2015-11-09T07:35:38-06:00 2014-12-31 541342298 Kositzka Wicks and Company 5270 Shawnee Road Suite 250 Alexandria VA 22312 990 2014-01-01 272083548 Constituting America Inc CONS 2022550101 PO Box 1988 Colleyville TX 76034 Cathy Gillespie Co-Chair 2022550101 2015-11-06 1 Shannon Blevins CPA P01312870 7036422700 2014 2016-03-07 17:11:31Z Cathy Gillespie 9382 Mt Vernon Circle Alexandria VA 22309 288568 0 X www.constitutingamerica.org X 2010 TX Constituting America's mission is to utilize the culture: film, music and TV (cont. on sched O)Constituting America's mission is to utilize the culture: film, internet, music, TV and social media to reach, educate and inform America's adults and students about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights. Constituting America is the only organization that utilizes the arts to teach citizens about the U.S. Constitution. 6 5 3 200 0 0 245584 277956 0 0 0 16 5037 -11003 250621 266969 15000 4540 0 0 124294 149240 0 0 61583 111211 111498 250505 265278 116 1691 74069 71630 9174 5044 64895 66586 X Constituting America's mission is to utilize the culture: film, internet, TV and social media to reach, educate and inform America's adults and students about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights.Constituting America's mission is to utilize the culture: film, internet, music, TV and social media to reach, educate and inform America's adults and students about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedoms and rights. Constituting America is the only organization that utilizes the arts to teach citizens about the U.S. Constitution. 0 0 61445 4540 STUDENTS' SCHOLASTIC CONSTITUTION CONTEST - Constituting America's cornerstone initiative, the We The Future Contest, offers America's students, K-College an opportunity to learn about the U.S. Constitution and our country's founding principles in creative and innovative ways. The contest is designed to influence kids through culture by encouraging students to enter this fun and engaging contest that awards prize money for original songs, short films, public service announcements, speeches, poems, drawings and essays inspired by the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, the Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr. Exemplary Citizen Award, awards a $4,540 scholarship each year to a student nominated by a teacher or school administrator exemplifying Continued on Schedule O.STUDENTS' SCHOLASTIC CONSTITUTION CONTEST - Constituting America's cornerstone initiative, the We The Future Contest, offers America's students, K-College an opportunity to learn about the U.S. Constitution and our country's founding principles in creative and innovative ways. The contest is designed to influence kids through culture by encouraging students to enter this fun and engaging contest that awards prize money for original songs, short films, public service announcements, speeches, poems, drawings and essays inspired by the U.S. Constitution. Additionally, the Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr. Exemplary Citizen Award, awards a $4,540 scholarship each year to a student nominated by a teacher or school administrator exemplifying character traits such as love of and sacrifice for country, bravery, resiliency, being of service, and a love for and respect for the study of history. Over 1,700 entries have been received from across the Nation for the contest (2010-2014), which is judged by a respected panel of well-known judges. For the past four years, winners received a trip to Philadelphia, where they performed on stage at the National Constitution Center and where they were featured as future leaders in the "We The Future" Documentary, mailed out to schools over the summer. Contest Winners have sung on national television, the Huckabee show, with Governor Mike Huckabee and his band, the Little Rockers. They have appeared on Fox & Friends and other television shows as well as hometown radio and print press. Winners are made available to Philadelphia and national press on Constitution Day, including local Philadelphia TV interviews. The summer of 2012, Winners Emily Kenner and Kori Caswell sang the National Anthem at the Annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity in Washington, DC by congressional invitation, and the fall of 2013 best middle school song winner Jessie Liz Clement performed at the Susan B. Anthony Washington, DC Gala. During the summer of 2015 the 2014 Winners travelled to Nashville (best song) to meet with Mentor Vince Gill and record in a professional studio; Washington, DC (best speech & essay) to meet with Mentors Bret Baier and Brit Hume and enjoy behind the scenes tours of educational sites, including the Washington Times and National Archives; and to Hollywood (best short film and PSA) to meet with actor Gary Sinise, tour Disney studios and meet with industry leaders. All dined with a Constitutional Scholar. In 2014 a new category was added to the We The Future Contest: The Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr. Exemplary Citizenship Award. This $4,540 scholarship is awarded annually by an esteemed panel of judges through Constituting America. This scholarship is named for Janine Turner's father, Mr. Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr. who was the inspiration in Janine Turner's founding of Constituting America. Janine's father was born on December 18, 1934 and departed this life on January 24, 2014.Janine's father taught her from an early age that we are blessed to live as citizens of the United States of America. He was a West Point graduate, and flew with the Strategic Air Command. He was one of the first to fly the revolutionary B-58 Hustler at Mach 2. Janine's father was brave, honest, and resilient. He inspired her to love her country, and be willing to make sacrifices for her. He inspired her to study history, to value lessons learned from both history and great patriots, and to be of service. Mr. Gauntt valued our country's founding principles and our founding fathers' wisdom. With his exemplary service, he honored our United States Constitution.Constituting America awards the Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr. Exemplary Citizen award every year to a graduating senior, nominated by a teacher or school administrator, whose character mirrors these values. 43139 WINNER PROMOTION - We actively promote our contest winners to the media, and to organizations looking for entertainment at their events. In 2014 Constituting America released its first-ever music CD, the "Rocking for Freedom," album which features Constituting America's best song winners from the past four years. This album is available on iTunes & e-music stores across the web, as well as sold in the Constituting America store. Constituting America also flew four of our best song winners to Dallas to perform for our Constitution Day Gala, where they received exposure in front of some of Texas' and our Nation's most influential leaders, including Texas State School Board members, state reps and a United States Senator. Continued on Schedule O.WINNER PROMOTION - We actively promote our contest winners to the media, and to organizations looking for entertainment at their events. In 2014 Constituting America released its first-ever music CD, the "Rocking for Freedom," album which features Constituting America's best song winners from the past four years. This album is available on iTunes & e-music stores across the web, as well as sold in the Constituting America store. Constituting America also flew four of our best song winners to Dallas to perform for our Constitution Day Gala, where they received exposure in front of some of Texas' and our Nation's most influential leaders, including Texas State School Board members, state reps and a United States Senator. At the gala we honored an outstanding constitutional teacher; retired military heroes and a United States Senator for his work to protect the U.S Constitution. 34280 GEORGE WASHINGTON - WE ARE ALL AMERICANS - SCHOOL & CIVIC ORGANIZATION SPEAKER'S PROGRAM - Janine Turner and Juliette Turner regularly speak at schools, civic groups and senior centers, at no cost to the groups. From 2010 - November 2015 Janine, Juliette and at times our respresentatives have spoken to over 120 schools and community groups, educating citizens about how to talk about the Constitution in a way that is relevant today, and promoting the We The Future Contest. 8246 BOOKS TO SCHOOLS PROGRAM - In the spring of 2014 Constituting America mailed and emailed 10,000 teachers across America, and promoted nationally and via social media, the opportunity to receive a classroom set of Constituting America National Youth Director, Juliette Turner's Our Constitution Rocks, for their classroom, upon submission of a written plan as to how the books would be utilized and taught from. During the month of August, 2014, Constituting America supplied 23 schools in Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Alabama with a total of 1,400 books. Schools served include schools in the border communities of Laredo, El Paso and Alton, Texas. Through this program, Constituting America discovered a music teacher in Amarillo who teaches the Constitution in all her music classes (and went on to win our Harold Simmons Excellence in Constitutional Teaching award) and has built valuable alliances and relationships with teachers dedicated to teaching the U.S. Constitution in new and innovative ways. ADULT ACADEMIC FORUM - To engage adults in a thoughtful and informative discussion on America's founding principles, Constituting America launched the "90 in 90" initiative, an online forum that challenges adults to join with others around the nation in reading and discussing founding documents over a 90 Day period. The program is augmented by a notable group of constitutional scholars from across the country who write daily essays on the day's assigned reading. In 2010 Constituting America conducted a 90 Day study of the 85 Federalist Papers and their relevancy today. In 2011, Constituting