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NATIONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION

EIN 52-1282065 ALEXANDRIA, VA

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Revenue 2023
$14,853,086
Expenses 2023
$11,218,136

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2100
Street
1651 PRINCE ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NHSA'S MISSION IS TO COALESCE, INSPIRE, AND SUPPORT THE HEAD START FIELD AS A LEADER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO COALESCE, INSPIRE, AND SUPPORT THE HEAD START FIELD.

  • EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ADVOCATES, LOBBIES FOR, AND SUPPORTS THE INTERESTS OF THE HEAD START COMMUNITY IN CONGRESS, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY. THE DEPARTMENT CULTIVATES GRASS ROOTS ACTION AND EDUCATES THE HEAD START COMMUNITY ON POLICY, LEGISLATION, AND ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $2,890,523 · Grants $65,000 · Revenue $53,894

  • CONFERENCES: CONFERENCES ARE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEAD START STAFF AND PARENTS, LOCAL PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY ALLIES. EACH EVENT OFFERS A UNIQUE CONTENT FOCUS AND IS HELD IN DIFFERING LOCATIONS TO ENSURE BROAD ACCESS BY MEMBERSHIP.

    Expenses $2,413,894 · Revenue $5,643,310

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INCLUDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN HEAD START AGENCIES, EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS. EVENTS PROMOTE EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATION SESSIONS, NETWORKING, INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP, AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE.

    Expenses $1,936,253 · Revenue $3,445,869

  • MEMBERSHIP: MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES VALUABLE BENEFITS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN DELIVERY OF HEAD START SERVICES. MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED A WIDE VARIETY OF BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO JOIN AND COLLABORATE IN SOCIAL NETWORKS, COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, AS WELL ASGEOGRAPHIC GATHERINGS.

    Expenses $664,775 · Grants $2,500 · Revenue $2,369,993

  • PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH: PUBLIC POLICY ACTIVITIES SUPPORT THE INTEREST OF THE HEAD START COMMUNITY IN CONGRESS, THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EARLY LEARNING COMMUNITY. THE DEPARTMENT CULTIVATES GRASS ROOTS ACTION AND EDUCATES THE HEAD START COMMUNITY ON POLICY, LEGISLATION, AND ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $1,524,761 · Revenue $324,614

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mary Varr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marianne Bouthilette

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Katya Nanson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nicole Taxiltaridis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Reva Gershen-Lowy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Maureen Moorehead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karen Browning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Katie Quigley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jessica Spradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dawn Ault

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eloise McClinton

    VICE CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorothy Foster

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Boykin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kathy Fudge-White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Debra Wege

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Holly Unger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rico Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gloria Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susie Powers

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH 3/31/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jackie Govan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kimberly Sill

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christie Ference

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jessica Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pam Lafrenz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,853,086
    Expenses
    $11,218,136
    Contributions
    $1,770,770
    Grants paid
    $67,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $14,803,940
    Expenses
    $9,963,875
    Contributions
    $1,728,534
    Grants paid
    $53,000

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,452,916
    Expenses
    $7,473,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,795,428
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,984,855
    Expenses
    $5,429,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,380,023
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,773,378
    Expenses
    $5,481,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,316,923
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,641,192
    Expenses
    $5,692,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,249,681
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,187,693
    Expenses
    $6,974,341
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,746,386
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,051,959
    Expenses
    $7,219,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,987,691

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.