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← PACER CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PACER CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,786,015
Total expenses
$5,440,073
Contributions and grants received
$4,625,246
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$23,217
Investment income
$1,369,825
Other revenue
-$232,273
Total assets, end of year
$22,603,366
Total liabilities, end of year
$376,245
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,227,121
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,441,298
Management and general expenses
$456,716
Fundraising expenses
$542,059
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,441,298

Program services were 81.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $531,685

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,774,087

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,319,474

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $54,393

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $23,217 · related or exempt $23,217

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $470,355 · excluded $470,355

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,891,981

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

    securities $992,511

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $899,470

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $899,470 · excluded $899,470

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $296,654

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $531,685

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $545,976

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$249,322 · excluded -$249,322

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $20,244

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,195

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $17,049 · related or exempt $17,049

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $504,836 · program services $255,588 · management and general $194,698 · fundraising $54,550

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,188,773 · program services $2,808,771 · management and general $61,592 · fundraising $318,410

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $459,850 · program services $403,032 · management and general $7,634 · fundraising $49,184

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $301,027 · program services $251,332 · management and general $19,127 · fundraising $30,568

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,891 · management and general $41,891

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $358,083 · program services $250,159 · management and general $100,528 · fundraising $7,396

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $87,150 · program services $74,371 · management and general $5,238 · fundraising $7,541

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,885 · program services $33,124 · management and general $1,257 · fundraising $2,504

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $319,303 · program services $271,205 · management and general $17,948 · fundraising $30,150

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,797 · program services $8,797

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,617 · program services $24,893 · management and general $1,772 · fundraising $2,952

  • 24a · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $49,327 · program services $30,605 · management and general $847 · fundraising $17,875

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $36,820 · program services $16,301 · management and general $2,377 · fundraising $18,142

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $17,714 · program services $13,120 · management and general $1,807 · fundraising $2,787

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $800 · program services $600 · management and general $100 · fundraising $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $493,244 · end of year $437,979

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $68,892 · end of year $45,191

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $402,713 · end of year $840,804

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,990 · end of year $35,765

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,775 · end of year $42,163

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

    $888,212

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

    $781,153

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $64,670 · end of year $107,059

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $18,449,250 · end of year $21,035,680

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $79,228 · end of year $58,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $337,673 · end of year $299,238

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $16,493 · end of year $16,493

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $80,014 · end of year $60,514

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,753,687 · end of year $8,247,756

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,424,895 · end of year $13,979,365

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARENT TRAINING, INFO REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND BULLYING PREVENTION

  • PARENT TRAINING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH ANY DISABILITY REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. PACER HELPS PARENTS NAVIGATE SPECIAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, TRANSITION SYSTEMS, AND MORE SO THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. PROVIDED 11,086 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 145 EVENTS TO 7,593 ATTENDEES; 90% OF INDIVIDUALS COMPLETING TRAINING EVALUATION FORMS REPORTED LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.

    Expenses $3,194,437 · Revenue $11,721

  • SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS LIKE THE NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER, UNITE, ENGAGE, AND EDUCATE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS BULLYING THROUGH CREATIVE AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES. THEY ALSO INCLUDE PACER'S COUNT ME IN PUPPET SHOWS FOR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND FUN TIMES, WHICH PROVIDES SOCIAL EVENTS FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR PEERS. PROVIDED 944 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; 795,380 VISITS TO NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER WEBSITES; PRESENTED 75 PUPPET SHOWS TO 4,247 ATTENDEES.

    Expenses $747,086 · Revenue $22,460

  • THE SIMON TECHNOLOGY CENTER (STC) MAKES THE LIFE-CHANGING BENEFITS OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND EXPOSURE TO STEM ACTIVITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS, A LENDING LIBRARY, WORKSHOPS, AND VIDEOS. PROVIDED 2,164 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 69 EVENTS FOR 2,982 ATTENDEES; CONDUCTED 114 CONSULTATIONS AND INDIVIDUALIZED TRAININGS AND HAD 504 VISITS TO LENDING LIBRARY.

    Expenses $499,775 · Revenue $6,085

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Jackson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Bakken

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Woods

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Simermeyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Guthmann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannan Paul

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Sagedahl

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Levinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Betchwars

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Elm

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Goldberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy J Feyma

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Slegman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margery L Webb

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristina Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Graves

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Graft

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonia Teasley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,271
    From this org
    $180,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $437
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,834
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $437
    Filer's total
    $181,271
  • Gretchen Godfrey

    INTERIM EXECTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,791
    From this org
    $145,670
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,121
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,670
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,621
    Filer's total
    $160,791
  • Renee Gallaher

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,777
    From this org
    $57,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,068
    Hours/week
    30
  • Nancy Kleve

    OFFICE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $111,921
    From this org
    $106,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,871
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
GRETCHEN GODFREY, INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RECEIVED A BONUS FOR ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WAS DETERMINED AT DISCRETION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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
2023
Filed
1 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510649349301331

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