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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$778,727
Total expenses
$801,693
Contributions and grants received
$160,667
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$582,953
Investment income
$35,107
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$729,240
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,387
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$684,853
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$784,148
Management and general expenses
$14,058
Fundraising expenses
$3,487
Program service expenses (Part III)
$784,148

Program services were 97.8% 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)

    $151,667

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS

    total $572,905 · related or exempt $572,905

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $5,052 · related or exempt $5,052

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $4,996 · related or exempt $4,996

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,107 · excluded $35,107

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $106,990 · program services $102,711 · management and general $3,209 · fundraising $1,070

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $182,036 · program services $177,387 · management and general $3,487 · fundraising $1,162

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,074 · program services $2,991 · management and general $62 · fundraising $21

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,604 · program services $21,064 · management and general $405 · fundraising $135

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,805 · program services $25,934 · management and general $653 · fundraising $218

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $66 · program services $63 · management and general $2 · fundraising $1

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,700 · program services $1,056 · management and general $3,633 · fundraising $11

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $346,348 · program services $346,073 · management and general $206 · fundraising $69

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,585 · program services $21,681 · management and general $678 · fundraising $226

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,571 · program services $10,148 · management and general $317 · fundraising $106

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,709 · program services $1,641 · management and general $51 · fundraising $17

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,121 · program services $31,796 · management and general $994 · fundraising $331

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,022 · program services $3,861 · management and general $121 · fundraising $40

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT VALIDATED PARK

    total $15,415 · program services $15,415

  • 24b · Other expenses: SECURITY AND CLEANING

    total $14,684 · program services $14,684

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $4,650 · program services $4,463 · management and general $140 · fundraising $47

  • 24d · Other expenses: RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT

    total $1,802 · program services $1,730 · management and general $54 · fundraising $18

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,511 · program services $1,450 · management and general $46 · fundraising $15

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $661,603 · end of year $622,199

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,485 · end of year $9,774

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,229 · end of year $7,855

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

    $298,607

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

    $219,901

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $70,419 · end of year $78,706

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,765 · end of year $10,706

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,324 · end of year $27,796

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,174 · end of year $5,174

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $27,184 · end of year $11,417

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $637,819 · end of year $606,858

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $77,995

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND EXTEND THE SAFETY, IMAGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA. TO PROVIDE A SAFE, CLEAN ENVIRONMENT SO AS TO ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF THE DOWNTOWN AND ATTRACT BUSINESS, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CONSISTENT WITH FOSTERING AND MAINTAINING A VIBRANT AND PROSPEROUS AREA FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS DEDICATED TO CREATING AND PROMOTING DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE AS A WELCOMING AND VIBRANT DESTINATION FOR ALL. WE DEVELOP COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES; WE ADVANCE PHYSICAL IMRPOVEMENTS, CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND CLEAN INVITING STREETSCAPES; WE ARE A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

  • TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND EXTEND THE SAFETY, IMAGE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE, PA THROUGH VARIOUS MARKETING ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE GIFT CARD SALES, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF MAPS AND GUIDES. THE DISTRICT SPONSORED VARIOUS EVENTS, AND EXTENSIVE REGIONAL MARKETING AND ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS WITH BILLBOARDS AND NEWSPRINT WERE CONDUCTED. HOLIDAY LIGHTS, ORNAMENTS AND SKYLINES WERE USED TO DECORATE THE STREETSCAPE.

    Expenses $339,496 · Revenue $252,389

  • THE CLEANING AMBASSADORS PROVIDE DAILY CLEANING EFFORTS AND THE REMOVAL OF GRAFFITI IN HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH VISIBILITY AREAS, FOR THE CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT OF SHOPPERS AND VISITORS.

    Expenses $89,628 · Revenue $66,631

  • THE DISTRICT WORKS TO PROMOTE RETAIL, RESTAURANT, RENTAL AND OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN. ALSO, IT ADMINISTERS A STATE PROGRAM TO ASSIST PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE COST OF NEW SIGNS AND/OR FACADES.

  • Expenses $355,024 · Revenue $263,933

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SHARON HERLOCHER

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN COHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN FRIEDMAN

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS MCKEE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AL PRINGLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY BRANDEIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JILL ROSENFELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LINDSAY JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIAN MORALES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EZRA NANES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CURTIS SHULMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEE ANNE JEFFRIES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $106,990
    From this org
    $91,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,498
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349303850

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