National Head Start Association
Nhsa's mission is to coalesce, inspire, and support the head start field as a leader in early childhood development and education.
National Head Start Association at a glance
In short: National Head Start Association reported $60K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $60,482 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -7.0% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $35,036,067
- +13.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $15,566,122
- +4.8% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $1,294,043
- +4.0% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $11,377,148
- +1.4% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who National Head Start Association funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2020) to $65K (2024). In 2025 it reported $60K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $35,036,067 | $15,566,122 | $11,377,148 | $60,482 | Total only | $1,294,043 |
| 2024 | $30,944,466 | $14,853,086 | $11,218,136 | $65,000 | Total only | $1,244,636 |
| 2023 | $27,580,194 | $14,803,940 | $9,963,875 | $50,000 | Total only | $638,171 |
| 2022 | $22,795,428 | $12,452,916 | $7,473,754 | $50,000 | Total only | $9,443 |
| 2021 | $17,380,023 | $8,984,855 | $5,429,291 | $52,206 | Total only | $2,015 |
| 2020 | $13,316,923 | $6,773,378 | $5,481,881 | $3,000 | Total only | $102,786 |
| 2019 | $11,249,681 | $6,641,192 | $5,692,534 | $6,500 | 1 | $38,033 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About National Head Start Association
Based on IRS filings
National Head Start Association is a public charity, based in Alexandria, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $35.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $60K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $1.3M.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
National Head Start Association is led by Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 9 of 60 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Yasmina Vinci
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$384K (2019) → $449K (2025)
Linda Meredith
Chairwoman
Vice Chair → Vice Chairwoman, 2021
Vice Chairwoman → Chairwoman, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laura A. Henry
Senior Director of Conferences & Professional De
Senior Director for Conferences & Events → Senior Director for Confer, 2023
Senior Director for Confer → Senior Director of Conferences & Professional De, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$143K (2020) → $204K (2025)
Victoria Jones
Senior Director of Data
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$132K (2023) → $154K (2025)
Blair Hyatt
Senior Director of State Affairs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$133K (2025)
Robert J. Bissen
Senior Director of Government Affairs
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$144K (2025)
Damon Carson
Director
Chair → Chairman, 2021
Chairman → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David White
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Debra 'deb' Wege
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Denyse Cardoza
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Oatman
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karelia Harding
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Lackey
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary Varr
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Harris
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pam Lafrenz
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Reva Gershen-Lowy
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Vicki Lowry
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gloria Lopez
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Moorehead
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Spradley
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christie Ference
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jackie Govan
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Fudge-White
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katya Nanson
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rico Alexander
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susie Powers
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Holly Unger
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Browning
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria Boykin
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jessica Johnson
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karey Perkins
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Sando
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Quigley
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Larry Campbell
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marianne Bouthilette
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Jenkins
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monique English
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Taxiltaridis
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Yolanda Gonzales
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aimee Tenbrook
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alexia Rivas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Pesina
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chris Ipsen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Steinberg
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Florinda Jackson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jayme Trevino
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laurie Gassaway
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mary-Gene Rumery
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melinda Sokolowski
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra Graves
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tasha Woods
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Marsilii
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robin Essandoh
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$159K (2019) → $291K (2025)
Thomas Sheridan
Deputy Director
Snr Director & Governmental Affairs → Deputy Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$122K (2019) → $199K (2025)
Timothy Oppenheim
Chief Information Officer
Chief Technology Officer → Chief Information Officer, 2023
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$126K (2021) → $180K (2025)
Deborah Bergeron
Deputy Director for Community Engagement & Innov
Deputy Director → Deputy Director for Community Engagement & Innov, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$130K (2022) → $274K (2025)
Dorothy Foster
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eloise McClinton
Vice Chairwoman
Director → Vice Chairwoman, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Sill
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (61)
- Former: Dawn Ault (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Lourdes Villanueva (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Lee Turney (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Adriana Villanueva (2024) — Director
- Former: Bissen Robert J. (2024) — Director of Government Affairs
- Former: Henry Laura A. (2024) — Senior Director of Conferences & Professional De
- Former: Jones Victoria (2024) — Senior Director of Data
- Former: Oppenheim Timothy (2024) — Chief Information Officer
- Former: Saldana Jr Joel C. (2024) — Senior Director of Governance & Operations
- Former: Bill Donaldson (2019–2023) — Vice Chairwoman
- Former: Isabel Garcia (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jim Houlares (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Paula J. Margraf (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Rosalba Barragan (2019–2023) — Vice Chairwoman
- Former: Gregory Porter (2020–2023) — Senior Director of Technology
- Former: Kyle Hubert (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Yamira Colon Rosa (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Reva Gershen Lowy (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Allison Rose Chang (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Ann Fields (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Bianca Ianiero (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Colleen Versteeg (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Heidi Caldwell (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jereen Wells (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Latanya Wynn-Hall (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Matthew Rogan (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Joel Saldana (2023) — Senior Director of Governance & Operations
- Former: Kathleen Havey (2023) — Senior Director of Policy
- Former: Tamara Acosta Febo (2023) — Director
- Former: Albert Black (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Dennis Demers (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Elle Taylor (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: James Evans (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Pauline Riordan (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Kenya Estrada (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Danielle McFarland (2022) — Director
- Former: Debbie Beeler (2022) — Director
- Former: Denise Lee (2022) — Director
- Former: Debra Beeler (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Janet D. Stewart (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kelly Johnson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Robin Winchell (2019–2021) — Director & Committee
- Former: Tienaya Godes (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tina Routh (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Tom Jones (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ibrahim Ramsey (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Kwanita McNeil (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Maritza Vasquez (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lisa Ann Stewart (2019–2020) — Chief Strategy Officer
- Former: Marta Hanna (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Amanda L. Tringes (2019) — Director
- Former: Heather Martindale (2019) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Clanton (2019) — Director
- Former: Johnny Vega Perez (2019) — Director
- Former: Juel Tr Molloy (2019) — Director
- Former: Laura Sands (2019) — Director
- Former: Michele Gonya (2019) — Director
- Former: Pamela Draper (2019) — Director
- Former: Scott Groginsky (2019) — Snr Director & State Affairs
- Former: Teri Stringer (2019) — Director
- Former: William Gregg Porter (2019) — Director of Technology
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $449K, to Yasmina Vinci (Executive Director). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about National Head Start Association
How much does National Head Start Association give each year?
National Head Start Association reported $60K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $65K in grants paid.
How large is National Head Start Association?
National Head Start Association reported $35.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $15.6M.
Where does National Head Start Association operate?
National Head Start Association has awarded grants in North Carolina.
What is National Head Start Association's EIN?
National Head Start Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1282065. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 20, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 7, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 3, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 19, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 4, 2025)
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