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COLLABORATIVE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SHARED SERVICES

EIN 86-2790933 SANTA FE, NM

Revenue 2023
$13,907,345
Expenses 2023
$14,016,728

Program services were 98.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B02
Classification
1000
Street
6401 S RICHARDS AVE

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

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS INDEPENDENTLY GOVERNED MEMBER COLLEGES BY SHARING TOOLS, TALENT, AND BEST PRACTICES SO THAT WE ARE LASER FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A WORLD-CLASS STUDENT EXPERIENCE LEADING TO SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

  • SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BY PROVIDING CERTAIN SERVICES TO ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING, ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM AND STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS).SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL MISSION OF ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BY PROVIDING CERTAIN SERVICES TO ITS MEMBER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTS WITH THE ERP AND SIS VENDORS AND SYSTEM, IMPLEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF ERP AND SIS, PROCUREMENT OF RELATED HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND SERVICES, DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON REPORTS, DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF OTHER SHARE BUSINESS PROCESSES AND CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO ERP AND SIS.

    Expenses $13,758,653 · Revenue $12,630,505

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Rebecca Rowley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tracy Hartzler

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Pendergrass

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robin Jones

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Martinez

    FORMER MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hector Balderas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Linder

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine L Ulibarri

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $163,600
    From this org
    $163,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,600
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $163,600
  • Greg Saunders

    COO

    Total calculated
    $132,347
    From this org
    $132,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Adrienne Griego

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $10,096
    From this org
    $10,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $13,907,345
    Expenses
    $14,016,728
    Contributions
    $1,276,840
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,844,331
    Expenses
    $11,844,331
    Contributions
    $2,838,714
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $4,974,371
    Expenses
    $4,974,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,626,965

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021
Principal officer
Katherine Ulibarri
Mailing address
6401 RICHARDS AVESANTA FE NM 87508
Website
CHESS.EDU

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.