2025-05-05T13:37:17-07:00 2024-12-31 222947255 Lear & Pannepacker LLP 791 Alexander Road Princeton NJ 08540 990 2024-01-01 226075831 Princeton-Blairstown Center Inc PRIN 6099210070 13 Roszel Road B109 Princeton NJ 08540 Shawn Maxam MSW Chairman 2025-05-05 true true Kenneth L Siegel CPA P00181363 6094522200 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Pamela Gregory 13 Roszel Road B109 Princeton NJ 08540 13380864 false X www.princetonblairstown.org X 1914 NJ Princeton-Blairstown Center serves young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities, by nurturing their social-emotional skills through experiential, environmental, and adventure-based programming. 21 21 56 50 0 581317 618850 513904 560214 11244366 12135108 30187 29659 12369774 13343831 0 0 1499439 1913227 0 204299 1188929 1064891 2688368 2978118 9681406 10365713 48546359 51642405 746285 730948 47800074 50911457 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. false false 2328523 513904 The Princeton-Blairstown Center is a 116-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. During a typical year, the Center serves between 7,500 and 8,000 students and leaders/chaperones. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center is still working its way back to those engagement levels. In 2024, the Center served 5,636 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 2024, 261 students and 32 leaders/chaperones were served by the Summer Bridge Program.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 Schools, 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 2024, PBC served a total of 234 Trenton middle school students and 33 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 2024, PBC served a total of 260 Princeton University students, staff, and leaders/chaperones. 2328523 true true false false false false false false false true true true false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 24 0 false 56 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 21 21 false false false false false true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NJ X X Nicole Nilsson 6099210070 13 Roszel Road Suite B109 Princeton NJ 08540 Pamela Gregory President & CEO 57.00 0.00 X 184943 0 18750 Jody Zengulis VP of Facilities 40.00 0.00 123154 0 16259 Nicole Nilsson VP Fin and Admi 40.00 0.00 X 112351 0 17242 Meredith Murray VP Extern. 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To endow various programs and projects in accordance with donor and/or board directions. Part X : FIN48 Footnote In accordance with ASC Topic 740 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, the Organization has evaluated its tax positions. A tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is more likely than not that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that has a likelihood of being realized on examination of more than fifty percent. For tax positions not meeting the more likely than not test, no tax benefit is recorded. Under the more likely than not threshold guidelines, the Organization believes no significant uncertain tax positions exist, either individually or in the aggregate, that would give rise to the non-recognition of an existing tax benefit. In addition, the Organization had no material unrecognized tax benefits or accrued interest and penalties. The Organizations policy is to recognize interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in income tax expense. false Golf Outing 81593 72313 9280 8701 Soiree 70770 56470 14300 14030 1 13605 12085 1520 1200 165968 140868 25100 22731 1200 23931 1169 X X X false false false false false false false false false Pamela Gregory President & CEO 184943 5106 13644 203693 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 was circulated to all Board members and discussed at its board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Employees of the Princeton-Blairstown Center who act on its behalf have an obligation to avoid activities or situations which may result in a conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict of interest. Employees must not use their positions to influence outside organizations or individuals for the direct financial, personal or professional benefit of themselves, members of their families or others with whom there is a personal relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The budgeting process includes the review and approval of all staff salaries, including that of the President/CEO and all key employees. The Personnel and Executive Committees of the board conduct this budget review and approval process. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The budgeting process includes the review and approval of all staff salaries, including that of the President/CEO and all key employees. The Personnel and Executive Committees of the board conduct this budget review and approval process. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Center makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c Finance committee approves engagement of auditors and audited financials statements