Denver, CO

HERS

EIN 83-0395730

Education & Youth Development Job Training & Career Pathways Women & girls

Mission

HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) prepares and sustains diverse leaders in higher education through leadership development, coaching, and a national alum network so that the academy better reflects and serves its students and communities.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About HERS

HERS is a national nonprofit that provides leadership development, career-advancement programming, and peer networks for faculty and staff in higher education, with a long history of centering women and gender-diverse leaders. The organization operates signature programs such as the nine‑day HERS Leadership Institute (HLI), virtual workshops, executive coaching circles, and career-focused workshops, and maintains an alum network of several thousand higher‑education leaders. In recent years HERS has expanded access through targeted fellowship programs and multi-year grants, transitioned to an independent national nonprofit (July 1, 2024), and continued to scale its in-person and virtual programming across institutional types.

Notable achievements

Major foundation support to expand access

In May 2024 HERS received multi-year grants totaling more than $1.1 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Henry Luce Foundation to fund fellowships and cohort-building for humanities and STEM leaders, increasing scholarship access to HERS programs.

Independent national nonprofit status

HERS completed a structural transition to become a fully independent national nonprofit organization on July 1, 2024, marking a strategic shift from its earlier university-based home to an autonomous national organization.

Scale and program reach

HERS’ flagship HLI and related programs have continued to scale: the 2025 HLI cohort included approximately 170 participants from 84 institutions across 38 U.S. states and two countries, and HERS reports a network of over 6,000 alumni from hundreds of institutions.

At a glance

Total assets: $3.8M
Annual revenue: $3.9M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 83-0395730
Location: Denver, CO
Website: hersnetwork.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

President Gloria D. Thomas received the 2026 ACE Donna Shavlik Award in recognition of sustained leadership and contributions to advancing women in higher education leadership.

HERS is a long‑established national leader in higher education leadership development, cited by peer institutions and partners for its HERS Leadership Institute and alum network that support career advancement and equity in the academy.

Competitive foundation awards (Mellon, Luce) and partnerships with search and executive coaching organizations acknowledge HERS’ role in broadening access to leadership pipelines across disciplines and institutional types.

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