Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$22,527,069

Total expenses

$21,701,614

Contributions and grants received

$15,911,625

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$3,750,379

Investment income

$3,595,199

Other revenue

-$730,134

Total assets, end of year

$178,229,311

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,495,698

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$174,733,613

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$15,869,985

Management and general expenses

$4,640,467

Fundraising expenses

$1,191,162

Program service expenses (Part III)

$15,869,985

Program services were 73.1% 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 · 2023

• A NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to teaching about the Constitution. It serves as America's leading platform for constitutional education and debate, fulfilling its congressional charter "to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people." Located on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall, just steps from where the Constitution was drafted and signed, the Center brings the Constitution to life for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year through interactive exhibits, rare documents and artifacts, moving theater programs, and educational activities. As we near our nation's 250th birthday celebration, the National Constitution Center is poised to play a key role because of both its proximity and relevancy to the anniversary of America's founding. The Center's online Interactive Constitution, the centerpiece of its educational efforts, unites scholars from across the legal and philosophical spectrum to explore areas of agreement and disagreement on the history, text, and meaning of nearly every provision of the Constitution. The Center's educational resources also include an online library of primary source documents, live and asynchronous constitutional education classes, a suite of Constitution 101 courses, and educator professional development opportunities. As a forum for balanced debate, the Center brings together a diverse array of renowned historians, leading scholars, public officials, and journalists to discuss the Constitution on all media platforms, hosting in-person and virtual events, live online classes, and weekly podcasts. The Center is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, private organization under the leadership of esteemed constitutional scholar Jeffrey Rosen. Support from generous individuals, corporations, and foundations make possible the Center's efforts to increase civic education and elevate civil dialogue. MUSEUM OF 'WE THE PEOPLE' Through interactive exhibits, rare documents, priceless artifacts, and moving theatrical performances, learners from around the world visit the National Constitution Center to immerse themselves in the extraordinary story of "We the People." The Story of We the People, the Center's main exhibit, is an immersive educational experience, filled with hands-on, multimedia exhibits and activities. Historical documents, photos, and film help visitors understand America's past and see how the Constitution shapes the present. In the iconic Signers' Hall, visitors step into the final day of the Constitutional Convention-September 17, 1787-and sign the U.S. Constitution alongside 42 life-size, bronze statues of the Founding Fathers. In rare document galleries, visitors explore up close the rarest and most inspiring documents from our nation's founding. Live theatrical productions provide visitors with a greater connection to the content. Freedom Rising, a 17-minute state-of-the-art multimedia live theatrical performance, immerses visitors in the powerful story of the Constitution and the American quest for freedom, while past theatrical programs have brought to life constitutional issues in the headlines, provided first-person narratives from figures throughout history, and complemented the storytelling in the exhibits. In 2019, the center opened the permanent exhibit Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality, which explores how constitutional clashes over slavery set the stage for the Civil War and how the nation transformed the Constitution after the war to more fully embrace the Declaration of Independence's promise of liberty and equality. In 2020, to commemorate the centennial anniversary of voting rights for women, the Center opened The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. In January 2022, the National Constitution Center completed the installation of a 50-ton marble tablet, engraved with the 45 words of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The First Amendment Tablet spans a 100-foot-wide wall on the Center's Grand Hall Overlook, the second-floor atrium overlooking historic Independence Mall. The iconic tablet was previously displayed on the four-story-high, 74-foot-tall Pennsylvania Avenue faade of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. In 2023, the Center opened its newest gallery, The First Amendment. The 1,500-square-foot exhibit features more than 20 artifacts highlighting all five freedoms, including a draft opinion with handwritten edits from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis; an anti-Vietnam War armband worn by the Tinker family and associated with the landmark student speech case, Tinker v. Des Moines; The New York Times' 1971 publication of the classified "Pentagon Papers;a pennant from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. After steadily adding galleries over time, the Center has embarked on a broader reimagining of its core exhibit space in the run-up to America's 250th birthday in 2026. Construction will begin in 2025, with a renovated core exhibit space featuring brand-new galleries, beginning with one dedicated to America's founding principles, with more to be added in the coming years. The Center produces a variety of engaging, interactive programs and demonstrations that incorporate the exhibits to create an immersive museum-wide experience. Rotating daily programming offers a wide range of activities to engage students and family audiences, including, for example, constitutional trivia games and artifact carts showcasing the history of voting technology or capturing daily life in revolutionary Philadelphia. The Center also offers in-person and virtual tours for student and adult groups, plus additional educational programs and workshops that can be added onto a field trip experience, as well as designated Scout Days, where scouts from Boy Scouts BSA and Girl Scouts work toward earning American history of government-themed merit badges. The Center honors national Civic Holidays with special programs and activities to draw attention to the history and significance of these dates, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Veterans Day, Independence Day, Juneteenth, and Constitution Day. Several of these family-friendly civic holidays are presented with free or discounted admission through the generosity of sponsors. The Young Citizens Scholarship Program provides eligible student/youth groups with free or reduced admission and transportation to the National Constitution Center. The program is made possible by the generous support of individual, foundation, and corporate donors to promote civic education. The Center also offers additional ways to engage with its exhibits from home: live tours of its core exhibits featuring museum educators, special live online programming on civic holidays, as well as self-exploration virtual tours available through its website and Google Arts and Culture.

