Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$340,747

Total expenses

$307,918

Contributions and grants received

$323,018

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$16,894

Investment income

$835

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$168,003

Total liabilities, end of year

$12,718

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$155,285

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$130,756

Management and general expenses

$177,162

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$130,756

Program services were 42.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• MIICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL TOURNAMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRANSFORM THEMSELVES INTO ATTORNEYS AND WITNESSES TO ENACT TRIALS USING CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL CASE MATERIALS. STUDENTS COMPETE AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN REAL COURTROOMS IN FRONT OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS. PROGRAM CONSISTS OF: DEVELOPMENT OF CASE MATERIALS, MOCK TRIAL CLINICS, NUMEROUS REGIONAL EVENTS, A STATE SHOWCASE, AND AIDS IN THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL. MOCK TRIAL INCLUDES COURTROOM ILLUSTRATION AND ARTISTRY PLUS COURTROOM JOURNALISM.

  Expenses $38,824

• WE THE PEOPLE A K-12+ PROGRAM THAT ENHANCES STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND HELPS THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION INCLUDING THE BILL OF RIGHTS. CULMINATING ACTIVITIES ARE SIMULATED CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS WHERE STUDENTS "TESTIFY" BEFORE A PANEL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS (LAWYERS, JUDGES, CIVIC LEADERS, EDUCATORS). THE PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES WHILE ENGAGING IN MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AROUND IMPORTANT CIVIC QUESTIONS. PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, DISTRICT EVENTS, STATE SHOWCASES, AND SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL WE THE PEOPLE EVENTS. WE THE PEOPLE INCLUDES THE WORK OF THE WE THE PEOPLE: CIVICS THAT EMPOWERS ALL STUDENTS (CEAS) RESEARCH PROGRAM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ADVANCE WE THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 4TH-8TH GRADES AND IS THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM SPONSORED BY A RESEARCH GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

  Expenses $17,873

• PROJECT CITIZEN RESEARCH PROJECT THE PROJECT CITIZEN (ALSO CALLED PROJECT COMMUNITY) PROGRAM PLUS RESEARCH PROJECT IS A PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION AND CIVIC SKILLS CURRICULUM. IT ENGAGES YOUNG PEOPLE IN COLLABORATIVE, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AS THEY WORK TOGETHER TO ANALYZE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, DEVELOP POLICY PROPOSALS, ENGAGE IN CIVIC COMMUNICATION AND DIALOGUE, RESEARCH POLICIES, AND PRACTICE MEDIA LITERACY. STUDENTS IDENTIFY A PROBLEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY, RESEARCH ALTERNATIVE POLICY-BASED SOLUTIONS, DEVELOP A CLASS POLICY PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, AND DESIGN A PLAN TO CONVINCE PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE POLICY. PROGRAMS INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND SHOWCASES. THE PROJECT CITIZEN RESEARCH PROJECT IS THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM SPONSORED BY A RESEARCH GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.

  Expenses $74,059

• OUTREACH THE MICHIGAN CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION'S OUTREACH SERVES TO BRING IN CHAMPIONS OF CIVIC EDUCATION TO ADVANCE THE AWARENESS OF AND PROMOTION OF CIVIC AND LAW-RELATED EDUCATION. IN ORDER TO CREATE AWARENESS, THE CENTER PROVIDES COMMUNITY SESSIONS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CENTER. OUTREACH INCLUDES CONFERENCES, PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND LEARNING SESSIONS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION AND CENTER PROGRAMS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS. OUTREACH ALSO INCLUDES WORK WITH THE MICIVICS COALITION TO ADVANCE CIVIC AND LAW RELATED EDUCATION IN MICHIGAN.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

3 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313429349301006

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