Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

EIN 22-2464316 PATERSON, NJ

Browse the largest nonprofits in New Jersey

Revenue 2024
$860,442
Expenses 2024
$1,038,004

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
422 BROADWAY

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

THE PATERSON EDUCATION FUND (PEF) IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO STIMULATE COMMUNITY ACTION FOR CHANGE SO THAT THE PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENSURE THAT ALL PATERSON CHILDREN ACHIEVE HIGH STANDARDS.PEF'S GOALS ARE:TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY'S CIVIC CAPACITY TO SUPPORT, MONITOR AND ADVOCATE EDUCATION REFORM.TO EDUCATE AND ENABLE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TO UNDERSTAND AND ACT ON CHANGING EDUCATION NEEDS.TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EFFECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES CONCERNING EDUCATION.FOUNDED IN 1983, PEF'S ACTIVITIES BUILD AND NOURISH A CONSTITUENCY FOR SYSTEMATIC SCHOOL REFORM BY EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGH STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS IN PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN. PEF CONVENES AND BROKERS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PATERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES INTERESTED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PATERSON.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PATERSON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS INVOLVED IN VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN THE PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

  • THE NITA M. LOWEY 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS (21ST CCLC): PEF OPERATES 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS IN TWO SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER TUTORING, ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, CULTURAL, ARTISTIC, AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAMS ARE STEAM BASED AND USE INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING TO FULLY ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THEIR OWN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN OCTOBER 2020 AND SERVES 151 STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 THROUGH 8. PROGRAMS SUPPORT: ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS MEET STATE AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS.A BROAD ARRAY OF ADDITIONAL ENRICHMENT SERVICES DESIGNED TO REINFORCE AND COMPLEMENT THE REGULAR ACADEMIC PROGRAM, SUCH AS: DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, COUNSELING PROGRAMS, ART, MUSIC PROGRAMS, STEM PROGRAMS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS.LITERACY AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SERVED IN THE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $487,912

  • OUR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES STRATEGY PROVIDES TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR PATERSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE CULTURE AND CLIMATE. BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENGAGING IN SMALL GROUP COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS ARE EXPERIENCING DECREASES IN DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS THAT LEAD TO SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS. WE ALSO OFFER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES), TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, AND HEALING CENTERED ENGAGEMENT. 300 EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS RECEIVED MASTER TRAINING. THEY IN, TURN TRAINED APPROXIMATELY 1,200 OF THEIR PEERS. THE PROGRAM IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $261,105

  • PEF IS THE CONVENER FOR PATERSON READS, A CITY-WIDE COALITION USING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ENSURING THAT EVERY PATERSON CHILD READS ON GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF 3RD GRADE. PATERSON READS ALIGNS COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO IMPROVE SUMMER LEARNING, INCREASE EARLY LEARNING, AND IMPROVE ATTENDANCE BY REDUCING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. TALK READ SING PROVIDED TOTE BAGS WITH TIPS AND TOOLS FOR 500 PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGES BIRTH THROUGH THREE. THE INFORMATION HELPS WITH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. THIRTY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, SERVING MORE THAN 15,000 CHILDREN. PATERSON READS IS PART OF THE NATIONAL GRADE LEVEL READING CAMPAIGN. TALK READ SING IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION

    Expenses $123,644 · Grants $91,172

  • ALL OTHER PROGRAMS: IDEA/DOE STEAM

    Expenses $39,612

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.

  • Perry Lighty

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Errol Kerr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Baralt PhD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dwayne A Cox

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Xiania Foster

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ramon Pagan PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laurie W Newell PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rosemarie Grant

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $89,487
    From this org
    $81,533
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,954
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $860,442
    Expenses
    $1,038,004
    Contributions
    $861,297
    Grants paid
    $91,172
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,132,488
    Expenses
    $1,009,228
    Contributions
    $1,138,511
    Grants paid
    $100,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,135,298
    Expenses
    $1,121,374
    Contributions
    $1,141,832
    Grants paid
    $121,000

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $958,241
    Expenses
    $931,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $172,561

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $747,323
    Expenses
    $714,109
    Assets (EOY)
    $200,925

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $375,496
    Expenses
    $563,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,112

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $632,636
    Expenses
    $492,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $300,045

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $374,846
    Expenses
    $494,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $163,706

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $510,950
    Expenses
    $468,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $290,559

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $572,332
    Expenses
    $538,552
    Assets (EOY)
    $246,021

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $511,381
    Expenses
    $552,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $206,971

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $532,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $248,642

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $507,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $352,082

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

  • PATERSON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

    $25,000

    2022 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER

    $20,400

    2022 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • GILMORE MEMORIAL PRESCHOOL

    $20,400

    2022 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • NEW DESTINT FAMILY SUPPORT

    $20,400

    2022 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • NEW DESTINY FAMILY SUPPORT

    $20,000

    2023 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PATERSON AND PASSAIC

    $15,000

    2024 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • CAMP YDP

    $15,000

    2024 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • GILMORE MEMORIAL PRESCHOOL

    $15,000

    2024 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • OASIS A CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

    $15,000

    2024 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

  • PATERSON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

    $15,000

    2023 PATERSON READS SUMMER LITERACY

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.