Childrens Room - Center for Greiving Children & Teenagers Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.1m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$1.8m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$4.2m
$433k liabilities
Net assets
$3.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
14
3.8y av
Staff
20
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Sam Peper
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Childrens Room - Center for Greiving Children & Teenagers Inc's network
14 people5 organisationsi14 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (5) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crissy Straub Chair | Board Chair | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Emmanuel Ebot Chair | Gov Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Joy Fisher-Williams Chair | SFC Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sam Peper Chair | Treasurer & Finance Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Alan Fanger | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Angelo Firenze | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Anne Favaloro | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Carol Gildea | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Christine Tangishaka | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ed Orazem | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Iroso Onamade | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| John Dececca | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Parmpreet Kalsi | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sarah Lazarus | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
7 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Cohen | Executive Director | since 2020 |
| Jenny Carlson-Pietraszek | Board Chair | since 2021 |
| Jon Gay | Executive Director | since 2022 |
| Katie Gorczyca | Director Sustainable Funding | 2021 |
| Maureen Powers | Company secretary | since 2021 |
| Sam Pepper | Treasurer | since 2021 |
| Steve Andrew | Director Gov Committee Chair | 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Gay | Executive Director | 40 | $167k | $5k | |
| Angelo Firenze | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Alan Fanger | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Joy Fisher-Williams | SFC Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Lazarus | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Christine Tangishaka | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Emmanuel Ebot | Gov Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anne Favaloro | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Iroso Onamade | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Carol Gildea | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Parmpreet Kalsi | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ed Orazem | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sam Peper | Treasurer & Finance Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| John DeCecca | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Crissy Straub | Board Chair | 4 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Childrens Room - Center for Greiving Children & Teenagers Inc
- EIN
- 043316013
- Address
- 1210 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA, 02476-4214
- State
- Massachusetts
- Mission
- The Childrens Room creates safe, supportive commuities so that no child, teen or family has to grieve alone. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P30 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1996
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 1996
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsSarah Lazarus
≥5years on the filingsCrissy Straub
≥5years on the filingsAlan Fanger
≥4years on the filingsEmmanuel Ebot
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.2m
- Total liabilities
- $433k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.8m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2m
- Program service revenue
- $6k
- Employees
- 20
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.9m | $1.7m | $183k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.