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EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC

EIN 26-0596684 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$9,805,291
Expenses 2024
$12,191,998

Program services were 89.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
B05
Classification
3000
Street
276 5TH AVE RM 704 PMB 915

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY, INC. ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATION POLICIES THAT ENABLE ALL STUDENTS TO OBTAIN A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION POLICIES THAT ENABLE ALL STUDENTS TO OBTAIN A COMPETITIVE EDUCATION.

  • EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY, INC. (ERNA) BUILDS COALITIONS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL TO GIVE A VOICE TO REFORM IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEBATE. IT ALSO IDENTIFIES MISSING CONSTITUENT GROUPS ADVOCATING FOR REFORM AND THEN AIDS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. GENERALLY, POLICY OBJECTIVES ARE BUILT AROUND PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESOURCE EQUITY, HUMAN CAPITAL INCLUDING TEACHER PREPARATION, AND HIGHER EDUCATION. ERNA EMPOWERS ALIGNED APPOINTED AND ELECTED POLICYMAKERS TO GET INTO OFFICE AND ADVANCE INTO INCREASINGLY INFLUENTIAL ROLES; INFORMS AND MOBILIZES VOTERS, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, TOWARDS PRO-REFORM POSITIONS AND IN SUPPORT OF ALIGNED ELECTED OFFICIALS; AND ESTABLISHES STRONG AND DIVERSE COALITIONS WITH TRADITIONALLY PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS. WE SUPPORT CANDIDATES IN A NUMBER OF WAYS: DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS, INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND PROMOTING THEM TO OUR SUPPORTER BASE. ERNA USES GRANT FUNDING TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE THE ELECTORATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, SUCH AS PREPARING AND DISTRIBUTING POLICY PAPERS, AND CONDUCTING NON-ADVOCACY OUTREACH.

    Expenses $10,869,530 · Grants $1,579,725

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BOYKIN CURRY

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH COHEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WHITNEY TILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSEPH WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JORGE ELORZA

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $144,133
    From this org
    $131,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,864
    Hours/week
    12

  • THADDECIA SMITH

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $217,750
    From this org
    $192,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,533
    Hours/week
    28

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,624
    Bonus
    $13,593
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,783
    Filer's total
    $217,750

  • PATRICK VAN KEERBERGEN

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $67,844
    From this org
    $58,725
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,119
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHARLES BARONE

    VICE PRESIDENT, POLICY

    Total calculated
    $245,291
    From this org
    $222,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,716
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,889
    Bonus
    $16,686
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,466
    Filer's total
    $245,291

  • NICOLE POLLOCK

    CHIEF OF STAFF AND STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $235,171
    From this org
    $209,638
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,533
    Hours/week
    28

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,998
    Bonus
    $17,640
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,783
    Filer's total
    $235,171

  • AMY DOWELL

    CT STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,990
    From this org
    $182,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,100
    Hours/week
    34

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,890
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $184,990

  • ROBERT STEPHENS

    CHIEF OF STATE AND REGIONAL IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $190,648
    From this org
    $182,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,092
    Hours/week
    28

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,436
    Bonus
    $15,120
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,342
    Filer's total
    $190,648

  • JACQUELYN MARTELL

    NY STATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $194,985
    From this org
    $181,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,998
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,571
    Bonus
    $10,416
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,998
    Filer's total
    $194,985

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,805,291
    Expenses
    $12,191,998
    Contributions
    $9,711,911
    Grants paid
    $1,579,725
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,604,714
    Expenses
    $12,390,265
    Contributions
    $12,521,574
    Grants paid
    $1,886,846
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,070,705
    Expenses
    $13,128,978
    Contributions
    $14,958,492
    Grants paid
    $3,775,938

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,254,867
    Expenses
    $8,698,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,049,502

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,014,644
    Expenses
    $12,021,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,093,845

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,922,777
    Expenses
    $10,035,632
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,650,144

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,768,307
    Expenses
    $9,679,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,480,950

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,213,513
    Expenses
    $7,627,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,452,521

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,349,529
    Expenses
    $10,510,526
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,829,329

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,847,200
    Expenses
    $7,846,835
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,719,255

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,921,447
    Expenses
    $7,487,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $975,546

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,008,489
    Expenses
    $4,406,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,183,051

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $5,241,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $480,658

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.