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East Bay Educational Collaborative

Company Details

Name: East Bay Educational Collaborative
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Entity type: Domestic Non-Profit Corporation
Status: Activ
Date of Organization in Rhode Island: 11 Apr 1994 (31 years ago)
Identification Number: 000076644
ZIP code: 02871
County: Newport County
Purpose: TO INITIATE AND CONTINUE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND/OR SERVICES ON A COLLABORATIVE BASIS.
Principal Address: Google Maps Logo PO BOX 101, PORTSMOUTH, RI, 02871, USA

Industry & Business Activity

NAICS

611710 Educational Support Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems. Learn more at the U.S. Census Bureau

Agent

Name Role Address
BENJAMIN M. SCUNGIO, ESQ. Agent 362 BROADWAY, PROVIDENCE, RI, 02909, USA

PRESIDENT

Name Role Address
DONNA OTTAVIANO PRESIDENT EBEC PO BOX 101 PORTSMOUTH, RI 02871 USA

DIRECTOR

Name Role Address
PETER SANCHIONI DIRECTOR TIVERTON SCHOOLS 100 N BRAYTON RD TIVERTON, RI 02871 USA
LAURIE DIAS-MITCHELL DIRECTOR LITTLE COMPTON SCHOOLS PO BOX 178 LITTLE COMPTON, RI 02837 USA
THOMAS KENWORTHY DIRECTOR PORTSMOUTH SCHOOLS 29 MIDDLE ROAD PORTSMOUTH, RI 02871 USA
ANNA RILEY DIRECTOR BRISTOL WARREN SCHOOLS 151 STATE ST BRISTOL, RI 02809 USA
COLLEEN JERMAIN DIRECTOR NEWPORT SCHOOLS 15 WICKHAM ROAD NEWPORT, RI 02840 USA
SANDRA FORAND DIRECTOR EAST PROVIDENCE SCHOOLS 80 BURNSIDE AVE EAST PROVIDENCE, RI 02915 USA
WILLIAM NIEMEYER DIRECTOR MIDDLETOWN SCHOOLS 26 OLIPHANT LANE MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842 USA
ROBERT WARGO DIRECTOR BARRINGTON SCHOOLS 283 COUNTY ROAD BARRINGTON, RI 02806 USA

Unique Entity ID

A UEI is a government-provided number, like a tax ID number, that’s used to identify businesses eligible for federal grants, awards and contracts.

Note: In April 2022, the federal government replaced its old identifier of choice, the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, with a government-issued UEI. Now all the federal government’s Integrated Award Environment systems use UEI numbers instead of DUNS numbers. So any entity doing business with the federal government must register for a UEI.

Unique Entity ID:
EKSCXMC1XMJ4
CAGE Code:
563C4
UEI Expiration Date:
2025-08-20

Business Information

Activation Date:
2024-08-22
Initial Registration Date:
2008-08-18

National Provider Identifier

NPI Number:
1447386818

Authorized Person:

Name:
MR. GERALD KOWALCZYK
Role:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone:

Taxonomy:

Selected Taxonomy:
251300000X - Local Education Agency (LEA)
Is Primary:
Yes

Contacts:

Fax:
4012459332

Form 5500 Series

Employer Identification Number (EIN):
050458461
Plan Year:
2023
Number Of Participants:
41
Sponsors Telephone Number:
Plan Year:
2022
Number Of Participants:
39
Sponsors Telephone Number:
Plan Year:
2021
Number Of Participants:
44
Sponsors Telephone Number:
Plan Year:
2020
Number Of Participants:
48
Sponsors Telephone Number:
Plan Year:
2019
Number Of Participants:
49
Sponsors Telephone Number:

Filings

Number Name File Date
202448527420 Annual Report 2024-03-14
202329044400 Annual Report 2023-02-22
202209618400 Annual Report 2022-02-07
202198214670 Annual Report 2021-06-14
202041662230 Annual Report 2020-06-08

