Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1999.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
49 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
14 people listed on the 990.
Michael Sessa’s $146K as President and CEO is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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.
See Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Connects higher education stakeholders to improve data sharing and student success.
Questions for Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council
Your first name shows with your question. Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council answers here, for everyone.
Conference & Meetings
Meetings to disseeminate information and share ideas and development resources while hearing from industry experts on emerging techonologies and user-friendly processes that impact students and technology expectations. These meeting include the annual spring summit and annual fall summit.
Education & Outreach
Newsletter, website, article for publication, and presentations - all to further PESC's exempt purpose. See www.PESC.com
Standards Committee/Fourm
Group formed to study standard-related issues, develop data standards and supporting tools, including a data dictionary for education, as well as work on the U.S. Deparment of Education's national student loan data system (NSLDS) and NCES' common education data standards (CEDS).Task forces - Open, collaborative committees that study…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $5K | $74K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $606 | $364 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $40K | $112K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $222K | $248K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | −$183K | −$136K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $92K | $30K | $61K | $923 |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $29K | $9K | $19K | $285 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $17K | $9K | $8K | $165 |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $10K | $5K | $5K | $96 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $5K | $5K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $38K | $36K | $2K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2K | $2K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $3K | $3K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $242 | $126 | $114 | $2 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $13K | $8K | $4K | $41 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $458 | $458 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $217K | $106K | $109K | $2K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 5, 2026 | $289K | $262K | $27K | −$109K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 8, 2024 | $264K | $217K | $47K | −$136K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2023 | $313K | $369K | −$55K | −$183K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 22, 2023 | $393K | $366K | $27K | −$127K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 | $286K | $394K | −$108K | −$154K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $263,567 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $263,567 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $216,528 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $112,200 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$135,624 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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