LIFELONG LEARNING AT PEBBLECREEK INC — Dossier

named programs · 6 · from sources

what they call their work

Great Decisions 2026

Class series focused on world affairs and global issues, encouraging discussion among participants. Designed for eager learners without requiring expert knowledge.

LLL Trips

Day-trip adventures for members, including transportation, admission, lunch, and gratuities. Organized and escorted by volunteer team members.

Monday Speaker Series

Morning presentations at the Renaissance Theater starting at 10 a.m. on various topics, with closed captioning. Tickets cost $5 at the door.

PC Reads

Monthly fiction book discussion group meeting the first Thursday of each month from 4–5:30 p.m. at the LLL Center. Free to attend but registration is required.

PC Reads Nonfiction

Monthly nonfiction book discussion group meeting the third Thursday of each month from 4–5:30 p.m. at the LLL Center. Focuses on history, military history, sports, and current events.

Premier Speaker Series

Evening lectures at the Renaissance Theater beginning at 7 p.m., featuring notable speakers such as "The Memory Man." Admission is $15 per person with advance registration recommended.

activities · 7 groups

what they do

Arts Event Ticketing & Access Programs 5 activities
- Enable online event registration and access
  
  Provides online registration for events through a dedicated account system and implemented a QR code ticketing system for event admission, the first organization in PebbleCreek to do so.
- Manage Event Registration and Ticketing
  
  Provides online registration for events through a dedicated account system and implemented a QR Code ticketing system for admission to events at the Renaissance Theater.
- Manages event registration and ticketing
  
  Provides online registration for events through a dedicated account system and implemented a QR Code ticketing system for admission to events at the Renaissance Theater.
- Managing event registration and facilities
  
  Provides online registration for events through a dedicated account system, utilizes a QR Code ticketing system for event admission, and maintains the LLL Center for classes and meetings, including a hearing loop system.
- Managing event registration and facilities
  
  Provides online registration for events through a dedicated account system, utilizes a QR Code ticketing system, and operates the LLL Center for classes and meetings, equipped with a hearing loop system.
Community Book Clubs & Literary Engagement 5 activities
- Facilitates book discussion groups
  
  Operates "PC Reads," a monthly book discussion group for fiction and nonfiction, and "PC Reads Nonfiction," a monthly discussion group focused on nonfiction topics, both hosted at the LLL Center.
- Manages book discussion groups
  
  Operates "PC Reads," a monthly book discussion group for fiction and nonfiction, and "PC Reads Nonfiction," a monthly discussion group focused on nonfiction topics, both hosted at the LLL Center.
- Operate Book Discussion Groups
  
  Operates "PC Reads," a monthly book discussion group for fiction and nonfiction, and "PC Reads Nonfiction," a monthly discussion group focused on nonfiction topics such as history, military history, sports, and current events. Both groups meet at the LLL Center.
- Operating book discussion groups
  
  Operates "PC Reads," a monthly book discussion group for fiction and nonfiction, and "PC Reads Nonfiction," a monthly discussion group focused on nonfiction topics, both hosted at the LLL Center.
- Provide educational classes and discussion groups
  
  Offers educational programming including Great Decisions classes on world affairs, and operates two monthly book discussion groups—PC Reads and PC Reads Nonfiction—focused on fiction and nonfiction topics such as history, military history, sports, and current events.
Public History Lectures & Symposia 5 activities
- Host Speaker Series
  
  Hosts various speaker series, including a Monday Speaker Series at the Tuscany Falls Renaissance Theater and a Premier Speaker Series with evening programs, featuring presentations on relevant issues by outstanding speakers.
- Host speaker series programs
  
  Hosts a Monday Speaker Series and a Premier Speaker Series featuring presentations on relevant issues and evening programs, held at the Tuscany Falls Renaissance Theater with a $15 admission fee per person, using a QR code ticketing system for entry.
- Hosting speaker series
  
  Hosts a Monday Speaker Series featuring presentations on relevant issues by outstanding speakers and operates a Premier Speaker Series offering evening programs for a fee.
- Hosts speaker series
  
  Hosts a Monday Speaker Series featuring presentations on relevant issues by outstanding speakers and a Premier Speaker Series offering evening programs for a fee.
- Hosts speaker series
  
  Hosts a Monday Speaker Series featuring presentations on relevant issues by outstanding speakers and a Premier Speaker Series offering evening programs for a fee, operating educational programming for adults in Goodyear, Arizona.
Organized Group Travel Programs 5 activities
- Organize and Lead Educational Day Trips
  
