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THE MICHIGAN CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION

EIN 38-3052907 LANSING, MI

Revenue 2024
$312,428
Expenses 2024
$326,040

Program services were 67.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
306 TOWNSEND ST

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

Mission

To promote and support the development of engaged, responsible citizens.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To promote and support the development of engaged, responsible citizens. The Michigan Center for Civic Education MCCE strengthens constitutional democracy through authentic civic education and professional learning. MCCE advances the knowledge, skills, and dispositions for teachers, students, and communities to engage in equitable and dynamic civic life.

  • 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 specific program sponsored by a research grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the Center Education and Georgetown University.

    Expenses $119,334 · Grants $175,596 · Revenue $180,176

  • MI High School Mock Trial Tournament - High schools 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 illustrations and artistry plus courtroom journalism.

    Expenses $64,314 · Revenue $62,215

  • 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.

    Expenses $34,643 · Revenue $39,560

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.

  • Ellen Zwarensteyn

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hillary Baker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Fatima Bolyea

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Barbara Gazda

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Regan Gibson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
    $312,428
    Expenses
    $326,040
    Contributions
    $262,032
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $307,632
    Expenses
    $321,791
    Contributions
    $289,232
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $340,747
    Expenses
    $307,918
    Contributions
    $323,018
    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
    $397,024
    Expenses
    $404,588
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,864

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $247,873
    Expenses
    $131,766
    Assets (EOY)
    $139,242

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $51,251
    Expenses
    $91,074
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,483

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $133,866
    Expenses
    $162,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $65,092

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $185,207
    Expenses
    $176,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,280

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $209,563
    Expenses
    $188,027
    Assets (EOY)
    $91,290

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $137,275
    Expenses
    $120,712
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,600

  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $80,584
    Expenses
    $68,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,723

  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $61,974
    Expenses
    $78,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,334

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $139,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,829

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.