Founded in 2013 by California CPA Erin Sacco Pineda, ESP Accounting runs a Hillcrest practice devoted almost entirely to nonprofit accounting, tax, and consulting work at 1286 University Avenue in 92103. The firm prepares Forms 990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF for San Diego community organizations, including arts and literacy groups with programming footprints comparable to ArtReach San Diego. Pineda holds a BS from UC Berkeley's Haas School, a Master's from Purdue's Brian Lamb School of Communication, and a Certificate in Accountancy from SDSU earned in 2007. She teaches nonprofit accounting in USD's Nonprofit Management Certificate Program, sits on committees for CalCPA and the California Board of Accountancy, and refers clients facing IRS examination to tax-controversy counsel at Allison Soares, Attorney at Law when attorney-client privilege matters. Engagements scale from day-to-day bookkeeping on restricted grant funds up to full audit preparation and single-audit compliance for federally funded 501(c)(3)s managing multi-year cost-reimbursement agreements.