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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,444,385
Total expenses
$3,275,012
Contributions and grants received
$375,009
Grants paid
$97,674
Program service revenue
$2,928,701
Investment income
$24,942
Other revenue
$115,733
Total assets, end of year
$1,907,398
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,054,995
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$852,403
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,502,471
Management and general expenses
$772,541
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,502,471

Program services were 76.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $277,842

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $97,167

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANNUAL CONFERENCE

    total $1,966,592 · related or exempt $1,966,592

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBER DUES

    total $462,047 · related or exempt $462,047

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $230,670 · related or exempt $230,670

  • 2d · Program service revenue: ADVERTISING

    total $172,850 · unrelated business $172,850

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $96,542 · related or exempt $96,542

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,725 · excluded $17,725

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $52,144 · excluded $52,144

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $89,683

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $82,466

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,217

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,217 · excluded $7,217

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $84,586

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $20,997

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $63,589 · related or exempt $63,589

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $97,674 · program services $97,674

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $191,814 · program services $150,409 · management and general $41,405

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $783,161 · program services $614,109 · management and general $169,052

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,967 · program services $24,283 · management and general $6,684

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $83,177 · program services $65,223 · management and general $17,954

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,650 · program services $60,105 · management and general $16,545

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,107 · management and general $7,107

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $164,512 · management and general $164,512

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,157 · management and general $6,157

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $110,262 · program services $60,237 · management and general $50,025

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $126,498 · program services $88,701 · management and general $37,797

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $111,869 · program services $87,722 · management and general $24,147

  • 17 · Travel

    total $82,455 · program services $60,259 · management and general $22,196

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $739,916 · program services $716,452 · management and general $23,464

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,280 · program services $13,550 · management and general $3,730

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,923 · program services $17,975 · management and general $4,948

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $143,970 · program services $136,858 · management and general $7,112

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $140,758 · program services $138,398 · management and general $2,360

  • 24c · Other expenses: DATA PROCESSING AND OFF

    total $130,469 · program services $56,923 · management and general $73,546

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $106,649 · program services $98,702 · management and general $7,947

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100,744 · program services $14,891 · management and general $85,853

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $411,194 · end of year $504,700

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $236,727 · end of year $282,250

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $68,384 · end of year $57,746

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $135,388 · end of year $178,671

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $450,391

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $399,308

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,562 · end of year $51,083

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $543,388 · end of year $669,004

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $274,099 · end of year $163,944

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $185,168 · end of year $206,590

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $617,482 · end of year $678,204

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $286,893 · end of year $170,201

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $382,662 · end of year $584,498

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $263,537 · end of year $267,905

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES IS TO ADVOCATE AND BUILD CAPACITY FOR HIGH-QUALITY SOCIAL STUDIES BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, SERVICES, AND SUPPORT TO EDUCATORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ADVOCATE & BUILD CAPACITY FOR HIGH-QUALITY SOCIAL STUDIES. NCSS DOES THIS BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, SUPPORT, & SERVICES.

  • PUBLICATIONS AND MAILINGS - NCSS PUBLISHES FOUR PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS THAT PROVIDE PRACTICAL TEACHING STRATEGIES, LESSON PLANS, AND RESEARCH TO SUPPORT SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATORS AT THE ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS. THESE PUBLICATIONS OFFER THEORETICAL INSIGHTS, CLASSROOM-READY RESOURCES, AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION TO ENCHANCE AND PROMOTE HIGH QUALITY SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,123,944 · Grants $53,970 · Revenue $390,801

  • MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICES - NCSS MEMBERSHIP ENGAGES AND SUPPORTS EDUCATORS IN STRENGTHENING AND ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL STUDIES WHILE PROMOTING CIVIC COMPETENCE.

    Expenses $446,222 · Grants $18,904 · Revenue $462,047

  • ANNUAL CONFERENCE - ALLOWS ATTENDEES TO SHARE THE MOST CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS, RESEARCH, AND EXPERTISE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION. WITH OVER 500 WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS SUPPORTED BY 200 EXHIBITS, NCSS SERVES AROUND 3,900 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $932,305 · Grants $24,800 · Revenue $1,966,592

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ALEXANDER CUENCA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNE WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARLA POWELL-LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARLY DONICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHANDA ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID KENDRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH ROBERTSON

    HOD STEERING COMM CHAIR, EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEATHER NICE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER MORGAN

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOE SCHMIDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIMBERLY HUFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARC TURNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANNON PUGH

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHARON THORNE-GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA ELLSWORTH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    From this org
    $1,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WESLEY HEDGEPETH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LAWRENCE PASKA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $170,931
    From this org
    $151,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,708
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,223
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,081
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,627
    Filer's total
    $170,931

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349302871

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