America divided the U.S. Constitution into a 90 day study, breaking it down into 90 small sections. In 2012 the 90 Day Study examined the Amendments to the Constitution and in 2013 the 90 Day Study's subject was "The Classics that Inspired the Constitution and the Challenges It Faces Today."Citizens were encouraged to join the conversation with constitutional scholars by contributing their own blog posts, and discussing the day's assignment on Facebook (35,000 fans by the end of 2011; 44,000 fans in 2012 60,269 in 2013; 65,000 in 2014), Twitter and other social media. As a result of this initiative, thousands of citizens have gained a deeper understanding of the Constitution's meaning, and its relevancy today through the essays, commentaries and analysis provided by the seasoned scholars and historians. In 2014 Constituting America worked with our web developer to design a new search engine and coding system for our four years' of founding document studies. The web developer services valued at $1,234 were donated to Constituting America. We reviewed each of our 530 essays by over 85 constitutional scholars, and coded each one with a variety of searchable, relevant codes, to enhance students' and researchers' ability to quickly access pertinent essays and original documents on specific topics and interests. Over 1,000 man hours were devoted to this project. We debuted our new search engine with a six week contest, promoted on social media, inviting citizens to answer questions about the U.S. Constitution, Federalist Papers and more, by utilizing our search engine to find the answer! 8246 147110 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 AL AK AZ AR CA CT GA HI IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI CO FL OK X The Organization 2022550101 9382 Mt Vernon Circle Alexandria VA 22309 Chris Foster Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Janice Gauntt Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Gauntt Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lindi Harvey Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Janine Gauntt Co-President/Founder 50.00 X X 104706 0 0 Cathy Gillespie Co-President/Exec Dir/ Tre 40.00 X X 0 0 0 David Chayer Executive Director 40.00 X 10913 0 0 115619 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 70569 207387 277956 16 16 10596 70569 21599 -11003 -11003 266969 0 0 -10987 X 4540 4540 115537 69213 19591 26733 23001 17376 3500 2125 10702 6689 1784 2229 288 288 13388 13388 59644 22483 13005 24156 1165 1165 1670 1634 36 1562 1562 Mailing 8137 8020 117 Books 7688 7688 Production and editing 4900 4900 Communications 3910 955 2955 9146 3612 2149 3385 265278 147110 56585 61583 70261 68439 250 1195 7814 5818 3558 1996 74069 71630 9174 5044 9174 5044 X 54895 66586 10000 0 64895 66586 74069 71630 1691 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 198083 286643 232320 243890 288552 1249488 198083 286643 232320 243890 288552 1249488 423312 826176 1694 1694 1251182 27943 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 7814 5818 1996 1996 X 307553 40584 40584 266969 0 266969 305862 40584 40584 265278 0 265278 Part X, Line 2: The following was disclosed related to uncertain tax positions in the financial statements. Constituting America, Inc. is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code and is classified as an organization other than a private foundation under 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Organization adopted the provisions in FASB ASC 740-10. Dallas Event 81165 70569 10596 5500 14600 1500 81165 70569 10596 5500 14600 1500 21600 -11004 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Janine Gauntt and Janice Gauntt have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 The members of the board of directors are emailed a copy of the Form 990 for their review before the form is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Each member of the board of directors informs other members of their business interest at the beginning of each year. The Co-Chairpersons have been trained in the importance of and procedures related to avoiding conflicts of interest. They are monitoring transactions to assure themselves there are no violations of the conflict of interest policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The members of the board of directors evaluate the duties and responsibilities of the top officers. The board of directors have considered comparable compensation as if they were in another business. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Constituting America, Inc mainatins a public disclosure file of their Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption and three years of filed Form 990. The public disclosure copy of Form 990 is available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Consulting: Program service expenses 22,483. Management and general expenses 13,005. Fundraising expenses 24,156. Total expenses 59,644. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: There were no changes from the prior year.