CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization
CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC (EIN 27-2083548)
Tax period
2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed
2011-07-07
IRS object ID
201101889349300610
Schema version
2010v3.2
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Activity Or Mission DescriptionConstituting America is utilizing new and innovative means in order to reach, educate and inform America's citizens and youth about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedom and rights. Constituting America is utilizing new and innovative means in order to reach, educate and inform Americas citizens and youth about the importance of the U.S. Constitution and the foundation it sets forth regarding our freedom and rights.ActivityOrMissionDescription
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DescriptionKids Scholastic Constitution Contest - Constituting Americas cornerstone initiative, the We the People 9.17 Contest, offers Americas youth an opportunity to learn about the U.S. Constitution and Americas founding principles in creative and innovative ways. Through this fun and engaging contest, students from kindergarten though college can win cash prizes by creating original drawings, poems, songs, essays, films, and public service announcements about the U.S.Constitution. More than 600 entries were received from across the nation for the 2010 contest, which was judged by a respected panel of well-known judges. In addition to receiving a visit from Constituting America founder Janine Turner, winners received a trip to Philadelphia and were featured as future leaders in the We the People 9.17 documentary. Contest winner Jacob Wood also appeared with Janine Turner on national television, performing his original song with the Little Rockers band on Fox News Huckabee show and on national radio performing his song on Nashvilles WSM radio, home of the Grand Ole Opry.Description

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DescriptionCross Country Educational/Documentary Trip - One of the most exciting elements of Consitituting Americas inaugural year was its cross-country odyssey across America to visit the winners of the We the People 9.17 contest. Over a period of 23 days, founder Janine Turner, accompanied by her daughter, the National Youth Director Juliette Turner and co-chairperson Cathy Gillespie, criss-crossed the nation, visiting the contest winners in their home towns. The journey spanned 6,200 miles and visited nine states from New York to California, and provided public awareness of Constituting America and the contest through local publicity for contest winners, that also included local recognition, in some cases, through student assemblies at the winners schools. The entire cross-country trip was filmed and later edited into a 47 minute video documentary. This fun, fast-paced video was made available to schools and educators in time for the Septmenber 17, Constitution Day, so the schools could use the film as a launching point for classroom learning and discussion of the U.S. Constitution.Description

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DescriptionAdult Academic Forum - To engage adults in a thoughtful and informative discussion on Americas founding principles, Constituting America launched the 90 in 90 Initiative, an online forum that challenged adults to join with others around the nation in reading and discussing the Constitution and the Federalist Papers over a 90 day period. In addition to gaining exposure to these core founding documents, participants had an opportunity to read essays and analysis contributed by constitutional scholars and historians, as well as by Consituting America Founder Janine Turner and Co-Chair Cathy Gillespie. Citizens were also encouraged to join the national conversation by contributing their own blog posts and comments on the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. As a result of this initiative, thousands of citizens were exposed to Americas founding documents for the very first time. Others, meanwhile, gained a deeper understanding of the countrys Founding Fathers original intent through the essays, commentaries and analysis provided by the seasoned scholars and historians.Description
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General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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Form 990-EZ VI11aThe members of the board of direcrtors will be emailed a copy of the Form 990 for their review before the form is filed.
Form 990 VI12cEach 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 conflict of interest. They are monitoring transactions to assure themselves there are no violations of the conflict of interest policy.
Form 990 VI15The 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 VI19Constituting America, Inc. maintains a public disclosure file of their Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption and three years of future filed Form 990. The 2010 Form 990 is the inital form and a copy will be placed in the public disclosure file. This file is avaible upon request.
Form 990 IXColumn C, Management and general expenses were lower than normal, because many of the adminstrative activities were voluntarily performed by Co-Chair Cathy Gillespie. She oversaw the employees, the Constitution Contest, and the We The People 917 Road Trip.

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