National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center
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Mission
The National Constitution Center located on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall brings together people of all ages and perspectives, across America and around the world, to learn about, debate, and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom in history, the U.S. Constitution. A private, nonprofit organization, the National Constitution Center serves as America’s leading platform for constitutional education and debate, increasing awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
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A NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION - THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER IS A NONPARTISAN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO TEACHING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. IT SERVES AS AMERICA'S LEADING PLATFORM FOR CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION AND DEBATE, FULFILLING ITS CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER "TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTITUTION AMONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE." (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) LOCATED ON PHILADELPHIA'S HISTORIC INDEPENDENCE MALL, JUST STEPS FROM WHERE THE CONSTITUTION WAS DRAFTED AND SIGNED, THE CENTER BRINGS THE CONSTITUTION TO LIFE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS EACH YEAR THROUGH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, RARE DOCUMENTS, PRICELESS ARTIFACTS, MOVING THEATER PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE CENTER'S ONLINE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION, THE CENTERPIECE OF ITS EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS, UNITES SCHOLARS FROM ACROSS THE LEGAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SPECTRUM TO EXPLORE AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT ON THE HISTORY, TEXT, AND MEANING OF NEARLY EVERY PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION. WITH EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS, CONSTITUTIONAL LESSON PLANS, AND THE NEW CLASSROOM EXCHANGES PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS CLASSROOMS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CONNECT FOR REAL-TIME CIVIL DIALOGUE, THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY TEACHERS BRING THE CONSTITUTION INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND HAS MADE THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER'S WEBSITE THE FIFTH MOST VISITED MUSEUM WEBSITE IN THE WORLD. AS A FORUM FOR DEBATE, THE CENTER BRINGS TOGETHER RENOWNED HISTORIANS, LEADING SCHOLARS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND JOURNALISTS TO DISCUSS THE CONSTITUTION ON ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS, INCLUDING THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION. IT HOSTS THOUGHT LEADERS FOR LIVE EVENTS IN PHILADELPHIA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THROUGH VIDEO, BLOG POSTS, AND ITS WEEKLY PODCASTS, THE CENTER PROVIDES BALANCED DEBATE ON TIMELY CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES.THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER IS A 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF RENOWN CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR JEFFREY ROSEN. SUPPORT FROM GENEROUS INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS MAKE POSSIBLE THE CENTER'S EFFORTS TO INCREASE CIVIC EDUCATION AND IMPROVE CIVIL DIALOGUE.MUSEUM OF WE THE PEOPLE - THROUGH INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS, RARE DOCUMENTS, PRICELESS ARTIFACTS, AND MOVING THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD VISIT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF "WE THE PEOPLE, AND BE MOVED BY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. THE STORY OF WE THE PEOPLE, THE CENTER'S MAIN EXHIBIT, IS AN IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, FILLED WITH HANDS-ON, MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, PHOTOS, AND FILM HELP VISITORS BUILD AN UNDERSTANDING OF AMERICA'S PAST AND SEE HOW THE CONSTITUTION SHAPES THE PRESENT. IN THE ICONIC SIGNERS' HALL, VISITORS STEP INTO THE FINAL DAY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND SIGN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ALONGSIDE 42 LIFE-SIZE, BRONZE STATUES OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS. IN RARE DOCUMENT GALLERIES WHICH OPENED IN 2014 AND 2017, VISITORS CAN EXPLORE UP CLOSE THE RAREST AND MOST INSPIRING DOCUMENTS FROM OUR NATION'S FOUNDING, SUCH AS THE VERY FIRST DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION, HANDWRITTEN BY CONVENTION DELEGATE JAMES WILSON, AND ONE OF THE 12 SURVIVING COPIES OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS.THROUGH LIVE THEATER, VISITORS FIND GREATER CONNECTION TO THE CONTENT. FREEDOM RISING, A 17-MINUTE STATE-OF-THE-ART MULTIMEDIA LIVE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IMMERSES VISITORS IN THE POWERFUL STORY OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE AMERICAN QUEST FOR FREEDOM, WHILE LIVING NEWS BRINGS TO LIFE THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN THE HEADLINES, VISITORS FIND GREATER CONNECTION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONTENT.IN MAY 2019, THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER OPENED A NEW PERMANENT EXHIBIT, CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION: THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY. THIS EXHIBIT IS THE FIRST IN AMERICA DEVOTED TO EXPLORING HOW CONSTITUTIONAL CLASHES OVER SLAVERY SET THE STAGE FOR THE CIVIL WAR, AND HOW THE NATION TRANSFORMED THE CONSTITUTION AFTER THE WAR TO MORE FULLY EMBRACE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE'S PROMISE OF LIBERTY AND EQUALITY. THROUGH REMARKABLE ARTIFACTS AND RARE DOCUMENTS FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE CIVIL WAR COLLECTIONS IN AMERICA-THE CIVIL WAR MUSEUM OF PHILADELPHIA-AND OTHER PARTNERS, THE 3,000 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBIT BRINGS TO LIFE THE STORIES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HARRIET TUBMAN, AND OTHER FIGURES CENTRAL TO THE CONFLICT OVER SLAVERY. THE EXHIBIT ALSO FEATURES THE INSPIRING STORIES OF LESSER-KNOWN INDIVIDUALS TO HELP SHED LIGHT ON THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE UNDER SLAVERY, THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY DURING RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH MANY CALL THE NATION'S "SECOND FOUNDING." IN DOING SO, VISITORS LEARN THE HISTORY OF THREE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ADDED BETWEEN 1865 AND 1870, WHICH ENDED SLAVERY, REQUIRED STATES TO RESPECT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, PROMISED EQUAL PROTECTION TO ALL PEOPLE, AND EXPANDED THE RIGHT TO VOTE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW EXHIBIT, THE CENTER DEVELOPED FOURTEEN, A MOVING THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA AND THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. THROUGH DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION OF ORIGINAL TEXTS, SUCH AS FREDERICK DOUGLASS'S OPEN LETTER "TO MY OLD MASTER," THE 35-MINUTE PERFORMANCE BRINGS TO LIFE THE LEADERS, INFLUENTIAL FIGURES, AND EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO WERE CENTRAL TO THE ERA. AND THROUGHOUT SELECT DATES IN 2019, VISITORS TO CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION HAVE ENCOUNTERED A ONE-ACTOR PERFORMANCE IN THE 14TH AMENDMENT SECTION OF THE EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER, A KEY AFRICAN AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST AND SUFFRAGIST FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA. IN ADDITION TO THE CORE EXPERIENCE, THE CENTER HAS PRESENTED ORIGINAL FEATURE EXHIBITS, COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATIONS, AND TRAVELING PROJECTS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS, ATTRACTING VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. LARGE-SCALE ORIGINAL EXHIBITS HAVE INCLUDED HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE (2009, 2016), SPEAKING OUT FOR EQUALITY: THE CONSTITUTION, GAY RIGHTS, AND THE SUPREME COURT (2015), AND AMERICAN SPIRITS: THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION (2012, 2017). RECENT SMALLER EXHIBITS HAVE INCLUDED HAMILTON: THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLASHES THAT SHAPED A NATION (2018-2019), AND JOHN MARSHALL: PATRIOT, STATESMAN, CHIEF JUSTICE (2017). THE CENTER HAS ALSO HOSTED RENTAL EXHIBITS PRODUCED BY WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTIONS.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “We serve as america's leading platform for constitutional education and debate, fulfilling our congressional charter "to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a non-partisan basis."”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “Illuminate constitutional ideals and inspire acts of citizenship.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is PA, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as 525 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 191061514.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 155 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $3,229,087.
- The organization has 24 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1986.
- The organization pays $7,451,475 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,287,265 in fundraising expenses.
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