  Expenses $8,967,032 · Revenue $3,498,355

• EDUCATION- To engage learners of all ages, in classrooms and homes across the nation, the National Constitution Center has developed a robust set of programs and resources to deliver constitutional content, reaching approximately 70,000 educators and 4.3 million students each year. Based on the acclaimed Interactive Constitution, the Center produces a variety of standards-based teaching materials for use in the classroom and at the museum, and hosts educator workshops, trainings, and other professional learning opportunities to promote constitutional literacy skills through civil dialogue. THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION In September 2015, the National Constitution Center launched the online Interactive Constitution, which unites leading conservative, libertarian, and progressive constitutional scholars in America to write essays exploring areas of agreement and disagreement on every clause in the Constitution. In 2019, the Center began incorporating companion content for classroom use-integrating a robust set of educational resources including lesson plans, videos, and other multimedia content tagged according to constitutional provision. Since its launch, the Interactive Constitution has been visited by more than 90 million users, and it serves as America's leading platform for nonpartisan constitutional education. FOUNDERS' LIBRARY The Founders' Library includes 170+ primary texts that span American constitutional history-from the philosophical works that influenced the founding generation to the most important speeches, essays, books, pamphlets, petitions, letters, court cases, landmark statutes, and state constitutions that have shaped the American constitutional tradition. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, the Center assembled a group of leading scholars from diverse perspectives to help choose the nearly 170 historical texts and 50 landmark Supreme Court cases in the document library. Launched in 2022, the document library also includes foundational sources curated by the National Constitution Center team. CONSTITUTION 101 In 2022, the National Constitution Center released Constitution 101, a free, nonpartisan online curriculum on the U.S. Constitution. Constitution 101 is a 15-module curriculum for high school students, as well as a standalone self-guided course for lifelong learners, that explores the basic principles of American freedom and the core constitutional texts of American history, from the founding to today. Constitution 101 is modeled on the National Constitution Center's proven framework for rigorous, nonpartisan constitutional education and the practice of civil dialogue. The curriculum includes interactive features, allowing students to take online assessments and allowing educators to integrate into their learning management systems. A middle school version of the Constitution 101 curriculum will launch in 2025. The Center partnered with acclaimed online education platform, Khan Academy, on a student self-mastery course. A complement to the teacher-led Constitution 101 curriculum, the 9-unit course uses a mastery-based approach through activities, exercises, and videos. Launched in fall 2024, the course includes more than 250 short videos featuring federal judges, former elected officials, public intellectuals, and the nation's leading constitutional scholars from across the ideological spectrum. These constitutional experts share canonical stories about America's Constitution, discuss landmark Supreme Court cases, and explore some of the most important constitutional debates facing the nation today. VIRTUAL STUDENT PROGRAMS Since 2020, the Center has offered a robust set of live online programs for student audiences. Through the online Scholar Exchange Program, students in middle school through college have the opportunity to discuss constitutional topics with a lawyer, judge, or constitutional scholar and their peers from around the country, gaining deeper constitutional understanding and engaging in enhanced civil discourse. Monthly and seasonal topics for these classes often reflect civic holidays, such as a civil rights discussion in January for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or a discussion on the 19th Amendment for Women's History Month in March. There are also court case review and founding documents review sessions targeted toward students preparing for the Advanced Placement government exams. The Center has expanded the offerings to include Civic Stories, opportunities for elementary and middle school students to engage with the past through artifacts and the stories they tell. In this setting, students apply constitutional thinking skills to develop a deeper understanding of history and consider the ways in which artifacts tell stories about individuals, communities, and cultures. Through this practice, students begin to identify where they see themselves, their communities, and their surroundings in the broader scope of American history. The Live From the Museum series features tours of our exhibit spaces, designed to bring the experience of a trip to the Center to students everywhere. Topics vary by month, and are scheduled to align with upcoming civic holidays and special events. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS The National Constitution Center offers a range of free professional learning programs tailored to meet the goals and needs of educators. The Center's approach is designed to empower educators seeking to enhance civic and history instruction and constitutional understanding in classrooms across the nation. The Center provides the tools, knowledge, and pedagogical strategies to help educators effectively explore the Constitution's history and contemporary relevance. Educators can register for online sessions, half-day or full-day offerings, attend a multi-day institute or weekend workshop, request a customized professional development session for their school or district, or join one of our educator communities. The Center hosts weeklong Educator Institutes at the museum and at locations nationwide, providing teachers opportunities to learn from leading constitutional scholars and pedagogical experts, while also connecting with fellow educators. During each institute, educators work with content experts to deepen their knowledge of the history and contemporary relevance of the Constitution, the structural Constitution, and the amendment process. With teacher facilitators and the education team from the Center working hand-in-hand, participants discover and develop innovative, nonpartisan ways to make the content relevant to their students. Weekend Workshops include engaging discussions with constitutional scholars, insights into the Center's classroom-ready resources, and practical application sessions. Participants leave with valuable knowledge and strategies to enhance their teaching of constitutional principles in diverse classroom settings. Thanks to generous support, the Center is able to offer a set of Weekend Workshops every year that cover all travel and lodging expenses for educators from rural, remote, or underserved communities. Fostering community and collaboration among peers is also a core goal of the professional learning programs. The Teacher Advisory Board is a select cohort of educators invited to serve as champions for our educational initiatives and as key advisors to the education team. The collaboration with these skilled educators helps inform the Center's efforts to better educate students on the Constitution using high-quality, nonpartisan, effective classroom materials and instruction. The Teacher Advisory Council is a professional learning community of educators who share best practices for teaching constitutional, historical, and civics topics and serve as ambassadors for the Center's educational efforts. The Center's first cohort of Constitutional Fellows piloted the Center's teacher-led Constitution 101 high school curriculum in their classrooms for the 2022-23 school year, providing critical feedback and commentary for wider implementation in classrooms around the country. The second cohort launched in 2024 has focused on informing the development of a middle school version of Constitution 101. The National Constitution Center provides additional support for educators nationwide by traveling to state and regional conferences throughout the school year. The education team has traveled across the country, attending conferences such as the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the Association of Middle Level Education (AMLE), and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), as well as regional council for the social studies programs, such as the Texas Council for the Social Studies (TXCSS), the Florida Council for the Social Studies (FCSS), and more. Sessions at these events have focused on topics such as civil dialogue, storytelling, the 14th Amendment, and the Constitution 101 curriculum. IN THE COMMUNITY

