Constituting America Inc.

“Janine gauntt janice gauntt co-president director family relationship janine gauntt juliette turner co-president exec. Dir. Family relationship”

“The form 990 is prepared by a third party cpa. Once completed it is reviewed by the current bookkeeper, prior bookkeeper, co-president and board finance chair. Once approved, it is processed for signature and efiling. The form 990 is sent to the board members before it is filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The conflict of interest policy covers interested persons defined as any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest. It is the duty of an interested person to disclose the existence of a financial interest. He/she will be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with the governing board delegated powers condsidering the proposed transaction. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest is identified, the chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine whether the organization can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If an alternative option can be obtained, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the organization's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination it shall make a decision whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement.”

“The members of the board of directors evaluate the duties and responsibilities of the executive director. A salary survey was used to determine reasonable compensation.”

“The members of the board of directors evaluate the duties and responsibilities of the top officers. In december 2016, an independent compensation consultant was hired to determine reasonable compensation. The report was used to establish compensation. The discussion and determination was made by the independent board members and documented in writing.”

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“Constituting america, inc. Maintains a public disclosure file of their form 1023 application for recognition of exemption and three years of filed forms 990. The public disclosure copy of form 990 is available upon request.”

“Constituting america's mission is to educate students and adults about the constitution through the culture. Constituting american'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.”

“George washington speaking initiative for schools & civic organizations at no cost to the schools or civic groups, constituting america founder and co-president janine turner and other constituting america representatives including executive director juliette turner and terry cherry, immediate past president of the national council of social studies, regularly speak at schools, civic groups and senior centers, educating students and citizens in a non-partisan way about the relevancy of the united states constitution, and how to have a dialogue with each other and their community. We also inform students about the opportunity to enter our we the future contest, and win scholarship prizes, mentor trips and national exposure. In 2018, constituting america gave 90 speeches - a record number and 38% increase from 2017 - bringing our total reach through 390 speeches to over 35,000 students and adults over half of our 2018 school speeches were in title i schools. In the spring of 2018, we became an official project of the spring, tx isd, speaking to every 8th grader and 12th grader on a class by class basis, in the entire school district, during the 2018-2019 academic year. Constituting america has been able to dramatically increase our number and reach of school speeches by the use "skype- and "google hangout" to reach classrooms across the nation in a cost effective manner. During the speeches, janine or the constituting america representative leading the program, take students through an age appropriate constitution quiz. Students win prizes and are invited to enter constituting america's we the future contest. Constituting america posts 1 minute teaching clips from the school speeches, with nearly 7 million impressions of our clips on 6 social media platforms (twitter, linked in, instagram, facebook, youtube & vimeo). All students receive a pocket constitution and a packet with contest rules. Also in 2018, our national youth director, tova kaplan, introduced our new civil civic conversation program for the schools, with an appearance on dfw's fox 4 morning show, good day. We also conducted a poll and focus groups with "the polling company" to assist us in determining the best methods and practices to bring this program to the schools. We officially launched the program in early 2019.”

“Winner promotion the work performed or created by our contest winners does not lie dormant. Constituting america is the only organization that utilizes the mediums of movies, music and television for the national distribution of the kids' own winning works to inspire americans of all ages to learn about the u.s. Constitution. We submit our contest winners' public service announcements (psa)to television stations across the nation, and they are actually played on tv. As of 2018 275 television stations had played our winners' public service announcements and/or had them in rotation with a 9.4 million reach. A highlight of 2018 was dakare chatman's psa "it's an american thing," receiving 3.3 million impressions on 233 television stations. We submit our winners' films to film festivals across the nation. As of december 31, 2018, our winners' films - and our "road trip across america" documentary - directed by co-president janine turner - had been accepted into 34 film festivals, and won awards. Some of our award winners include "road trip across america" winning honorable mention at the northern virginia international film festival in 2015 and award of recognition at the best shorts film festival. In 2016, nolan hicks' psa received the (student) "award of merit " for indie film fest la jolla. In 2017 faith liu's film, we the people, won 2nd place documentary short at the desert rocks film fest. Winners of our songwriting contests are provided the ability to professionally record and submit the songs to radio stations, and they get played on the radio our song winners have recorded in the historic quonset hut recording studio in nashville, in grammy winners michael boddicker and lari white's studios and at new republic studios in austin. Our 2018 college winner, emily vanderwercken's single, "it's a shame," was the most streamed song on play mp3's list the first week of its december release. "it's a shame" was played on over 24 radio stations across the country, and more are being added daily in 2019 cumulatively, our winners' songs have been played on over 81 radio stations, with 103 million impressions. In july of 2018 our best song winners, jeff lewis and norm cady, performed their song, "land of dreams," on tbn's huckabee. Tbn is carried by more than 18,000 television and cable affiliates world wide and is available in 98% of households in the u.s. Jeff and norm's song has been viewed over 90,000 times on constituting america's youtube channel. Winning artwork by our students is utilized to create holiday cards and these cards are mailed out to national, state and local leaders. We also place the winning artwork on notecards that are sold in our store, and given away as prizes at our public speaking events.”

