Verifiable facts — no invented metrics.
Ez-Era is a program of First Step Housing, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This page is the running record of what we've committed to do, what we've actually done, and what we don't know yet. Every claim is verifiable; nothing is inflated to look bigger.
01 · Identity
Who we are. On the record.
Legal status
501(c)(3) registered nonprofit
Recognized by the IRS · New Jersey nonprofit corporation
EIN
88-0675677
Verifiable on the IRS Tax-Exempt Organization Search
Founded
2026
First fiscal year ends December 2026
Service area
Pennsylvania & New Jersey
National membership; in-person workshops regional
Founding bench (real credentials)
Every expert on the founding bench is a licensed practitioner who files their credentials publicly. We'll add independent directors as we grow; those additions will be announced here.
Nick DeJesus
Founder · Mortgage broker
NMLS #1541748
Tim Sample
Financial advisor
Series 65 · Investment Adviser Representative
Zachary Liptak
Real-estate agent
PA-licensed REALTOR®
02 · Commitments
What we commit to publish.
The reporting cadence below applies starting Q1 2027 (after the first full fiscal year closes). Until then, this page itself is the running public record.
Annual IRS Form 990
Posted here within 30 days of filing. The first will cover the 2026 fiscal year.
Quarterly spending categories
Dollars actually spent, broken into the three categories below. No percentages until they come from an audited statement.
Expert honoraria policy
What we pay licensed professionals to teach on camera, the formula we use, and the conflict-of-interest disclosures we require of them.
Scholarship recipient counts
How many free seats we've granted and the criteria used. Posted alongside the quarterly category reports.
03 · Allocation
Where the money goes. No invented percentages.
Three categories. Listed without percentages until we have audited numbers — the math will come from the Form 990, not from us.
Expert honorariums
Licensed mortgage pros, financial advisors, and real-estate experts who answer member questions on camera. The largest line item.
Curriculum production
Scripts, video, editing, captioning, transcripts, downloadable workbooks. Open to every member, never paywalled inside the membership.
Platform & access
The software that hosts everything, plus free seats for learners who can't afford a $7 membership and in-person workshops in PA + NJ.
04 · Boundaries
What we don't do.
The clearest way to describe a nonprofit's posture is by what it deliberately doesn't take money from.
- We don't have paid investors. Membership and donation revenue are the only sources funding the work.
- We don't sell anything to members beyond the membership. No upsells, no "premium" tier, no add-ons.
- We don't sell, rent, or share member data. Email is for the product and donor receipts only.
- We don't accept editorial influence from sponsors. Experts on camera are paid through honoraria, not by the brands they discuss.
05 · What we don't know yet
Open questions we won't pretend to answer.
Pretending a launch-stage foundation has every answer is exactly the posture this page exists to refuse. Here's what's unresolved, by name.
Where percentages will come from
Until we have an audited statement covering a full fiscal year, we won't publish allocation percentages. The categories are listed; the math comes after the audit.
How impact will be measured
We're building the measurement infrastructure now: lesson completions, expert Q&A engagement, scholarship-recipient self-reported outcomes. We'd rather build the right metrics slowly than report fake ones quickly.
Board composition
Founding board is small and on the masthead below. Independent directors will be added as the foundation grows; that addition will be announced here, not buried in a filing.
06 · For grant officers + journalists
Questions, statements, introductions.
For questions about anything on this page — including requests for financial statements before they're published, board introductions, or due diligence on the founding bench's credentials — hello@ez-era.com reaches Nick directly.