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US nonprofit · EIN 201978102 · Watertown, MAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 201978102) - 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 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.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

Education Resource Strategies Inc's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) 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

9 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
Karen H Miles ChairCEO/Chair2024
2 yrs
Ann ClarkDirector2018
8 yrs
Ellen GuineyDirector2018
8 yrs
Eric GordonDirector2024
2 yrs
Jean-Claude BrizardDirector2022
4 yrs
Kira Orange JonesDirector2023
3 yrs
Leslie Torres-RodriguezDirector2025
1 yr
Marcia BlenkoDirector2018
8 yrs
Monica HigginsDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

25 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Angela King SmithPartnersince 2022
Betty ChangPartnersince 2019
Christopher ClevelandManager2021
David RosenbergPartnersince 2018
Edward BranchaudManager2021
Emily ParfitPartnersince 2022
Genevieve Quist GreenDirector, School Design2018
Gregory HillsCOO/Managing Partnersince 2023
Jessica E O'ConnorPartner2025
Jonathan TraversPresident/Managing Partnersince 2018
Joseph J Trawick-SmithPartnersince 2018
Joseph McKownPartnersince 2018
Kaitlyn ChantryDirector of Communications2022
Karen BaroodyPartner/Managing Directorsince 2018
Karen H MilesPresident & CEOsince 2018
Kathryn RoyClerk, Partner & General Counselsince 2024
Kristan SingletonDirector, Tools & Trainingsince 2018
Kristen FerrisPartnersince 2021
Laura SchickManagersince 2018
Noah CarpDir, Finance & Operations2018
Renee HarperTreasurer & CFOsince 2021
Robert DaigneauManager2019
Sarah SeylerManager2021
Tara AndersonManagersince 2021
Ventura RodriguezPartnersince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 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
Gregory HillsCOO/Managing Partner40$286k$9k
Jonathan TraversPresident/Managing Partner40$278k$36k
Ventura RodriguezPartner40$246k$10k
Angela King SmithPartner40$229k$20k
Betty ChangManaging Partner40$217k$31k
Kathryn RoyClerk, Partner & Gen. Counsel40$213k$11k
Emily ParfitPartner40$203k$10k
Jessica E O'connorPartner40$201k$36k
Karen H MilesCEO/Chair40$197k$22k
Joseph J Trawick-SmithPartner40$186k$15k
Renee HarperFormer Chief Financial Officer40$113k
Leslie Torres-RodriguezDirector1$0
Monica HigginsDirector1$0
Ann ClarkDirector1$0
Jean-Claude BrizardDirector1$0
Ellen GuineyDirector1$0
Eric GordonDirector1$0
Kira Orange JonesDirector1$0
Marcia BlenkoDirector1$0

About

Legal name
Education Resource Strategies Inc
EIN
201978102
Address
480 Pleasant Street Suite C-200, Watertown, MA, 02472-2467
State
Massachusetts
Mission
Ers empowers school system leaders to make transformative shifts in resources, structures, and practices so that all students, especially those with the greatest learning needs and those furthest from opportunity, attend a school where they can learn and thrive. We partner with district teams, expand leaders' knowledge and skills, and share lessons and tools with the field. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B90 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2004
Principal officer
Gregory Hills (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2005
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAnn Clark
≥8years on the filingsEllen Guiney
≥8years on the filingsMarcia Blenko
≥8years on the filingsMonica Higgins

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$17.1m
Total liabilities
$3.7m
Net assets or fund balances
$13.3m
Contributions and grants received
$5.2m
Program service revenue
$9m
Grants and similar paid out
$100k
Employees
82

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$14.7m$17.3mDeficit $2.6m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Education TrustProgram support$100k