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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

EIN 52-6055389 SILVER SPRING, MD

Revenue 2024
$3,668,509
Expenses 2024
$3,785,594

Program services were 76.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
V20C
Classification
1200
Street
8555 16TH ST STE 500

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

FOUNDED IN 1921, NCSS ADVOCATES AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR HIGH-QUALITY SOCIAL STUDIES BY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ENSURE STUDENTS ARE EDUCATED AND INSPIRED FOR LIFELONG INQUIRY AND INFORMED CIVIC ACTION.

  • PUBLICATIONS AND MAILING -NCSS PUBLISHES FOUR PEER REVIEWED JOURNALSSOCIAL EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES AND THE YOUNG LEARNER, MIDDLE LEVEL LEARNING, AND THEORY AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATIONPROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, CURRICULUM RESOURCES, AND RESEARCH FOR EDUCATORS FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION. NCSS ALSO PARTNERS WITH THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL TO PRODUCE THE ANNUAL NOTABLE TRADE BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIST. PUBLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND DIGITAL FORMATS AND ARE WIDELY USED BY TEACHERS, LIBRARIES, AND UNIVERSITIES. IN ADDITION TO JOURNALS, NCSS PUBLISHES NEWSLETTERS AND PROFESSIONAL BOOKS TO SUPPORT EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT, ADDING FIVE NEW TITLES THIS YEAR ON TOPICS INCLUDING DATA LITERACY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Expenses $1,112,513 · Grants $19,000 · Revenue $150,085

  • MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICES -NCSS, FOUNDED IN 1921, IS THE NATION'S LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION, SERVING K12 TEACHERS, CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS, HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY, AND EDUCATION LEADERS NATIONWIDE. MEMBERS RECEIVE PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS, A DIGITAL RESOURCE LIBRARY, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND ACCESS TO NCSS COMMONS, THE ONLINE MEMBER COMMUNITY. NCSS ALSO RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE THROUGH ITS ANNUAL AWARDS AND SUPPORTS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THROUGH RHO KAPPA, THE NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES HONOR SOCIETY PROMOTING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $534,601 · Grants $38,190 · Revenue $778,890

  • CONFERENCE - THE NCSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS THE NATION'S LARGEST GATHERING OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATORS, DRAWING ABOUT 3,500 PARTICIPANTS EACH YEAR. THE EVENT FEATURES MORE THAN 500 WORKSHOPS, CLINICS, AND SESSIONS LED BY EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS, AND CIVIC LEADERS, ALONG WITH 150+ EXHIBITS. PROGRAMS ADDRESS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE ACROSS ALL SOCIAL STUDIES DISCIPLINES AND INCLUDE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS. PRE CONFERENCE CLINICS OFFER EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH KEY TOPICS.

    Expenses $1,245,801 · Grants $6,000 · Revenue $2,376,366

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.

  • ALEXANDER CUENCA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNE WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARLY DONICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHERYLANNE AMENDOLA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID KENDRICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIK OLANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEATHER NICE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER MORGAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOSEPH SCHMIDT

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KIMBERLY HUFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARC TURNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHARON THORNE-GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHEN MASYADA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRELL FLEMING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TINA ELLSWORTH

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • WESLEY HEDGEPETH

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANTON SCHULZKI

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (STAFF)

    Total calculated
    $19,615
    From this org
    $19,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • LAWRENCE PASKA THRU 103124

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $162,711
    From this org
    $154,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,106
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,605
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,840
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,266
    Filer's total
    $162,711

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,668,509
    Expenses
    $3,785,594
    Contributions
    $112,150
    Grants paid
    $63,190
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,444,385
    Expenses
    $3,275,012
    Contributions
    $375,009
    Grants paid
    $97,674
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,610,942
    Expenses
    $3,359,378
    Contributions
    $328,170
    Grants paid
    $141,311

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,244,852
    Expenses
    $2,586,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,285,282

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,454,594
    Expenses
    $2,283,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,853,857

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,512,154
    Expenses
    $3,191,134
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,672,674

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,317,652
    Expenses
    $2,933,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,081,834

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,051,207
    Expenses
    $3,200,484
    Assets (EOY)
    $841,361

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,135,419
    Expenses
    $3,467,207
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,044,988

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.