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US nonprofit · EIN 161444765 · Colden, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 161444765) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Earth Spirit Education Services Inc's network

7 people3 organisationsi7 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (3) 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

7 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 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cliff BorchertDirector2021
5 yrs
Cynthia GuguentzDirector2021
5 yrs
Joseph AllenDirector2021
5 yrs
Julia BentonCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Richard KingstonPresident2019
7 yrs
Tripp HigginsDirector2021
5 yrs
William MichalekDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Cynthia GuguentzCompany secretary2019
Terry BelkePresident2019

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Joseph AllenDirector$0
Julia BentonSecretary$0
Cliff BorchertDirector$0
Cynthia GuguentzDirector$0
Tripp HigginsDirector$0
Richard KingstonPresident$0
William MichalekDirector$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Earth Spirit Education Services Inc
EIN
161444765
Address
7581 Omphalius Rd, Colden, NY, 14033-9722
State
New York
Mission
Education programs on the environment (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B90I Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Principal officer
Ira Geffner (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 1996
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
4, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsRichard Kingston
≥7years on the filingsWilliam Michalek
≥5years on the filingsCliff Borchert
≥5years on the filingsCynthia Guguentz

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$87k
Total liabilities
$13k
Net assets or fund balances
$74k
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$244k
Employees
3