New York · Nonprofit
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,863,000 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($2,285,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.8M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc does
Mission
Education reform now advocacy, inc. Advocates for education policies that enable all students to obtain a globally competitive education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
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.
$10,869,530 spentof which $1,579,725 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,869,530.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.1M to $9.0M (+78%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jorge Elorza
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Boykin Curry
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $260k → $150k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $37M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Education Reform Now Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC?
- EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,863,000 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($2,285,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,863,000 in grants to EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC?
- CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $2,285,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATION REFORM NOW ADVOCACY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing