ERC

Specialties

At ERC, we know that good decisions are based on good information. We collaborate with clients to gather and use information that improves our communities. Working together, we make social change happen.

Our expert consulting helps nonprofits, foundations, and public agencies achieve social impact through meaningful program evaluation and strategic planning efforts.

History

Established in 1999.

ERC began in 1999 when a father offered his son a chance to pay off a debt. At the time, Dr. Steve Price was an educational program administrator at Fresno State University. His son, Stephen, was a recent seminary graduate leading an outreach program for disadvantaged youth in the Sacramento area. After several months of sending financial support, Dr. Price «wised up» and offered his son work on a series of grant writing projects for a small, rural school district. The projects were successful, word quickly spread, and ERC was born.

Today, the company has developed far beyond grant writing. ERC has expanded to offer research, evaluation, and technology services for K-​12 school districts, colleges, universities, and non-​profit organizations. We are a diverse team of consultants talented in writing grant proposals, evaluation design, statistical analysis, programming custom software, managing large-​scale databases, conducting focus groups, constructing surveys and assessments,

Meet the Business Owner

Stephen P.

Business Owner

Lead evaluator and grant writer, Stephen brings broad evaluation experience to ERC clients that includes federal, state, and privately funded programs. His current work includes: two large-​scale after school programs; a federally-​funded Invest in Innovation (i3) project focused on Family Literacy; teacher assessment and local evaluation for the California Math Science Partnership; an Improving Teacher Quality Program; and a School Leadership Program. Additional experience includes National Science Foundation, English learners, youth fitness and substance abuse prevention. He designed ERC’s After School Report Card, used in several hundred California school sites, and conducts workshops in grant writing, program development and evaluation.