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US nonprofit · EIN 454377181 · Chicago, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 454377181) - 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 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.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

Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education

Donations deductible
Revenue
$976k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$566k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$549k
$12k liabilities
Net assets
$537k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.8y av
Staff
6
17 volunteers
Left since last filing
3
33% of the board
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
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Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education's network

9 peoplei9 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

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.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
Aiko Kojima HibinoDirector2019
7 yrs
Andrea TolzmannCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Cassandra KaczochaPresident2020
6 yrs
Christopher BallAssistant Treasurer2018
8 yrs
Elisabeth GreerDirector2019
7 yrs
Esther MartinezVice President2024
2 yrs
Laura GluckmanDirector2024
2 yrs
Nicki ShamleyTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Nicole Abreu ShepardDirector2020
6 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
Jianan SHIExecutive Director2020
Natasha ErskineExecutive Directorsince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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
Natasha ErskineExecutive Director40$80k
Cassandra KaczochaPresident6$0
Esther MartinezVice President5$0
Andrea TolzmannSecretary5$0
Nicki ShamleyTreasurer2$0
Elisabeth GreerDirector2$0
Aiko Kojima HibinoDirector2$0
Nicole Abreu ShepardDirector2$0
Laura GluckmanDirector2$0
Christopher BallAssistant Treasurer2$0

About

Legal name
Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education
EIN
454377181
Address
47 W Polk St Ste 100 PMB 13, Chicago, IL, 60605-2085
State
Illinois
Mission
To help parents become adocates for their chilcren by providing information on policies that impact public education, create networks to share data and practices, provice tools and support to elicit change. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B01 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Cassandra Kaczocha (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAndrea Tolzmann
≥8years on the filingsChristopher Ball
≥7years on the filingsAiko Kojima Hibino
≥7years on the filingsElisabeth Greer

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$549k
Total liabilities
$12k
Net assets or fund balances
$537k
Contributions and grants received
$975k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
6
Volunteers
17

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$976k$566k$410k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.