NonprofitsEducation Law Center Inc

Education

Education Law Center Inc

NEWARK, NJ

Total revenue

$5.2M

Total expenses

$3.6M

Net assets

$8.3M

Grants received

$17.1M

164 grants

EIN

222014555

Tax year

2023

Mission

Advocacy to secure legal rights of children to quality public education.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$4.9M
Program service revenue
Investment income$242K
Other revenue$65K
Total revenue$5.2M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.3M
Fundraising$256K
Other expenses$1.4M
Total expenses$3.6M
Total assets$8.8M
Net assets$8.3M

People

20 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ROBERT KIM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$179K

40 hrs/wk

DAVID LONG ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JANEL GEORGE ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LINDSAY HECK ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JAMAL WATSON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

VINCENT GIORDANO

TRUSTEE (P)

Board

1 hrs/wk

JACQUELINE JONES

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JANELLE SCOTT

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

KEVIN WELNER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

KEVIN KELLEHER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

CLIFFORD G STEWART ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

REBECCA K SPAR ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

GREGORY LITTLE ESQ

TRUSTEE - CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JUSTICE GARY STEIN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELLEN FREDE

TRUSTEE (P)

Board

1 hrs/wk

ELIZABETH ATHOS

SR. ATTORNEY

Staff

$152K

40 hrs/wk

WENDY LECKER

SR. ATTORNEY

Staff

$150K

40 hrs/wk

THERESA LUHM

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Staff

$145K

40 hrs/wk

SHARON KRENGEL

EMPLOYEE

Staff

$123K

40 hrs/wk

JESSICA LEVIN

EMPLOYEE

Staff

$120K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

RALLY

ADVOCACY

$393K

Grants received

Showing 164 of 164

FromAmountPurposeYear
$183K
PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN 2024-26
2024
$100K
TO ADVANCE WELL-FUNDED, EQUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY
2024
$87K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
2024
$75K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$50K
PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUITY IN EDUCATION: GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2024
$40K
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NEW JERSEY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$15K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION - UNRESTRICED TO SUPPORT NON-PROFITS MISSION.
2024
$14K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$8K
ENSURING ACCESS TO EARLY
2024
$3K
ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING, HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION, SAFE AND ADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES, AND EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS IN NEW JERSEY
2024
$3K
ANNUAL EDUCATION FOR JUSTICE FORUM
2024
$250
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$585K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2023
$400K
TO SUPPORT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUITY AND EDUCATION RIGHTS
2023
$250K
FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUITY AND EDUCATION RIGHTS
2023
$200K
Early Care and Education
2023
$150K
PEER CONVENINGS IN 2023
2023
$150K
Early Care and Education
2023
$150K
TO SUPPORT PEER; SEE EMAIL FOR DETAILS.
2023
$125K
RACIAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE
2023
$100K
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
2023
$100K
TO ADVANCE WELL-FUNDED, EQUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY
2023
$75K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$65K
School Desegregation Remedy Project
2023
$60K
TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN SWPA HAVE ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE EDUCATION
2023
$50K
SUPPORTING EDUCATION ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NJ'S PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN
2023
$50K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2023
$50K
General Operating Support
2023
$50K
PARTNERSHIPS, COALITIONS AND MOVEMENTS
2023
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF LEGAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND FULL INCLUSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
2023
$42K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
2023
$40K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$22K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$11K
General Operating Support
2023
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$10K
TO ENSURE ACCESS TO A QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN IN PHILADELPHIA
2023
$8K
2024 LEADERSHIP GRANT
2023
$5K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$5K
PRESIDENTS GRANT - GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$5K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$500
ORGANIZATIONACHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$570K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2022
$400K
TO SUPPORT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR EQUITY AND EDUCATION RIGHTS
2022
$225K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2022
$200K
PARTNERSHIPS FOR EQUITY & EDUCATION RIGHTS
2022
$150K
support a multi-state network of grassroots organizers and legal organizations working to improve state financing of public education and building collaborative network structures that attend to power dynamics and other education systems change drivers
2022
$100K
TO ADVOCATE FOR ADEQUATE SCHOOL FUNDING, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION NEEDS, AND EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS BY SERVING AS CONVENOR OF THE OUR CHILDREN/OUR SCHOOLS COALITION AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON SCHOOL INTEGRATION EFFORTS.
2022
$100K
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
2022
$75K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR 2022-23
2022
$75K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$61K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
2022
$60K
$50,000 TO SUPPORT LEGAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND FULL INCLUSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; $10,000 TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PHILADELPHIA
2022
$60K
FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
2022
$50K
NJ EDUCATION ADVOCACY
2022
$50K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2022
$40K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2022
$40K
General Operating Support
2022
$30K
sponsor the 2023 Partnership for Equity and Education Rights Organizing Institute Retreat
2022
$22K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$19K
UNRESTRICTED
2022
$19K
