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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA AUTOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,949,368
Total expenses
$14,497,095
Contributions and grants received
$15,854,691
Grants paid
$13,951,413
Program service revenue
$18,180
Investment income
$3,076,497
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$84,664,608
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,389,545
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,275,063
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,951,413
Management and general expenses
$341,013
Fundraising expenses
$204,669
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,951,413

Program services were 96.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,854,691

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,053,987

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $18,180 · related or exempt $18,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,843,409 · excluded $1,843,409

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,061,892

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

    securities $17,828,804

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,233,088

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,233,088 · excluded $1,233,088

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,931,413 · program services $13,931,413

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

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

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $150,248 · management and general $16,751 · fundraising $133,497

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,200 · management and general $1,324 · fundraising $10,876

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,264 · management and general $2,426 · fundraising $21,838

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,299 · management and general $1,260 · fundraising $10,039

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,802 · management and general $33,041 · fundraising $761

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $194,814 · management and general $194,814

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,120 · management and general $1,120

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,047 · management and general $249 · fundraising $798

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,674 · management and general $6 · fundraising $13,668

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,498 · management and general $38,248 · fundraising $4,250

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $177 · management and general $18 · fundraising $159

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $44,811 · management and general $44,811

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING & PUBLICATIONS

    total $9,327 · management and general $544 · fundraising $8,783

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,745 · management and general $3,745

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $2,345 · management and general $2,345

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $311 · management and general $311

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,020,727 · end of year $7,354,712

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $161 · end of year $4,298

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $68,602,765 · end of year $77,189,457

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $108,951 · end of year $116,141

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,279 · end of year $29,826

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,602,603 · end of year $4,359,719

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,102,222 · end of year $80,275,063

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE PAA FOUNDATION IS TO SUPPORT, ENHANCE AND PROMOTE THE GOOD WORKS AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE NEW RETAIL MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA. ANOTHER IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN THE NEW RETAIL MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF PAA FOUNDATION IS TO SUPPORT THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:1. TO ACT AS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ENABLING THE FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE GIFTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY, HOLD THE SAME IN TRUST, INVEST AND PRESERVE IT AND DISTRIBUTE THE INCOME AND PRINCIPAL IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION.2. PROVIDING GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONDUCT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE NEW MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY, PAA MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF PAA MEMBERS.3. PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN THE NEW RETAIL MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS - TO PROVIDE CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, THROUGH INCENTIVES AND DONOR ADVISED ACCOUNTS. TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFYING STUDENTS.

    Expenses $13,951,413 · Grants $13,951,413 · Revenue $18,180

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • TOM ROHRICH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DUKE SCOTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW M SCOTT

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER LUSTGARTEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOMINIC CONICELLI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN COOK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK FOX

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUCINDA FAULKNER FRIEDMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEE TURNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN GIAMBALVO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW SMITH

    2025 PAA CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD MARSAR

    PAA PRESIDENT/PAAF PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE J SMITH CPA

    VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
26 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601709349300935

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