Purchasing Awards over $1M

PO No. Bid No. Date Agency Description Amount
3572753 7588571 2018-06-15 Elementary And Secondary Education, Department Of APA-18276 FY19-23 EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION OUTCOM $1,945,000.00

Expenditures

Agency Date Program Subprogram Amount
Department of Education 2025-04-15 Adminstration of the Comprehensive Education Educator Excellence & Instructional Effectiveness 77009.49
Department of Education 2025-04-15 Adminstration of the Comprehensive Education Accelerating School Performance 23722.0
Department of Education 2025-04-15 EDUCATION AID EDUCATION AID 17796.49
Department of Education 2025-03-13 Adminstration of the Comprehensive Education Accelerating School Performance 12379.0
Department of Education 2025-03-13 Adminstration of the Comprehensive Education Educator Excellence & Instructional Effectiveness 22567.55

USAspending Awards / Financial Assistance

Date:
2023-04-17
Awarding Agency Name:
Department of Defense
Transaction Description:
DIVING INTO THE OCEAN TWILIGHT ZONE: INSPIRING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SOLVING AUTHENTIC DEEP SEA EXPLORATION CHALLENGES
Obligated Amount:
299655.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2022-08-22
Awarding Agency Name:
National Science Foundation
Transaction Description:
A LEARNING ECOSYSTEM FOR TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MACHINE LEARNING CONCEPTS AND DATA SCIENCE SKILLS IN HEALTHCARE AND MEDICINE -HEALTHCARE IS RAPIDLY CHANGING INTO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD. DATA SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) HAVE BECOME INTEGRAL FOR HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES. MACHINE LEARNING (ML), A BRANCH OF AI, IS BROADLY APPLICABLE FOR DEVELOPING PREDICTIVE MODELS THAT DRIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICES. UNINTENTIONAL BIAS WITHIN THE DATASETS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS USED FOR ML CREATES HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES WHICH BENEFIT SOME PEOPLE MORE THAN OTHERS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING ECOSYSTEM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE ECOSYSTEM CONSISTS OF EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AND TEACHERS, CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE FROM DATA SCIENTISTS AND MEDICAL CLINICIANS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUND AS MENTORS. AUTHENTIC CROSS-CULTURAL DISCUSSIONS AMONGST COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STUDENTS WILL BE A KEY COMPONENT OF STUDENTS? LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE ECOSYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A DATA SCIENCE AND ML LABORATORY COURSE AND AN ANNUAL DATATHON. COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS WILL FACILITATE THE COURSE, AND WILL ALSO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PROBLEM-BASED DATA SCIENCE APPROACHES. STUDENTS IN THE COURSE WILL EXPLORE STUDENT-LED, INQUIRY-BASED STRATEGIES ON HOW TO NAVIGATE AND VISUALIZE LARGE HEALTHCARE SETS USING THE SAME PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND TOOLS THAT DATA SCIENTISTS USE. DURING THE DATATHON, STUDENTS WILL TEAM WITH THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) TEACHERS TO SOLVE AUTHENTIC DATA-DRIVEN HEALTHCARE ISSUES WHICH ARE IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL TO THEM. COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES TO ENSURE ALL VOICES ARE HEARD. DATATHON PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO CULTURALLY-RESPONSIVE METHODS. THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS (ITEST), WHICH SEEKS TO ENGAGE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN TECHNOLOGY-RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, INCLUDING SKILLS IN DATA LITERACY, AND INCREASE STUDENTS? KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) CAREERS. DURING THE PROJECT PERIOD, RESEARCHERS WILL DEVELOP AND STUDY A SEMESTER-LONG PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES UP TO 1000 RHODE ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON RECRUITING RACIAL MINORITIES AND YOUNG WOMEN FROM 12 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL INVESTIGATE HOW STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THE PROGRAM AND DATATHON, THE USABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THE ENACTMENT OF THE INNOVATIVE LEARNING ECOSYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WILL GUIDE THIS STUDY: 1) HOW DO THE DATA LABORATORY AND DATATHON CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT LEARNING AND EFFICACY IN DATA SCIENCE, AND THEIR INTEREST IN DATA SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE CAREERS? 2) WHAT ARE TEACHERS? PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE USABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS, INCLUDING CHALLENGES, OF THE MATERIALS, CURRICULUM, AND SUPPORTS? 3) HOW DO TEACHERS TAKE UP AND ENACT THE ACTIVITIES AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND INTERESTS IN DATA SCIENCE? RESEARCHERS WILL COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA USING MIXED METHODS, INCLUDING DATA FROM A DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORM, SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, ASSESSMENTS, AND OBSERVATIONS. THE OUTCOME WILL INCLUDE A NOVEL PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT RAPIDLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES. DELIVERABLES WILL CONSIST OF ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TEACHERS; A PUBLIC WEBSITE FOR ALL RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT LEADERS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS; A VETTED DATA SCIENCE AND ML LABORATORY COURSE; AND DESIGNS OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, CROSS-CULTURAL DATATHON. THESE WILL BE FREELY SHARED AND PROMOTED ONLINE, PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES, AND PUBLISHED AS RESEARCH ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
Obligated Amount:
1499546.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2021-01-23
Awarding Agency Name:
Small Business Administration
Transaction Description:
TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES IN MAINTAINING WORK FORCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Obligated Amount:
0.00
Face Value Of Loan:
425025.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
425025.00
Date:
2020-04-19
Awarding Agency Name:
Small Business Administration
Transaction Description:
ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER GRANT
Obligated Amount:
10000.00
Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
0.00
Date:
2020-04-07
Awarding Agency Name:
Small Business Administration
Transaction Description:
TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES IN MAINTAINING WORK FORCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Obligated Amount:
0.00
Face Value Of Loan:
368500.00
Total Face Value Of Loan:
425025.00

