CIVICS LEARNING PROJECT

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I80P

Classification

2000

Street

1300 SW 6TH AVE STE 190

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDES THE WE THE PEOPLE PROGRAM IN WHICH STUDENTS TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING TYPE SESSION, AS WELL AS MOCK TRIAL WHICH CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO ASSUME ROLES OF ATTORNEYS AND WITNESSES IN A FICTIONAL TRIAL. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE COMPETITIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT REGIONAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS WHICH BRING TOGETHER MORE THAN 1,800 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS OREGON, AS WELL AS VERSIONS THAT TEACHERS CAN DIRECTLY INTEGRATE INTO THEIR CLASSROOM CURRICULUM. OTHER EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS, A CURRICULUM FOR GRADES 5-12 IN WHICH STUDENTS IDENTIFY A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE AND DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN TO ADDRESS IT; COURTHOUSE EXPERIENCE TOURS WHERE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EACH YEAR LEARN ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WATCH THE LAW COME ALIVE THROUGH REAL CASES DURING A GUIDED TOUR OF COUNTY COURTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE; AND THE LAW DAY CONFERENCE WHICH PROVIDES WORKSHOPS ON A VARIETY OF LEGAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES CONCERNING YOUTH AND TAUGHT BY SCHOLARS, ACTIVISTS AND OTHER EXPERTS. IN ADDITION, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE ORGANIZATIONS STAFF MEMBERS HAVE PROVIDED INSTRUCTION FOR LAW STUDENTS FROM LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL, ENABLING THEM TO TEACH STREET LAW TO STUDENTS IN LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE VERY REAL WAYS IN WHICH THE LAW APPLIES TO THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. THESE STUDENT PROGRAMS BENEFIT FROM THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FROM CLOSE TO 600 ATTORNEYS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND CIVIC LEADERS FROM AROUND THE STATE.

  Expenses $261,754 · Revenue $30,721

• OUTREACH & COMMUNICATIONS CRITICAL TO SUSTAINING AND EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATIONS IMPACT ARE PROACTIVE OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS PROGRAMS AMONG TEACHERS ACROSS OREGON, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CIVICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ENTITIES TO CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP AND EVOLVE THOSE PROGRAMS TO ENSURE RELEVANCY. COMMUNICATIONS ELEMENTS INCLUDE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND CONSISTENT SCHEDULE OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TO CONVEY INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS AND UPCOMING EVENTS, AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE OF A DATABASE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND EMAIL CONTACTS. THREE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO-DATE, IN EUGENE, MEDFORD, AND BEND, AS PART OF THE OREGON CIVICS REACH INITIATIVE. THEIR FOCUS IS ON DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, DELIVERING THE FULL RANGE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS AND REACHING SCHOOLS IN AN APPROXIMATELY TWO-HOUR RADIUS, INCLUDING LOCAL COURTHOUSE EXPERIENCE TOURS, EXPANDING THE HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL AND WE THE PEOPLE COMPETITIONS STATEWIDE, INCREASING PARTICIPATION BY ALL GRADES IN CLASSROOM VERSIONS OF OUR EXPERIENTIAL CIVICS PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDING TEACHERS WITH SUPPORT INCLUDING RECRUITMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. THEY HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED EDUCATOR ADVISORY COUNCILS IN EACH REGION TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH LOCAL NEEDS. THE STAFF REACHES ADDITIONAL AUDIENCES BY PRESENTING REGULARLY AT CONFERENCES, PARTICIPATING IN WORKGROUPS, AND CO-DEVELOPING NEW CONTENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE OREGON AND NATIONAL COUNCILS FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES, AND THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH ICIVICS, THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION, THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL ASSOCIATION, AND STREET LAW, INC.

  Expenses $223,974

• TEACHER SUPPORT INCLUDES THE OREGON CIVICS CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS, HELD AT THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SALEM, DRAWING EDUCATORS FROM AROUND THE STATE OF OREGON AND PROVIDING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH WORKSHOPS ON A RANGE OF CIVICS AND LAW-RELATED TOPICS, AS WELL AS THE SUMMER INSTITUTE WHICH PROVIDES A MULTI-DAY EXPERIENCE FEATURING CONTENT, STRATEGIES, AND GRADE-LEVEL BREAKOUTS WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL EXPERTS IN CIVIC EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND SOCIAL STUDIES. CURRENT EVENTS PROVIDES A WEEKLY ONLINE RESOURCE OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, WITH CONNECTIONS TO THE CONSTITUTION, STATE ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND WE THE PEOPLE CURRICULUM. IN ADDITION, A RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS IS OFFERED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND STAFF MEMBERS SERVE AS GUEST LECTURERS IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING METHODS COURSES IN MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING (MAT) DEGREE PROGRAMS AT UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES PRIVATE CONSULTATIONS THROUGH WHICH TEACHERS CAN CONSULT WITH CIVIC EDUCATORS, ATTORNEYS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN LESSONS RANGING FROM CIVICS FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.

  Expenses $167,884

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,320,314

  Expenses

  $1,235,876

  Contributions

  $1,365,741

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,035,172

  Expenses

  $1,275,680

  Contributions

  $1,014,556

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,201,078

  Expenses

  $1,200,629

  Contributions

  $1,187,162

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,129,565

  Expenses

  $889,132

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,390,431

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,011,319

  Expenses

  $730,714

  Assets (EOY)

  $923,411

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $911,372

  Expenses

  $748,033

  Assets (EOY)

  $714,335

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $644,043

  Expenses

  $730,172

  Assets (EOY)

  $478,547

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $802,182

  Expenses

  $788,634

  Assets (EOY)

  $560,436

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $725,135

  Expenses

  $676,166

  Assets (EOY)

  $550,974

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $756,021

  Expenses

  $693,517

  Assets (EOY)

  $519,475

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $512,558

  Expenses

  $609,657

  Assets (EOY)

  $441,487

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $646,147

  Expenses

  $569,686

  Assets (EOY)

  $544,866

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $459,926

  Assets (EOY)

  $513,905

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $45,500

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $40,855

  2024 · K12 Education

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $24,540

  2022 · K12 Education

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $20,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• OREGON JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $17,250

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $15,250

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• OREGON LAW FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

• OREGON LAW FOUNDATION

  $15,000

  2024 · TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AND THE LEGAL PROCESS

• OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $12,695

  2023 · K12 Education

• AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES

  $12,500

  2024 · General support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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