  Expenses $5,168,299 · Revenue $4,499

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,734,654 · Revenue $247,525

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

• JEFFREY ROSEN

  PRESIDENT and CEO

  Total calculated

  $973,218

  From this org

  $908,574

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $64,644

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $608,574

  Bonus

  $300,000

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $13,200

  Nontaxable benefits

  $51,444

  Filer's total

  $973,218

• VINCENT STANGO

  CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $496,573

  From this org

  $430,824

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $65,749

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $285,824

  Bonus

  $145,000

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $13,200

  Nontaxable benefits

  $52,549

  Filer's total

  $496,573

• TOBY STOCK

  CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

  Total calculated

  $253,462

  From this org

  $229,154

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $24,308

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $229,154

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $9,522

  Nontaxable benefits

  $14,786

  Filer's total

  $253,462

• CHRISTINE DONNELLY

  VP OF FINANCE

  Total calculated

  $241,322

  From this org

  $199,969

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $41,353

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $199,969

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $7,409

  Nontaxable benefits

  $33,944

  Filer's total

  $241,322

• ANN STONE

  VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

  Total calculated

  $212,653

  From this org

  $192,425

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $20,228

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $192,425

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $7,993

  Nontaxable benefits

  $12,235

  Filer's total

  $212,653

• LAUREN SYLLING

  VP OF DEVELOPMENT

  Total calculated

  $202,072

  From this org

  $193,188

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $8,884

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $193,188

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $7,874

  Nontaxable benefits

  $1,010

  Filer's total

  $202,072

• THOMAS DONNELLY

  CHIEF SCHOLAR

  Total calculated

  $194,127

  From this org

  $185,214

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $8,913

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $185,214

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $7,870

  Nontaxable benefits

  $1,043

  Filer's total

  $194,127

• Jen Kniele

  SR Director of Events

  Total calculated

  $188,021

  From this org

  $172,956

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $15,065

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $143,956

  Bonus

  $29,000

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $6,984

  Nontaxable benefits

  $8,081

  Filer's total

  $188,021

• Doug DeVos

  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Mike George

  VICE CHAIRMAN

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Dr Anita L Allen JD PhD

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Matthew W Barzun

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Miguel Mike Bezos

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Kenneth C Frazier

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Elizabeth Preate Havey

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Richard M Horowitz

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Drew Katz

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jennifer Khoury

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Hon Cheryl Ann Krause

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Paul Levy

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Hon J Michael Luttig

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• M Elizabeth Magill

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Donald McCree

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Hon Theodore A McKee

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Hank Meijer

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Dikembe Mutombo

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jan Neuharth

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jennifer Newstead

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Derrick A Roman

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• David Rubenstein

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• William R Sasso Esq

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jay Shah

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Gregg Sherrill

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• William A Slaughter Esq

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Sheldon Stone

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• L Frederick Sutherland

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Ali Velshi

  BOARD OF TRUSTEES

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

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

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

14 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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