Tax Exempt

Employer Identification Number (EIN) :
05-0458461
Classification:
Government Instrumentality, Title-Holding Corporation, Charitable Organization, Agricultural Organization, Board of Trade, Pleasure, Recreational, or Social Club, Fraternal Beneficiary Society, Order or Association, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Non-Govt. Emps.), Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations, Teachers Retirement Fund Assoc., Benevolent Life Insurance Assoc., Burial Association, Credit Union, Mutual Insurance Company or Assoc. Other Than Life or Marine, Corp. Financing Crop Operations, Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Trust or Plan, Employee Funded Pension Trust (Created Before 6/25/59), Post or Organization of War Veterans, Legal Service Organization, Black Lung Trust, Multiemployer Pension Plan, Veterans Assoc. Formed Prior to 1880, Trust Described in Sect. 4049 of ERISA, Title Holding Co. for Pensions, etc., State-Sponsored High Risk Health Insurance Organizations, State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance, ACA 1322 Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers, Apostolic and Religious Org. (501(d)), Cooperative Hospital Service Organization (501(e)), Cooperative Service Organization of Operating Educational Organization (501(f)), Child Care Organization (501(k)), Charitable Risk Pool, Qualified State-Sponsored Tuition Program, 4947(a)(1) - Private Foundation (Form 990PF Filer)
Ruling Date:
1997-03
Deductibility:
Type of organization and use of contribution: A public charity. Deductibility Limitation: 50% (60% for cash contributions)

Paycheck Protection Program

Date Approved:
2020-04-04
Loan Status:
Paid in Full
SBA Guaranty Percentage:
100
Initial Approval Amount:
368500
Current Approval Amount:
425025
Race:
Unanswered
Ethnicity:
Unknown/NotStated
Gender:
Unanswered
Veteran:
Unanswered
Forgiveness Amount:
428890.98
Date Approved:
2021-01-22
Loan Status:
Paid in Full
SBA Guaranty Percentage:
100
Initial Approval Amount:
425025
Current Approval Amount:
425025
Race:
Unanswered
Ethnicity:
Unknown/NotStated
Gender:
Unanswered
Veteran:
Unanswered
Forgiveness Amount:
427842.97

Date of last update: 19 May 2025

Sources: Rhode Island Department of State