Pace Universal

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383683155
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8056860949
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,008
Expenses
$168,567
Assets
$39,273
Liabilities
$1,907

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Deepa Biswas Willingham (Chair): $46,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

1. Nurture the educational, health, nutritional, social and cultural development of children, especially girls, in impoverished areas of india and other areas of the planet.2. Equip women with the social and economic tools they require to become agents of change and advocates of equity within their homes and throughout their communities.3. Partner with organizations to implement projects designed to enable individuals to improve the quality of life within their community.4. Establish a mechanism for the prevention of social and criminal abuses that are waged against children, particularly girls, such as child trafficking, prostitution, child marriage, child labor and other social and psychological injustices prevalent on many parts of the planet.

What it reported doing in 2024

A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2024PACE LEARNING CENTER - PLC 1.We started the following celebrations the SYLVIA WHITLOCK DAY on 25th April and the SISTER CYRIL DAY on 21st July to teach children the importance of gratitude for all their contributions. These events will be held annually henceforth.2.We launched PACE website pacelearningcentre.com.3.Mr. Madan Mohan Mohanka - Founder/Chairman of TEGA Industries, came on board as a Chief Mentor to garner more support and visibility and a future CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) support for PLC.4.With Mr. Mohankas encouragement, Mr. P. K. Agarwal, CEO of Heritage Institute of Technology, joined our effort as an Advisor, which allowed us to have various science workshops on campus. These workshops were held in association of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).5.PLC students achievements received global recognition from the IEEE STEM team (and with Dr. Mostafa Mortezaies assistance) with a paper titled, "Evaluating the impact of AI-based support on STEM learning", which was presented at International Symposium on science and technology at Santa Clara University on September 10, 2025.6.We helped PLC graduates form an active ALUMNI Association, and these graduates are working on formalizing a PACE E-magazine covering various activities, updates, and events - like Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan, etc.7.We implemented vocational training (within our new Vocational Training Building pictured here) on Data Entry Operators. The first batch of trainees completed their courses, out of which four students are completing hands-on training at Logica Infotech - an IT company in Kolkata - and will apply for jobs after that.8.Five students - Putul Srivastav, Priya Mondal, Dipti Majumdar, Sharmistha Sardar and Nirupama Raptan got employment at ISPAT HOSPITAL in the city.9.PLC graduate Supriya Mondal recipient of Meredith Whitlock Alstad Scholarship completed her GNM nursing course and got an internship at reputed FORTIS HOSPITAL, Kolkata.10.PLC graduate Laboni Ghosh started working as a teacher at Heritage Institute Technology.11.PLC graduates - Avha Sardar and Sonia Ghosh - were employed at Forum Courtyard, under their Retail management on job training.12.Kakuli Naskar, Taniya Gayen, Payel Naskar, Sonia Ghosh, Rimi Naskar, Promita Naskar, Rupali Chatui, and Avha Sardar - the entire batch of 12th. graders - graduated with good scores and have gotten admission in colleges on merit. Three of these students are enrolled for day college and other 5 are working along with distance education from open university.13.We started another initiative in 2024 with 23 mothers of the students, who are getting trained in tailoring and are stitching school uniforms. We are looking at creating this as a centre for generating work and income for them. The material for the uniforms was sponsored by Mr. Madan Monanka's contact.14.Mr. Ranjan K Mitter - Principal of Future Foundation School - has come on board as an advisor to help with the academic needs of PLC.15. We had two teachers, Monalisa and Jayita, complete LMS (Learning Management System program for library management and will be helping with the setup and system for a library in school post their certification.16.Thanks to Past President of the Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan, PLC is now running on solar energy which is helping us save electricity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.2%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 61.9%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -44.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.2% of revenue deployed · 61.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.