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PCS FOR PEOPLE

EIN 26-2066045 SAINT PAUL, MN

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Revenue 2024
$28,677,249
Expenses 2024
$24,633,439

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P58
Classification
1200
Street
2492 DOSWELL AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PCS FOR PEOPLE IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WORKING TO GET LOW-COST QUALITY COMPUTERS AND INTERNET INTO THE HOMES OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND NONPROFITS WITH LOW INCOME. BY RECYCLING AND THEN REFURBISHING COMPUTERS, PCS FOR PEOPLE PROVIDES A VALUABLE SERVICE TO BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, AND THE PLANET BY KEEPING COMPUTERS OUT OF LANDFILLS AND REPURPOSING THEM TO ADVANCE DIGITAL INCLUSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOUNDED IN 1998, PCS FOR PEOPLE WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND NONPROFITS TO BENEFIT FROM THE LIFE CHANGING IMPACT OF COMPUTERS, MOBILE INTERNET, AND DIGITAL LITERACY.

  • SOURCE, REFURBISH, DISTRIBUTE, AND SUPPORTSOURCE: OUR ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGY IS DEPENDENT ON OUR RECYCLING PARTNERSHIPS. WE OFFER A NATION-WIDE FREE END-OF-LIFE IT SERVICE OFFERING THAT INCLUDES NAID AAA-CERTIFIED DATA SANITIZATION AND R2-CERTIFIED SUSTAINABLE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING.REFURBISH: THE DONATED TECHNOLOGY IS SECURELY PROCESSED IN OUR WAREHOUSES. COMPUTERS AND ARE CLEANED, PROCESSED THROUGH A STRINGENT QUALITY CHECK, AND INSTALLED WITH A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM.DISTRIBUTE: AFFORDABLE HIGH-QUALITY COMPUTERS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO INCOME QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR RETAIL STORES, ONLINE, AND THROUGH NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AND PARTNERS.SUPPORT: ONCE A CUSTOMER HAS RECEIVED A COMPUTER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE CONFIDENT IN THEIR PURCHASE AND FEEL SUPPORTED. EACH COMPUTER COMES WITH A 1-YEAR HARDWARE WARRANTY, FREE DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING, AND PHONE SUPPORT. IN FY 2024-25, PCS FOR PEOPLE COLLECTED OVER 119,000COMPUTERS. MORE THAN 29,000 OF THESE COMPUTERS WERE REFURBISHED AND DISTRIBUTED TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. PCS FOR PEOPLE ALSO SUPPORTED THE COMPUTERS DISTRIBUTED WITH WARRANTY REPAIRS AND OFFERED DISCOUNTED REPAIRS AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD. REPAIRS ARE USUALLY $25 AND ANY PARTS NEEDED, IF AVAILABLE, ARE FREE. IN FY 2024-25, OVER 1,900 REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $9 PER REPAIR.

    Expenses $19,718,427 · Grants $10,136,380 · Revenue $6,894,413

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE OFFERS NATIONWIDE LOW-COST HIGH SPEED 5G AND 4G LTE MOBILE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDED BY MOBILE BEACON AND MOBILE CITIZEN. AND 35 MILE PLANS ARE PREPAID WITH NO CREDIT CHECK OR HIDDEN FEES FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. IN FY 2024-25, PCS FOR PEOPLE OFFERED LOW-COST HIGH SPEED 5G & 4G LTE INTERNET TO MORE THAN 46,000 INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $2,597,150 · Revenue $1,510,729

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE OFFERS IN-HOUSE, LOW-COST HIGH SPEED FIXED INTERNET SERVICE IN 9 STATES. SERVICE IS FIXED AT $15 A MONTH IN FY 2024-25, PCS FOR PEOPLE'S FIXED INTERNET SERVICE CONSISTS OF 38 NETWORK TOWERS AND 7 MULTI-DWELLING UNITS (MDUS) COVERING MORE THAN 16,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

    Expenses $902,083 · Revenue $2,073,231

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brendt Rusten

    INTERIM CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Zeb Anderson

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Srilekha Akula

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Lien

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrea Dale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Jarvis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Kannas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexander McGruder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin Moreno

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Milinda Rambel Stone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Rasmussen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Casey Sorensen

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $203,762
    From this org
    $186,103
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,659
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,103
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,659
    Filer's total
    $203,762
  • Chad A Musson

    LEAD NETWORK ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $118,317
    From this org
    $108,939
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,378
    Hours/week
    45

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $28,677,249
    Expenses
    $24,633,439
    Contributions
    $18,088,934
    Grants paid
    $10,136,380
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $26,589,398
    Expenses
    $29,137,181
    Contributions
    $18,929,579
    Grants paid
    $11,373,490
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $26,589,398
    Expenses
    $29,137,181
    Contributions
    $18,929,579
    Grants paid
    $11,373,490
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $25,032,144
    Expenses
    $25,687,470
    Contributions
    $19,204,250
    Grants paid
    $7,853,875

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,823,070
    Expenses
    $20,285,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,325,586
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,290,577
    Expenses
    $14,240,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,428,628

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008

Tax period
1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009
Principal officer
Casey Sorensen
Mailing address
410 S 5th StreetPO Box 3526Mankato MN 560023526
Website
www.pcsforpeople.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE COLORADO LLC

    COLORADO OPERATIONS · MN · income $1,738,595 · assets $361,170

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE GEORGIA

    GEORGIA OPERATIONS · MN · income $504,151 · assets $38,552

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE ILLINOIS

    ILLINOIS OPERATIONS · MN · income $3,215,808 · assets $1,512,531

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE KANSAS CITY LLC

    KANSAS CITY OPERATIONS · MN · income $708,486 · assets $122,874

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE MARYLAND LLC

    MARYLAND OPERATIONS · MN · income $0 · assets $2,915

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE MINNESOTA LLC

    MINNESOTA OPERATIONS · MN · income $5,181,115 · assets $1,777,095

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE OHIO LLC

    OHIO OPERATIONS · MN · income $2,613,676 · assets $892,687

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE PENNSYLVANIA

    PENNSYLVANIA OPERATIONS · MN · income $780,542 · assets $187,698

  • PCS FOR PEOPLE WISPY LLC

    WISPY OPERATIONS · MN · income $4,391,799 · assets $2,281,426

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.