  Organizes and leads day trips for members, which include transportation, admission, lunch, and guided escorting. These trips are planned, organized, and led by volunteers.
- Organize and operate day trips for members
  
  Plans and executes day trips for members, including transportation, admission, lunch, and guided escorting, relying on volunteers to research, plan, organize, and lead these outings.
- Organizes educational day trips
  
  Organizes day trips for members that include transportation, admission, lunch, and guided escorting, relying on volunteers to research, plan, organize, and lead these trips.
- Organizes educational day trips
  
  Organizes day trips for members that include transportation, admission, lunch, and guided escorting, relying on volunteers to research, plan, organize, and lead these trips.
- Organizing educational day trips
  
  Organizes day trips for members that include transportation, admission, lunch, and guided escorting, relying on volunteers to research, plan, organize, and lead these trips.
Event Accessibility & Experience Enhancement 1 activity
- Provides accessible learning facilities
  
  Maintains the LLL Center in Room 107 of the Eagle's Nest Activities Center, equipped with a hearing loop system for participants with T-coil enabled hearing aids.
General Volunteer Support Services 1 activity
- Volunteer Coordination
  
  Co-leads volunteer coordination efforts to support the organization's activities.
Uncategorized 7 activities
- Conducts educational classes
  
  Offers various educational classes, including Great Decisions classes focused on world affairs discussions, and hosts these classes at the LifeLong Learning Center.
- Expand and manage lifelong learning programming
  
  Has expanded its offerings from three lectures in Spring 2005 to a full season of lectures, classes, trips, book and author appearances, special programs, and summer programs.
- Maintain and operate the LifeLong Learning Center
  
  Operates and furnishes Room 107 in the Eagles Nest Activity Center as the LifeLong Learning Center (LLL Center), which hosts nearly all classes and team meetings, and is equipped with a hearing loop system for participants with hearing aids equipped with T-coil.
- Offers educational classes
  
  Offers Great Decisions classes focused on discussion of world affairs and other educational classes at the LifeLong Learning Center, Room 107, in the PCHOA and Activity Center Complex, utilizing a hearing loop system for participants with hearing aids.
- Provide Educational Classes
  
  Offers a variety of educational classes, including Great Decisions classes focused on world affairs discussions, and hosts general educational classes at the LifeLong Learning Center (Room 107 in the PCHOA and Activity Center Complex).
- Providing educational classes
  
  Offers a variety of educational classes, including Great Decisions classes focused on world affairs, hosted at the LifeLong Learning Center in Goodyear, Arizona.
- Providing educational classes
  
  Offers a variety of educational classes, including Great Decisions classes focused on world affairs, and hosts these classes at the LifeLong Learning Center.

financials · form 990EZ · fy2022

revenue

Total revenue$90K

Contributions & grants$3K3%

Program service revenue$88K97%

Investment income$20%

Other revenue—

expenses

Total expenses$97K

Program expenses—

Admin / overhead—

Fundraising—

Salaries & benefits—

Grants paid out$250

balance sheet

Total assets$65K

Cash—

Investments—

Liabilities—

Net assets$65K

3 years on record · 2020–2022 · YoY revenue +68.8%

leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2022

who runs it

board members · 13

Cathy Lindstrom — Co-Director of Classes/Board Director
Cathy Martell — Secretary/Board Director
Dawn Spiak — Director of Lectures/Board Director
Doug Jameson — Vice-President/Board Director
Jeff Edwards — Treasurer/Board Director
Jeffrey Young — Director of Community Outreach/Board Director
Jill Burnham — Co-Director of Classes/Board Director
Michael Kramer — Director of Compliance
Pam O'Shea — Co-Director of Volunteers
Paul Polk — President/Board COB-Board Director
Phil Korzilius — Audio Visual/Director-at-Large
Susan Roth — Director of Trips/Board Director
Timothy Pisarksi — Co-Director of Marketing & Comm/Board Director

relationships · 4

who they work with

LLL Trips Team Partner — Volunteer team responsible for researching, planning, and escorting day trips.
PCHOA Partner — Hosts LifeLong Learning classes at the PCHOA and Activity Center Complex.
PebbleCreek HOA Partner — Contributed to the opening and furnishing of the LLL Center.
St. Mary's Food Bank Partner — Featured as a speaker in the Monday Speaker Series, indicating a partnership or collaborative engagement.