Public Charity

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES, of SILVER SPRING, MD, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $3.7M in revenue, $3.8M in expenses, $1.7M in total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $173K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 526055389 SILVER SPRING, MD Social Science NTEE: V20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$3.8M
Total Assets$1.7M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$173K
Filing Years2021–2025

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.

Where $100 goes at National Council for the Social Studies

How National Council for the Social Studies divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$24 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $76 for programs

$33
Conference
43% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 500 workshops; 150 exhibits
$29
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…
38% of program spending
$14
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…
19% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 12 teachers
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alexander Cuenca
DIRECTOR Anne Walker
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (STAFF) Anton Schulzki
DIRECTOR Carly Donick
DIRECTOR Cherylanne Amendola
DIRECTOR David Kendrick

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$80,958 2 grants
Unspecified
$92,101 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $3.8M $1.7M
2024 $3.4M $3.3M $1.9M
2023 $3.6M $3.4M $1.7M
2022 $2.2M $2.6M $1.3M
2021 $2.5M $2.3M $1.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.5M to $3.7M (+49%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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