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Derek Ferguson

Director · Hope Through Education -- a Fund for Better Futures INC

Director at Hope Through Education -- a Fund for Better Futures INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 6 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Others who share this name
6

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Profile

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Reported as Director of Hope Through Education -- a Fund for Better Futures INC, based in Gladstone, NJ.
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Also listed as President of Acorn Montessori School INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
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Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Hope Through Education -- a Fund for Better Futures INC Director · $1.7M revenue · Gladstone, NJTHE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ENABLE CHILDREN OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO ACQUIRE A QUALITY, VALUES-BASED EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVES ITS…Filed FY2025, FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Acorn Montessori School INC President · $2.3M revenue · Lebanon, NJTo provide an enriching Montessori-based education that fosters the child's innate love of learning, creativity and wonder. To cultivate dynamic…Filed FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Derek Ferguson

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Derek Ferguson 2 organizations · Bridgeport, CT, New York, NYCapital Prep Charter Schools Ny
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Derek Ferguson 1 organization · Chicago, ILUniting Voices
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Derek Ferguson 1 organization · New York, NYYouth Education Through Sports INC
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Derek Ferguson 1 organization · New York, NYFederation of Protestant Welfare Agencies INC
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Derek Ferguson 1 organization · New York, NYRobin Hood Foundation
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Derek Ferguson 1 organization · New Rochelle, NYNew York Covenant Community Development Corporation

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Head of School · FY2024
$143K
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President · FY2025
$140K
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Head of School · FY2023
$125K
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Executive Director (through March 2020) · FY2020
$52K
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Trustee · FY2024
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Treasurer · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Vice President · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024
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Vice President · FY2024
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Trustee · FY2024

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org