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US nonprofit · EIN 822953545 · Omaha, NEiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 822953545) - 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.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 Rights Counsel

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.1m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$780k
$4k liabilities
Net assets
$776k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.4y av
Staff
10
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
9
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Education Rights Counsel's network

9 people9 organisationsi9 people and 9 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 (9) 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
Christine TranVice President2020
6 yrs
David PedersenSec. & Treas.2020
6 yrs
Debora WisneskiPresident2020
6 yrs
Denise GehringerBoard Member2020
6 yrs
George AcholaBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Kathleen GallagherBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Katie WeitzBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Robert O'NeilBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Yvonda SummersBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

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
Lauren Micek VargasExecutive Dir.40$113k
George AcholaBoard Member1$0
Christine TranBoard Member1$0
Debora WisneskiBoard Member2$0
Kathleen GallagherVice President0$0
Robert O'NeilTreasurer0$0
Denise GehringerBoard Member1$0
Yvonda SummersPresident0$0

About

Legal name
Education Rights Counsel
EIN
822953545
Address
6001 Dodge Street Cec 228f, Omaha, NE, 68182-1102
State
Nebraska
Mission
Furnish legal services to the indigent. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
I80 Crime and legal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Crime & Legal-Related
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2017
IRS ruling date
1 July 2018
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsChristine Tran
≥6years on the filingsDavid Pedersen
≥6years on the filingsDebora Wisneski
≥6years on the filingsDenise Gehringer

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
$780k
Total liabilities
$4k
Net assets or fund balances
$776k
Contributions and grants received
$986k
Program service revenue
$255k
Employees
10

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.1m$951k$181k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.