Nonprofit · EIN 22-6075831
PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC
Tax-exempt · PRINCETON, NJ 08540
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $2,427,308 | $3,407,143 | -$979,835 | $56,669,044 | $677,459 | $55,991,585 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $13,343,831 | $2,978,118 | $10,365,713 | $51,642,405 | $730,948 | $50,911,457 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $12,369,774 | $2,688,368 | $9,681,406 | $48,546,359 | $746,285 | $47,800,074 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $686,752
- Program service revenue
- $585,442
- Investment income
- $1,127,810
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $1,092,676
- Net income from fundraising events
- $580
- Other revenue
- $27,304
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $338,264
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,563,515
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,109,872
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $8,363
- Occupancy
- $25,096
- Travel
- $21,351
- Depreciation
- $291,712
- Program services (functional)
- $2,649,657
- Management and general (functional)
- $524,684
- Fundraising (functional)
- $232,802
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $51,642,405
- Total assets, end of year
- $56,669,044
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $677,459
- Net assets, end of year
- $55,991,585
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $4,345,345
- Publicly traded securities
- $42,766,636
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,000,593
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $48,990,992
- Gross receipts
- $2,455,769
- Employees
- 46
- Volunteers
- 165
- Year formed
- 1914
- State of legal domicile
- NJ
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerri Strauss | President & CEO Officer | 50 | $188,884 | $4,337 |
| Jody Zengulis | VP of Facilities | 45 | $161,041 | $19,046 |
| Nicole Nilsson | VP Fin and Admi Officer | 45 | $149,380 | $18,714 |
| Meredith Murray | VP External Affairs | 45 | $151,810 | $7,590 |
| Sarah Tantillo EdD | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Russell DaSilva Esq | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Petersen | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Cooke | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher S Moser | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Danser | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Richardson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan G Danielson PsyD | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Rev Theresa S Thames | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Weinstein PhD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Randy D Stephens | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael S Fletcher II | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Christopher Van Buren | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jennifer Golson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Shawn Maxam MSW | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Derek Simpkins | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 29 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela Gregory | President & CEO Officer | 57 | $184,943 | $18,750 |
| Jody Zengulis | VP of Facilities | 40 | $123,154 | $16,259 |
| Nicole Nilsson | VP Fin and Admi Officer | 40 | $112,351 | $17,242 |
| Meredith Murray | VP Extern. Affairs | 40 | $116,207 | $3,247 |
| Sarah Tantillo EdD | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Russell DaSilva Esq | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Petersen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Chris Moser | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Gribble | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Ellsworth PhD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Danser | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Richardson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Gasparro | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan G Danielson PsyD | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Pulkit Shah | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Rev Theresa S Thames | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Weinstein PhD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rev Alison L Boden PhD | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Randy D Stephens | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Aline Silva | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael S Fletcher II | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald R Seitz MBA | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Warren M Stock MBA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Van Buren | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Golson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lubaina Maimoon | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Shawn Maxam MSW | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Heather Reilly | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Derek Simpkins | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 32 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela Gregory | President & CEO Officer | 55 | $169,223 | $18,750 |
| Jody Zengulis | VP of Facilities | 40 | $115,320 | $15,889 |
| Nicole Nilsson | VP Fin & Admin Officer | 40 | $101,167 | $17,127 |
| Meredith Murray | VP Extern. Affairs | 40 | $108,234 | $3,247 |
| Sarah Tantillo EdD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Russell DaSilva Esq | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Petersen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Rev Alison L Boden PhD | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Gribble | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce Ellsworth PhD | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Danser | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Christina Bailey | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Gasparro | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan G Danielson PsyD | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Pulkit Shah | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Moser | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jessica Perry | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Karen Richardson EdM | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Randy D Stephens | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Suman Rao | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Praveena Joseph-de Saram | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael S Fletcher II | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald R Seitz MBA | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Warren M Stock MBA | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Christopher Van Buren | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Golson | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lubaina Maimoon | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Franco Kelly MBA | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shawn Maxam MSW | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Heather Reilly | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Aline Silva | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Derek Simpkins | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 13 ROSZEL RD STE B109, PRINCETON, NJ 08540-6211
- In care of
- % PAMELA GREGORY
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Kerri Strauss, 13 Roszel Road B109, Princeton, NJ 08540
- Signed the 990
- Kerri Strauss, President & CEO
- Phone
- (609) 921-0070
- Website
- www.princetonblairstown.org
- Return prepared by
- Lear & Pannepacker LLP
Mission
Princeton-Blairstown Center serves young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities, by nurturing their social-emotional skills through experiential, environmental, and adventure-based programming. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) includes five core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Acquiring these skills will enable Princeton-Blairstown Center participants to change their communities and the world.