“Winners' mentor trips in past years, our students have traveled on all-expense paid trips to philadelphia, hollywood, nashville, new york and washington, d.c. During the mentor trips, students meet with industry leaders, professionally record their winning songs, get filmed for mini-documentaries and music videos and all dine with a constitutional scholar and attend a two-hour in-depth constitution class taught by founder & co-president janine turner and her daughter juliette turner, author of the best-selling book our constitution rocks. Some of our past mentors include vince gill, grammy winning singer/songwriter lari white, fox's bret baier, brit hume, sean hannity and monica crowley, film and television star gary sinise, film producers jonathan and deborah flora and micheal flaherty. Other highlights include vip tours of disney, universal studios, mount vernon estates, historical home of george washington, as well as dinner with constitutional scholar southwestern law school professor jorge knipprath. In 2018, winners received a trip to austin, tx to meet with mentors from the music and film industry, as well as leaders from the business community and state capitol. In addition to enjoying a private tour of the state capitol with rep. Tan parker, students, depending on their winning category and field of interest, met with mentors from the texas public policy foundation, dell computer corporation, restovis surgical, took a tour of rooster teeth studios and the american film institute, were filmed at new republic studios and/or worked with musicians moses uvere and jason richard to professionally record their songs.”

“Students' scholastic constitution contest & turner maurice gauntt, jr. Exemplary citizen award we the future 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 the culture. This fun and engaging contest awards prizes for original songs, short films, public service announcements, stem and marketing programs, speeches, poems, drawings essays, and teacher lesson plans inspired by the u.s. Constitution. We then promote the winners' works by distributing them through the national media. We are the only organization that utilizes the movies, music and television to promote the kids' own works to inspire americans of all ages to learn about the u.s. Constitution. Over 3,000 entries have been received from across the nation for the contest (2010-2018), which is judged by a respected panel of well-known judges such as country music star john rich, nashville producer joe scaife, rap star moses uvere, film producers micheal flaherty, suzanne weinert and jonathan and deborah flora,publisher chip flaherty, national council for the social studies terry cherry, texas poet laureate karla morton, best selling author ron hall, foundation for a better life's gary dixon, former white house speechwriter marc thiessen, rice university professor james denicco, texas public policy foundation thomas lindsay and president reagan's former omb director jim miller. In 2018, contest winners representing 15 states received scholarships totalling 31,540. Winners also receive national exposure and promotion (see "winner promotion" program); scholarship prizes for high school and college students (see below); mentor trips (see "mentor trip" program); and gift cards and other prizes for younger students. Turner maurice gauntt, jr. Exemplary citizen award - 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 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 in the four cornerstone areas: stellar academic record, athletic excellence, community service, student body leadership. Through 2018, five students have been awarded this scholarship prize: austin dobbs, currently attending baylor university, lexi lassiter, currently attending the university of texas at austin, parker emerich, currently attending texas a&m university and miranda chastain (2017), currently attending texas a&m university and gabe maggio (2018) currently attending villanova univ. Scholarship prizes for winners - to date, through the we the future contest and the turner maurice gauntt, jr. Exemplary citizen award, 91 middle school, high school, college and grad-sc”

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