Pace University considers teaching and learning its priority. Pace is committed to the needs of its qualified and diverse student population.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$7.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $30.0M a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$7.7M
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $198.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.5 months of spending in cash, plus $198.0M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
14
named funders · $624K
Looks good: 14 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$389.8M
55% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 55% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
31
of 33 voting members
Looks good: 31 of 33 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$597.7M
Spent
$582.8M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$317.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$597.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$597.7M
FY2021$612.7M
FY2022$627.8M
FY2023$682.6M
FY2024$707.7M
FY2025$719.1M
Expenses
$582.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$582.8M
FY2021$569.6M
FY2022$586.2M
FY2023$638.1M
FY2024$683.3M
FY2025$707.3M
Net assets
$317.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$317.6M
FY2021$405.0M
FY2022$396.6M
FY2023$462.5M
FY2024$508.9M
FY2025$541.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1949.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $517.9M Management & general 10% · $58.4M Fundraising 1% · $6.5M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

61 people listed on the 990; $7.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Trustee, President
$631,115Pt VII · Sec A
$398,445Pt VII · Sec A
Provost,exec VP Academic Affai
$392,593Pt VII · Sec A
Dean, Lubin School of Business
$386,107Pt VII · Sec A
Dean, Dyson College
$366,986Pt VII · Sec A
VP Dev & Alum Rltns
$342,971Pt VII · Sec A
Dean, College of Health Profs
$332,433Pt VII · Sec A
Professor
$327,459Pt VII · Sec A

Marvin Krislov’s $742K as President is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Marvin Krislov$741,937$711,748$761,649$584,197$667,181$631,115
Joseph Morreale—$457,218—$267,393——
Robert C Almon$439,605$429,837$410,602$390,055$378,609$398,445
Daniel Baugher$429,393—————
Joseph Franco$375,704$422,830$283,583———
Gary Laermer$399,769$387,267$369,289$337,421$318,952$342,971
Vanya Quinones——$319,065$399,047——
Vayna Quinones————$377,475$392,593

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Provides diverse students with a comprehensive higher education, prioritizing quality teaching and learning alongside essential campus services like housing and dining.

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3 programs · $411.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Scholarships

To provide students with academic AND/OR need-based tuition assistance.

$206.7Mprogram expense
02

Instructional

To provide personnel, supplies, equipment and other materials for the instruction of full and part-time graduate and undergraduate students.

$134.7Mprogram expense
03

Auxiliaries

To meet non-instructional needs of students such as dorms and cafeteria services.

$70.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $246.8M · 2024–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$246,808,794