Program accomplishments
- The Princeton-Blairstown Center is a 118-year-old award-winning outdoor education center that provides equitable access to exceptional outdoor experiences for young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities. Highly trained facilitators teach 21st Century skills while students experience the transformative power of nature.Blairstown Campus ProgramsDuring a typical year, groups of students and their chaperones come from across the Mid-Atlantic region to stay at PBCs 268-acre Blairstown Campus in the northwest corner of New Jersey near the Delaware Water Gap for one to five days. These students come from public schools, independent schools, universities, and community-based organizations. Most of these organizations provide services to students from historically marginalized communities which face numerous challenges such as poverty, low-performing schools, high-crime neighborhoods, food insecurity, single adult households, court-involved youth, or youth in foster care. The Blairstown Campus serves as an extension of their school or community organization a place where they can practice critical 21st Century skills that can be taken back to their schools, families, and communities. These trips are organized by the administration or faculty of the visiting school or organization expressly for the purpose of obtaining instruction in non-cognitive skills using PBCs social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum. The SEL skills that PBC teaches can include verbal and non-verbal communication, leadership, cooperation, team building, problem solving, healthy risk-taking, empathy, and interpersonal skills; each group coordinator determines which skills should be the focus of their PBC program. During their time at PBC, students spend most of the day engaged in hands-on instructional activities, with time for meals, sleep, and personal reflection/journal writing. In 2025, the Center served 5,988 students, chaperones, and families for day, extended day, and overnight programming.Summer Bridge ProgramPBCs Summer Bridge Program is a one-week academic enrichment and leadership program, provided free of charge to students from low-income communities in Newark and Trenton, New Jersey. The program helps students lessen summer learning loss, build social-emotional skills, and form positive, supportive relationships with peers and adults. The program takes place at PBCs Blairstown Campus and is an opportunity for students to make the developmental break from elementary or middle school. Small groups of students spend approximately three hours a day engaged in hands-on literacy, STEM, and STEAM activities; an hour a day engaged in waterfront activities (swimming/canoeing/ kayaking); and two hours a day engaged in developing leadership, teambuilding, and problem-solving skills. Each day students take part in a student choice activity that includes recreational and STEAM activities as well as daily restoration duties (stewardship of their cabins, the dining room, and the wash houses). During the summer of 2025, 212 students and 47 leaders/chaperones were served by the Summer Bridge Program. In addition, PBC held its Leader-in-Training Program that served eight students for a total of six weeks.Venture Out ProgramVenture Out is PBCs new environmental education initiative. This high-quality outdoor education program, offered free to middle school students in the Trenton Public School District, is a 30-hour residential program that provides students with inquiry-based, hands-on environmental education and social-emotional learning sessions that aim to help students engage more deeply with science and the scientific method, understand that science is fun, an increased appreciation and respect for the natural world, and a desire to protect the environment. The Centers curriculum is aligned to the State of New Jerseys middle school science curriculum standards. This program is led by experienced Sr. Facilitators who have been carefully trained on the Centers environmental, SEL, and adventure-based curriculum. During 2025, PBC served a total of 313 Trenton middle school students and 43 leaders/chaperones.Princeton University Groups ProgramAs an affiliate of Princeton University, PBC supports Princeton undergraduate civic engagement and student retreats in a natural setting. For the past several years, Princeton Universitys Community Action Program has sent a cohort of first year students to the Center as part of their orientation process. Additionally, other university groups use the Center to provide programming. During 2025, PBC served a total of 260 Princeton University students, staff, and leaders/chaperones.Expenses $2,649,657 · revenue $585,442
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 22-6075831
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1944
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B90)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $56,669,044
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,455,769
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $2,427,308 | $3,407,143 | $56,669,044 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $13,343,831 | $2,978,118 | $51,642,405 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $12,369,774 | $2,688,368 | $48,546,359 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,949,281 | $2,426,110 | $44,362,157 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 22-6075831).
Questions about PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC
- What is the EIN of PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC is 22-6075831.
- Is PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1944.
- Are donations to PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Kerri Strauss.
- Who are the officers and directors of PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $188,884 (Kerri Strauss, President & CEO).
- How much revenue does PRINCETON-BLAIRSTOWN CENTER INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,427,308, expenses of $3,407,143 and total assets of $56,669,044 at year end.
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