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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,050,721
Total expenses
$4,576,495
Contributions and grants received
$1,072,995
Grants paid
$2,845,362
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$47,484
Other revenue
$2,930,242
Total assets, end of year
$1,824,869
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,567,895
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$256,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,684,635
Management and general expenses
$808,824
Fundraising expenses
$83,036
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,684,635

Program services were 80.5% 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

    $1,072,995

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $47,484 · excluded $47,484

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,469,126

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,018,921

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $450,205 · excluded $450,205

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $1,841,126

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,002,219

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $838,907 · excluded $838,907

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,166,065

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,524,935

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,641,130 · related or exempt $1,641,130

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,892,366 · program services $1,892,366

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $952,996 · program services $952,996

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $48,001 · management and general $45,601 · fundraising $2,400

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,549 · management and general $15,722 · fundraising $827

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,220,036 · program services $773,670 · management and general $385,329 · fundraising $61,037

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,006 · management and general $9,506 · fundraising $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $69,932 · management and general $66,435 · fundraising $3,497

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $30,160 · management and general $28,652 · fundraising $1,508

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $130,007 · management and general $123,507 · fundraising $6,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,707 · management and general $49,122 · fundraising $2,585

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,628 · management and general $5,628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,906 · management and general $24,611 · fundraising $1,295

  • 24a · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT

    total $45,398 · management and general $43,128 · fundraising $2,270

  • 24b · Other expenses: HEADS UP PROGRAMS

    total $41,355 · program services $41,355

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD DRIVE

    total $24,248 · program services $24,248

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $10,574 · management and general $10,045 · fundraising $529

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,626 · management and general $1,538 · fundraising $88

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,602,446 · end of year $1,038,138

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $237,122

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $42,228

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

    $159,096

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

    $159,096

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,629 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $600,349 · end of year $507,381

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $350,908 · end of year $989,156

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $469,240 · end of year $61,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $605,528 · end of year $517,739

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $349,414 · end of year $6,974

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $433,334 · end of year $250,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, ENCOURAGE TEAMWORK, STRESS THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH YOUTH HOCKEY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT YOUTH HOCKEY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • LITTLE PENGUINS LEARN TO PLAY PROGRAM - 16,000 PITTSBURGH AREA YOUTHS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE GAME OF HOCKEY AND PROVIDED FREE SETS OF HOCKEY EQUIPMENT. THE PENGUINS FOUNDATION HAS TEAMED WITH SIDNEY CROSBY TO PROVIDE THE EQUIPMENT FREE TO KIDS AGES 4-9.

    Expenses $952,996 · Grants $952,996

  • THE FOUNDATION RAISES FUNDS AND PROVIDES GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO LOCAL YOUTH SPORTS AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION.

    Expenses $2,602,849 · Grants $1,892,366

  • HEADS UP PITTSBURGH PROGRAM - SINCE 2011, THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION AND UPMC SPORTS MEDICINE HAVE TEAMED UP TO CREATE AND EXPAND HEADS UP PITTSBURGH, WHICH INCLUDES BASELINE CONCUSSION TESTING FOR YOUNG ATHLETES, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS. THE PROGRAM HAS SINCE EXPANDED BEYOND THE SPORT OF HOCKEY, TO OVER 31 ADDITIONAL SPORTS. TO DATE, OVER 31,000 ATHLETES HAVE BEEN TESTED.

    Expenses $41,355

  • FOOD DRIVE - THE PENGUINS ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE BEGAN IN 1992 AND HAS GENERATED MORE THAN 37,000 POUNDS OF FOOD AND OVER $35,000. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK.

    Expenses $24,248

  • PENSFIT PROGRAM - DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE SPORT OF HOCKEY AND FACILITATE AN INCREASE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. PROVIDES FREE STREET HOCKEY EQUIPMENT TO QUALIFYING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE) IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY.

    Expenses $63,187

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Rice-Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvonne Maher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,121
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $132,121
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Francis Muracca II

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Malone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Wheland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Onorato

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Heberle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa Armstrong

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Farner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Acklin

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Dillon

    TREASURER

    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.

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 partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

    N/A · PROFESSIONAL SPORTS · PA

    Directly controlled by LEMIEUX GROUP LP

  • LEMIEUX GROUP LP

    N/A · PARENT COMPANY · PA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511339349301506

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