fundraising $588
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $10,795 · program services $10,795
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $291,712 · program services $291,712
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23 · Insurance
total $179,499 · program services $166,934 · management and general $10,770 · fundraising $1,795
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24a · Other expenses: Food & Beverage
total $121,640 · program services $115,802 · management and general $198 · fundraising $5,640
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs & Maintenance
total $104,301 · program services $104,301
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24c · Other expenses: Materials & Supplies
total $58,991 · program services $57,814 · management and general $1,099 · fundraising $78
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24d · Other expenses: Utilities
total $48,791 · program services $45,402 · management and general $2,197 · fundraising $1,192
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24e · All other expenses
total $23,169 · program services $13,400 · management and general $9,769
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $116,625 · end of year $204,432
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,261,092 · end of year $894,495
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $34,067 · end of year $25,775
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $16,880 · end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $28,938 · end of year $29,827
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$8,286,172
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,940,827
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,340,720 · end of year $4,345,345
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $38,265,321 · end of year $42,766,636
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $7,577,247 · end of year $8,401,019
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,515 · end of year $1,515
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $135,247 · end of year $119,277
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $44,626 · end of year $41,807
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $548,275 · end of year $513,975
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,800 · end of year $2,400
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,815,099 · end of year $7,000,593
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $44,096,358 · end of year $48,990,992
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Princeton-Blairstown Center serves young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities, by nurturing their social-emotional skills through experiential, environmental, and adventure-based programming. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) includes five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Acquiring these skills will enable Princeton-Blairstown Center participants to change their communities and the world.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Princeton-Blairstown Center serves young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities, by nurturing their social-emotional skills through experiential, environmental, and adventure-based programming.
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The Princeton-Blairstown Center is a 118-year-old award-winning outdoor education center that provides equitable access to exceptional outdoor experiences for young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities. Highly trained facilitators teach 21st Century skills while students experience the transformative power of nature.Blairstown Campus ProgramsDuring a typical year, groups of students and their chaperones come from across the Mid-Atlantic region to stay at PBCs 268-acre Blairstown Campus in the northwest corner of New Jersey near the Delaware Water Gap for one to five days. These students come from public schools, independent schools, universities, and community-based organizations. Most of these organizations provide services to students from historically marginalized communities which face numerous challenges such as poverty, low-performing schools, high-crime neighborhoods, food insecurity, single adult households, court-involved youth, or youth in foster care. The Blairstown Campus serves as an extension of their school or community organization a place where they can practice critical 21st Century skills that can be taken back to their schools, families, and communities. These trips are organized by the administration or faculty of the visiting school or organization expressly for the purpose of obtaining instruction in non-cognitive skills using PBCs social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum. The SEL skills that PBC teaches can include verbal and non-verbal communication, leadership, cooperation, team building, problem solving, healthy risk-taking, empathy, and interpersonal skills; each group coordinator determines which skills should be the focus of their PBC program. During their time at PBC, students spend most of the day engaged in hands-on instructional activities, with time for meals, sleep, and personal reflection/journal writing. In 2025, the Center served 5,988 students, chaperones, and families for day, extended day, and overnight programming.Summer Bridge ProgramPBCs Summer Bridge Program is a one-week academic enrichment and leadership program, provided free of charge to students from low-income communities in Newark and Trenton, New Jersey. The program helps students lessen summer learning loss, build social-emotional skills, and form positive, supportive relationships with peers and adults. The program takes place at PBCs Blairstown Campus and is an opportunity for students to make the developmental break from elementary or middle school. Small groups of students spend approximately three hours a day engaged in hands-on literacy, STEM, and STEAM activities; an hour a day engaged in waterfront activities (swimming/canoeing/ kayaking); and two hours a day engaged in developing leadership, teambuilding, and problem-solving skills. Each day students take part in a student choice activity that includes recreational and STEAM activities as well as daily restoration duties (stewardship of their cabins, the dining room, and the wash houses). During the summer of 2025, 212 students and 47 leaders/chaperones were served by the Summer Bridge Program. In addition, PBC held its Leader-in-Training Program that served eight students for a total of six weeks.Venture Out ProgramVenture Out is PBCs new environmental education initiative. This high-quality outdoor education program, offered free to middle school students in the Trenton Public School District, is a 30-hour residential program that provides students with inquiry-based, hands-on environmental education and social-emotional learning sessions that aim to help students engage more deeply with science and the scientific method, understand that science is fun, an increased appreciation and respect for the natural world, and a desire to protect the environment. The Centers curriculum is aligned to the State of New Jerseys middle school science curriculum standards. This program is led by experienced Sr. Facilitators who have been carefully trained on the Centers environmental, SEL, and adventure-based curriculum. During 2025, PBC served a total of 313 Trenton middle school students and 43 leaders/chaperones.Princeton University Groups ProgramAs an affiliate of Princeton University, PBC supports Princeton undergraduate civic engagement and student retreats in a natural setting. For the past several years, Princeton Universitys Community Action Program has sent a cohort of first year students to the Center as part of their orientation process. Additionally, other university groups use the Center to provide programming. During 2025, PBC served a total of 260 Princeton University students, staff, and leaders/chaperones.
Expenses $2,649,657 · Revenue $585,442
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kerri Strauss
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $193,221
- From this org
- $188,884
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,337
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $188,884
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,337
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $193,221
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Jody Zengulis
VP of Facilities
- Total calculated
- $180,087
- From this org
- $161,041
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,046
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $161,041
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,878
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,168
- Filer's total
- $180,087
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Nicole Nilsson
VP Fin and Admi
- Total calculated
- $168,094
- From this org
- $149,380
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,714
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,380
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $4,742
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,972
- Filer's total
- $168,094
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Meredith Murray
VP External Affairs
- Total calculated
- $159,400
- From this org
- $151,810
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,590
- Hours/week
- 45
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,810
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,590
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $159,400
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Sarah Tantillo EdD
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Russell DaSilva Esq
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bruce Petersen
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael Cooke
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher S Moser
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kate Danser
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Jennifer Richardson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan G Danielson PsyD
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rev Theresa S Thames
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cindy Weinstein PhD
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Randy D Stephens
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael S Fletcher II
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher Van Buren
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer Golson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shawn Maxam MSW
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Derek Simpkins
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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 · 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
- 2025
- Filed
- 31 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202600909349301245
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