2022 GRANT AND LEADERSHIP GRANT FOR INDIVIDUAL.
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$8K
ENSURING ACCESS TO EARLY
2022
$7K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$6K
PARTNERSHIP IN YOUTH SERVICES GRANT
2022
$5K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$3K
CHARITABLE FOR EDUCATION
2022
$606K
develop school funding and resourcing data analysis, responsive to state education equity coalition needs and pilot a model of legal technical assistance related to advancing education system equity
2021
$600K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2021
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$150K
support a multi-state network of grassroots organizers and legal organizations working to improve state financing of public education and building collaborative network structures that attend to power dynamics and other education systems change drivers
2021
$100K
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
2021
$100K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2021
$100K
TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO A HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ADVOCATING FOR ADEQUATE SCHOOL FUNDING, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION NEEDS, REDUCED USE OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOLS, AND INTEGRATION.
2021
$50K
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NJ'S PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS
2021
$30K
COVID-19 EMERGENCY ACTION
2021
$20K
2022 GRANT AND LEADERSHIP GRANT FOR INDIVIDUAL.
2021
$20K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2021
$5K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
$3K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2021
$1K
IN HONOR OF DEBORAH GORDON KLEHR
2021
$588K
develop school funding and resourcing data analysis, responsive to state education equity coalition needs and pilot a model of legal technical assistance related to advancing education system equity
2020
$585K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2020
$286K
SUPPORT FOR STATE COALITION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE.
2020
$203K
support a multi-state network of grassroots organizers and legal organizations working to improve state financing of public education and building collaborative network structures that attend to power dynamics and other education systems change drivers
2020
$104K
PAYMENTS FOR FELLOWS
2020
$100K
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
2020
$100K
General operating support
2020
$100K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2020
$100K
TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO A HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ADVOCATING FOR DIGITAL LEARNING TOOLS, ADEQUATE FUNDING, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION NEEDS, AND CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT POLICIES TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN THIS TIME OF THE COVID-19 GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS.
2020
$75K
SUPPORTING EDUCATION ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NJ'S PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN
2020
$63K
Core support for the Partnership for Equity and Education Rights project to improve the school finance systems by building capacity among member organizations to effectively promote equitable dchool funding policies and practices at the state level
2020
$60K
FOR ADVOCACY TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR ELC'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF NEW JERSEY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN
2020
$50K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2020
$40K
General Operating to support ELC's Youth Engagement, Trainings, and Technical Assistance in Philadel
2020
$38K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2020
$21K
2021 GRANT AND LEADERSHIP GRANT FOR INDIVIDUAL.
2020
$13K
ENSURING ACCESS
2020
$10K
Unrestricted
2020
$10K
SYSTEMS IMPACT GRANT
2020
$10K
Project Support
2020
$7K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$3K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$1K
CHARITABLE FOR EDUCATION
2020
$570K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2019
$297K
support development of equitable state-based education funding formulas via creation of more nuanced state funding report cards using state-level data and expansion of existing interactive state-level funding data on grantee's website featuring "Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card"
2019
$199K
support a multi-state network of grassroots organizers and legal organizations working to improve state financing of public education and building collaborative network structures that attend to power dynamics and other education systems change drivers
2019
$100K
General operating support
2019
$100K
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
2019
$75K
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
2019
$30K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2019
$15K
Unlocking Possibilities: Education Collaborative for Philadelphias Black Girls
2019
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$75K
SUPPORTING EDUCATION ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF NEW JERSEY?S PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN.
2018
$50K
ASSITIVE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT.
2018
$27K
Unrestricted
2018
$10K
Unlocking Possibilities: Education Collaborative for Philadelphias Black Girls
2018
$1K
EXEMPT PURPOSE
2018
$200
FOR THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHAMPION AWARDS, CELEBRATING SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES
2018
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$75K
FELLOWSHIP STIPENDS
2017
$25K
AN UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO FURTHER THE DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE.
2017
$15K
Support of local community educational programs.
2017
$10K
General support
2017
$10K
Unlocking Possibilities: Education Collaborative for Philadelphias Black Girls
2017

Funded by

$17.1M from 64 funders · 164 grants · 2017–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$3M · 1 grant · 2021

New Jersey Education Association

$2.9M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

WK Kellogg Foundation

$2.6M · 10 grants · 2019–2023

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$1.6M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Seattle Foundation

$1.4M · 5 grants · 2020–2023

National Education Association Of The

$625K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

New York State United Teachers

$500K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Fund For New Jersey

$500K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN222014555
NTEE codeB53Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1986-05
Formed1973
Employees17
Volunteers0
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