- Revenue 2024
- $5,049,123
- Expenses 2024
- $5,198,231
Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- R200
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 8161 NORMANDALE BLVD
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).
Other organizations at this address
1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us
We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.
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FRIENDS OF PACER
EIN 41-1606822
Mission and programs · 2024
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
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PACER'S PARENT TRAINING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM HELPS FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES NAVIGATE SPECIAL EDUCATION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, TRANSITION-TO-ADULTHOOD SYSTEMS, AND MORE SO THEIR CHILDREN RECEIVE APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. PROVIDED 10,968 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 126 TRAININGS TO 7,766 ATTENDEES; 95% OF INDIVIDUALS COMPLETING EVALUATION FORMS REPORTED LEARNING SOMETHING NEW.
Expenses $3,052,499 · Revenue $119,427
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PACER'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAM SUPPORTS CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES TO BE MORE INCLUDED AND ACCEPTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER EDUCATES SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO BULLYING THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES AND NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. PACER'S COUNT ME IN PUPPET PROGRAM TEACHES YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT DISABILITIES AND INCLUSION, THE FUN TIMES PROVIDED INCLUSIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES. PROVIDED 639 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 82 PUPPET SHOWS TO 4,553 ATTENDEES; AND HAD 633,717 VISITS TO NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION CENTER WEBSITE.
Expenses $651,211 · Revenue $18,638
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PACER'S SIMON TECHNOLOGY CENTER MAKES THE LIFE-CHANGING BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATIONS, A LENDING LIBRARY, TRAININGS, AND STEM ACTIVITIES. PROVIDED 2,051 INSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE; PRESENTED 42 EVENTS FOR 1,858 ATTENDEES; CONDUCTED 106 CONSULTATIONS AND INDIVIDUALIZED TRAININGS; AND HAD 429 VISITS TO THE LENDING LIBRARY.
Expenses $503,690 · Revenue $7,800
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Jay JacksonJAY JACKSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alison BakkenALISON BAKKEN
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Matthew WoodsMATTHEW WOODS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ginny HopperGINNY HOPPER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff BetchwarsJEFF BETCHWARS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Timothy J FeymaTIMOTHY J FEYMA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Daniel GoldbergDANIEL GOLDBERG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jessica GraftJESSICA GRAFT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kathy GravesKATHY GRAVES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John GuthmannJOHN GUTHMANN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dan LevinsonDAN LEVINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shannan PaulSHANNAN PAUL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sara SagedahlSARA SAGEDAHL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beth SimermeyerBETH SIMERMEYER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dorothy SlegmanDOROTHY SLEGMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cristina SmithCRISTINA SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Todd WattersonTODD WATTERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Margery L WebbMARGERY L WEBB
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tonia TeasleyTONIA TEASLEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $237,100
- From this org
- $230,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,100
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $230,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,750
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,350
- Filer's total
- $237,100
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Renee GallaherRENEE GALLAHER
FINANCE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $124,265
- From this org
- $64,364
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $59,901
- Hours/week
- 30
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Gretchen GodfreyGRETCHEN GODFREY
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $148,175
- From this org
- $126,208
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,967
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jireh MabambaJIREH MABAMBA
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $123,450
- From this org
- $120,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,850
- Hours/week
- 40
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Nancy KleveNANCY KLEVE
OFFICE MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $116,556
- From this org
- $109,746
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,810
- Hours/week
- 40
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Vava GuthrieVAVA GUTHRIE
PARENT TRAINING MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $109,739
- From this org
- $103,229
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,510
- 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $5,049,123
- Expenses
- $5,198,231
- Contributions
- $4,129,251
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,786,015
- Expenses
- $5,440,073
- Contributions
- $4,625,246
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,551,185
- Expenses
- $5,902,565
- Contributions
- $4,281,780
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,551,185
- Expenses
- $5,902,565
- Contributions
- $4,281,780
- Grants paid
- $0
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,946,517
- Expenses
- $5,398,237
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,067,331
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,559,518
- Expenses
- $5,534,377
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,919,287
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,253,721
- Expenses
- $5,548,756
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,659,608
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,760,855
- Expenses
- $5,624,659
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,368,484
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,797,176
- Expenses
- $5,570,990
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,238,217
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,551,115
- Expenses
- $5,623,461
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,641,220
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,464,906
- Expenses
- $5,560,732
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,173,002
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,718,768
- Expenses
- $5,398,596
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,793,275
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,976,753
- Expenses
- $5,048,619
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,795,865
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $5,075,860
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,494,721
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
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$551,580
2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$400,000
2024 GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$252,000
2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$108,079
2024 CHARITABLE DONATION
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$99,200
2022 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$97,450
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$96,275
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.