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$597.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$559.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$26.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$9.3M
Money outPt IX
$582.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$517.9M
Managementcol C$58.4M
Fundraisingcol D$6.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$317.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$22.8M
Total assetsLn 16$707.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$389.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
61
listed · VII A
PaidVII A29
Voting boardVI 1a33
IndependentVI 1b31
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$26.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$13.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$620K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$433K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$559.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$9.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.3M
Gains on assetsLn 7$5.7M
Total revenueLn 12$597.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$22.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$22.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$198.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$426.6M
Other assetsLn 15$10.7M
Total assetsLn 16$707.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$389.8M
Net assetsLn 32$317.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55,060
VolunteersI 61,097
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.0M$22.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$196.9M$198.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$421.5M$426.6M
Total assetsLn 16$692.7M$707.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$391.5M$389.8M
Net assetsLn 32$301.2M$317.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$206.7M$206.7M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$6.9M$2.5M$3.9M$529K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$159.7M$136.2M$20.5M$3.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$10.2M$8.7M$1.3M$195K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$28.9M$24.7M$3.7M$554K
Payroll taxesLn 10$11.4M$9.5M$1.6M$244K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$1.3M$318K$947K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$378K$378K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$11K$11K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$507K$507K
Investment management feesLn 11f$1.2M$1.2M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9.7M$6.5M$3.0M$138K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3.3M$3.0M$296K$14K
Office expensesLn 13$8.9M$7.1M$1.4M$407K
Information technologyLn 14$7.9M$1.7M$5.9M$264K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$70.2M$62.0M$8.1M
TravelLn 17$3.0M$2.7M$206K$59K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$480K$381K$74K$25K
InterestLn 20$8.9M$8.1M$810K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19.3M$17.3M$2.0M
InsuranceLn 23$1.4M$892K$519K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$18.0M$17.3M$539K$129K
All other expensesLn 24e$4.4M$2.1M$1.9M$377K
Total functional expensesLn 25$582.8M$517.9M$58.4M$6.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $719.1M$707.3M$11.8M$541.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $707.7M$683.3M$24.4M$508.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $682.6M$638.1M$44.4M$462.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $627.8M$586.2M$41.7M$396.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $612.7M$569.6M$43.1M$405.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $597.7M$582.8M$14.8M$317.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $597,655,933 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $21,575,342$26,747,462
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $555,754,782$559,275,541
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,891,577$9,299,056
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,436,485$2,333,874
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $596,658,186$597,655,933
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $201,483,977$206,727,257
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $228,196,915$217,255,960
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $322,185$507,386
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $157,914,849$158,329,913
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $587,917,926$582,820,516
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $8,740,260$14,835,417
Part VI · Governance 31 of 33 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body33
VI-1b Independent voting members31
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $597,655,933 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $159,657 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$433,030
VIII-1e Government grants$13,824,774
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$12,489,658
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$620,343
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$26,747,462
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $559,167,349$559,167,349
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$237,965 · Excluded from tax $3,574,764$3,574,764
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $85,181$85,181
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $37,047$37,047
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $5,672,827$5,672,827
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$272,930−$272,930
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,484,576$2,484,576
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $559,275,541 · Unrelated business −$237,965 · Excluded from tax $11,632,930$597,655,933
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $582,820,516 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $206,727,257$206,727,257
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,481,360 · Management $3,936,657 · Fundraising $529,283$6,947,300
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $136,208,431 · Management $20,474,153 · Fundraising $3,063,805$159,746,389
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,703,789 · Management $1,306,209 · Fundraising $195,464$10,205,462
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $24,676,259 · Management $3,703,255 · Fundraising $554,165$28,933,679
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,531,469 · Management $1,648,063 · Fundraising $243,598$11,423,130
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $317,501 · Management $947,221 · Fundraising $14,530$1,279,252
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $377,760$377,760
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $10,698$10,698
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $507,386$507,386
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,205,075$1,205,075
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,531,469 · Management $3,016,064 · Fundraising $138,370$9,685,903
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,999,071 · Management $296,135 · Fundraising $13,805$3,309,011
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,115,467 · Management $1,400,935 · Fundraising $406,588$8,922,990
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,727,461 · Management $5,886,767 · Fundraising $264,442$7,878,670
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,042,496 · Management $8,118,852$70,161,348
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,703,716 · Management $205,984 · Fundraising $58,638$2,968,338
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $380,949 · Management $73,891 · Fundraising $24,895$479,735
IX-20 InterestPrograms $8,137,664 · Management $809,690$8,947,354
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $17,274,431 · Management $2,019,796$19,294,227
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $892,461 · Management $518,746$1,411,207
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,306,862 · Management $539,274 · Fundraising $128,757$17,974,893
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,138,361 · Management $1,907,679 · Fundraising $377,412$4,423,452
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $517,896,474 · Management $58,402,904 · Fundraising $6,521,138$582,820,516
Part X · Balance sheet $707,400,303 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $7,336,141; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,975,342$22,842,030
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $23,914,199$23,026,218
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $12,893,693$14,210,362
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,450,733$4,698,294
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $421,517,041$426,646,279
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $133,560,471$140,039,022
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $63,366,935$57,930,416
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $17,536,001$10,671,541
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $692,738,636$707,400,303
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $85,849,698$87,231,446
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $12,826,855$10,761,792
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $23,152,463$32,037,533
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $179,833,051$176,144,468
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $74,004,192$68,517,635
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $391,510,378$389,849,996
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $84,248,194$93,266,971
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $216,980,064$224,283,336
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $301,228,258$317,550,307
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $692,738,636$707,400,303
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $317,550,307 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$597,655,933
XI-2 Total expenses$582,820,516
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$14,835,417
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$301,228,258
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,512,498
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$25,866
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$317,550,307

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