EIN 47-4601462

American Promise Education Fund

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
24
Year formed
2015
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
The American Promise Education Fund educates, inspires, empowers, and unites Americans to build a strong republic and healthy democracy. Its mission is to educate, empower, and inspire Americans about the essential role of citizen-led constitutional amendments in shaping our republican democracy and how a 28th amendment to address the undue influence of money, corporations, unions and SuperPACS in our politics. The organization is run by Jeff Clements.
Total revenues
$1,245,160
2022
Total expenses
$1,726,302
2022
Total assets
$1,895,485
2022
Num. employees
24
2022

Program areas at American Promise Education Fund

American Promise Education Fund, Inc. educates, empowers, and inspires americans about the essential role of citizen-led constitutional amendments in shaping our republican democracy and how a 28th amendment to address the undue influence of money, corporations, unions and superpacs in our political process can secure the rights of individual citizens and the interests of the nation for generations to come. (see schedule o for more detail)in collaboration with American Promise, Inc., American Promise Education Fund, Inc. Focuses its civic Education programs in four areas: national citizen leadership conferences: American Promise's national citizen leadership conference (nclc), held annually in Washington, d.c., convenes more than 300 citizen leaders from all 50 states, business leaders, youth delegations, topic experts, democracy reform organizations, republican and democratic members of congress, and leaders from every major organization working on the 28th amendment. Through keynote addresses, expert panels, workshops, and networking opportunities, nclc offers attendees the chance to share knowledge, lessons, strategies and new skills to strengthen civic courage and improve collaboration.writing the 28th amendment program: American Promise's writing the 28th amendment program serves to educate on, stimulate conversations about, and vet key principles for establishing a sound constitutional foundation for democracy reform. The program brings cross-partisan citizen volunteers together with constitutional and legal experts to better explain and understand these principles. Through a series of events - such as town-hall style forums across the country and other in-person and online civic experiences - citizens learn about key principles from a variety of perspectives, the potential impacts of incorporating principles into a constitutional amendment, and then contribute their thoughts on the foundational issues that matter to them. Citizen empowerment:american Promise's empowerment programming focuses on collaborating with partner organizations and community groups in locales across the nation, to bring together citizens of all backgrounds to learn about the principles of democracy, the impact of money in politics on a range of issues, and the role of citizen-led constitutional amendments in shaping our republican democracy to the people's will. The empowerment programming provides trainings, resources, and convenings for citizen leaders to grow their civic engagement through starting or joining a local American Promise chapter or joining an American Promise national network or team. With ongoing support from American Promise staff, members of chapters and networks connect with and educate their communities and peers about the issues and the amendment solution.action center: American Promise's action center is a one-stop interactive website for citizens, media, organizations, legislators and staff for Education, resources, events, legislative developments, citizen story-telling, news, opinion pieces and more about the background and progress of the for our freedom amendment.keep the Promise campaign: at the end of 2020, the organization completed phase 1 of its 3 phase strategic plan. The organization built the foundation, including the strategy, organizational structure, leadership team, programming, and citizen participation that set the stage for rapidly building and expanding the skills and engagement of americans as the organization moved into phase 2.in 2022, the second year of phase 2, American Promise Education Fund continued to build capacity in its programs and communications departments, to replicate its chapter model, engage a growing network of business leaders, and implement initiatives designed to amplify the voices of the next generation and serve as a leader in the reform movement through partnerships, convenings and its national citizen leadership conference. Ultimately these programs translate into citizens who, with training, communication resources and connectivity to a broad reform community, can engage effectively in their democracy and have a voice in the future direction and renewal of this nation.

Who funds American Promise Education Fund

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
American Gift FundOperations$250,000
The Clements FoundationGeneral & Unrestricted$142,100
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$124,400
...and 15 more grants received

Personnel at American Promise Education Fund

NameTitleCompensation
Jeff ClementsChief Executive Officer and Board Member , American Promise and American Promise Education Fund Learn More
Randi FeinbergChief Operating Officer Learn More Staff
Mike MonettaVice President - Volunteer Advocacy and Training Learn More Staff
Brian BoyleExecutive Director
Dayshel ReidDirector of Operations
...and 16 more key personnel

Financials for American Promise Education Fund

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,244,939
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$221
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,245,160

Form 990s for American Promise Education Fund

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-08-08990View PDF
2021-122022-04-27990View PDF
2020-122021-05-21990View PDF
2019-122021-01-12990View PDF
2018-122019-08-06990View PDF
...and 2 more Form 990s

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Data update history
December 12, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from Joukowsky Family Foundation
October 2, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
October 2, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
August 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCivil rights and social justice organizationsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingNational levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donations
General information
Address
33 Bradford St
Concord, MA 01742
Metro area
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
County
Middlesex County, MA
Website URL
americanpromise.net/ 
Phone
(978) 254-6275
IRS details
EIN
47-4601462
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2015
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
R00: Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy: General
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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