Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,124,860
- Total expenses
- $1,468,490
- Contributions and grants received
- $721,165
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $316,025
- Investment income
- $6,045
- Other revenue
- $81,625
- Total assets, end of year
- $17,901,381
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,216,731
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,684,650
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,171,742
- Management and general expenses
- $289,370
- Fundraising expenses
- $7,378
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,171,742
Program services were 79.8% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$206,691
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$514,474
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$111,618
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES
total $316,025 · related or exempt $316,025
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3 · Investment income
total $45 · excluded $45
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $6,000
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7c · Gain or loss
other assets $6,000
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $6,000 · excluded $6,000
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$22,957
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$7,766
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $15,191 · excluded $15,191
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11a · Other revenue: SITE USAGE
total $66,345 · unrelated business $66,345
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11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $89 · excluded $89
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11e · Other revenue, total
$66,434
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $467,086 · program services $382,076 · management and general $78,424 · fundraising $6,586
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $9,185 · program services $7,513 · management and general $1,542 · fundraising $130
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $11,907 · program services $9,741 · management and general $1,999 · fundraising $167
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $35,101 · program services $28,713 · management and general $5,893 · fundraising $495
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $15,400 · program services $10,780 · management and general $4,620
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11g · Fees: other
total $8,001 · program services $5,601 · management and general $2,400
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,586 · program services $1,810 · management and general $776
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,150 · program services $5,005 · management and general $2,145
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16 · Occupancy
total $167,928 · program services $128,851 · management and general $39,077
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17 · Travel
total $1,239 · program services $867 · management and general $372
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20 · Interest
total $83,645 · program services $75,281 · management and general $8,364
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $305,598 · program services $253,646 · management and general $51,952
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23 · Insurance
total $63,852 · program services $44,696 · management and general $19,156
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE
total $97,826 · program services $97,826
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24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $87,412 · program services $61,188 · management and general $26,224
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24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
total $38,406 · program services $26,884 · management and general $11,522
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24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS
total $24,871 · program services $17,410 · management and general $7,461
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24e · All other expenses
total $41,297 · program services $13,854 · management and general $27,443
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $38,610 · end of year $34,102
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1 · end of year $56,928
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $145,961 · end of year $143,569
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $29,754 · end of year $13,971
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $142,447 · end of year $141,396
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $51,415 · end of year $20,419
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$15,051,368
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$7,880,357
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $7,476,609 · end of year $7,171,011
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $10,319,985 · end of year $10,319,985
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $73,823 · end of year $38,653
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $19,024 · end of year $2,219
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $2,750,000 · end of year $2,750,000
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
end of year $90,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $333,655 · end of year $335,859
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,829,687 · end of year $4,471,515
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,198,593 · end of year $10,213,135
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
PARI IS A PUBLIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HANDS- ON EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF USERS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) DISCIPLINES.
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PISGAH ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PARI) IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING OF ASTRONOMY AND PROVIDE AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY AND STUDY SITE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS, AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SCIENCES TO SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, RELATIONSHIPS ARE DEVELOPED WITH UNIVERSITIES, BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY, SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA - ASHEVILLE, AND OTHERS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HAS IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF SPACE CAMP OPTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE, AND ROBOTICS PROVIDING AN ARRAY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES, FROM ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, AND ASTROBIOLOGY, WITH THE SAME EQUIPMENT USED BY NASA, TO SIMULATE SPACE MISSIONS THAT TEACH LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, AND STEM PRINCIPLES. OTHER CAMP OFFERINGS INCLUDE EXPERIENCE IN ROBOTICS, SENSORS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CRYPTOGRAPHY AND SECRET MESSAGING, COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, AND 3D DESIGN AND PRINTING.
Expenses $1,171,742 · Revenue $316,025
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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J Donald ClineJ DONALD CLINE
CHAIRMAN & P
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Ken JacobsonKEN JACOBSON
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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John AvantJOHN AVANT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Zac EngleZAC ENGLE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael A MurphyMICHAEL A MURPHY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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George HouseGEORGE HOUSE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jerry StoneJERRY STONE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 30 August 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202442439349300619
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