2020-11-02T10:58:39-06:00 2019-12-31 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2019-01-01 311669930 National Council for Community & Education Partnerships NATI 2025301135 1331 H Street NW No 900 Washington DC 200054739 Alexander Chough Interim President & CEO 2025301135 2020-10-30 1 Lori A Collingsworth P00639819 7038930300 2020-10-30 174.70.27.74 2020-11-02 11:55:14 ES P DD3BD8FAA7E619236B258E939CC8F9AD6F7FDC38 DD3BD8FAA7E619236B258E939CC8F9AD6F7FDC38 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Alexander Chough 1331 H Street NW No 900 Washington DC 200054739 7338636 0 X http://www.edpartnerships.org/ X 1999 DC To increase access to higher education for economically disadvantaged students. 10 10 13 5 0 0 360702 326046 4460527 5431873 19220 40031 42487 146024 4882936 5943974 2000 10673 0 0 2056744 1880683 0 0 82079 2475254 3026070 4533998 4917426 348938 1026548 3617648 4603752 1278324 1168459 2339324 3435293 X The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization working to increase access to higher education for low-income students. See Schedule O for continuation. 0 0 2754034 2000 4002978 Conference and Training Programs: For nearly 20 years, NCCEP has been convening the GEAR UP community to share best practices, create ongoing relationships, and refine educational strategies.Each year NCCEP sponsors technical assistance and capacity-building workshops, regional and national conferences, small-group learning community meetings, parental engagement programs, and advocacy workshops aimed at improving education outcomes and increasing the impact of community/education partnerships. See Schedule O for continuation. 1383141 8673 1325945 Technical Assistance Programs: NCCEP is continually seeking new and innovative ways to assist GEAR UP programs in the improvement of their work with students, families, and staff. In addition to creating tools, NCCEP seeks to build strategic partnerships to provide resources and programs.See Schedule O for continuation. 264270 Public Policy: NCCEP serves as GEAR UP's voice in Washington, DC through its public policy and advocacy work. Our public policy team works closely with the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, Congress, and education associations, to promote academic achievement and access to and success in higher education for low-income students. NCCEP works to build relationships with key policy makers and legislators to educate them on the importance of expanding and enhancing college access programs nationally. 4401445 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 0 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Meaza Gebremeskel Controller 2025301135 1331 H Street NW No 900 Washington DC 200054739 Aaron Thompson PhD Chair 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Christina R Milano Treasurer 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Brady Gill Secretary 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott A Giles PhD Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Harrison Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Martha A Cantu Ed D Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Sean P Jack Buckley Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Juan A Sepulveda Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Robert E Dias Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Wendy M Stack Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Ranjit Sidhu President & CEO 35.00 X 363605 0 24823 Alex Chough Interim President & CEO 35.00 X 192904 0 12487 Betty Paugh VP of Programs 35.00 X 164500 0 10418 Chrissy Tillery VP of Research & Evaluation 35.00 X 135688 0 13081 April Bell Director of Constituent Relations 35.00 X 121233 0 14303 Meaza Gebremeskel Controller 35.00 X 116850 0 15875 Susan Shimko Director of Conferences 35.00 X 113193 0 17292 1207973 0 108279 7 0 1 0 Learning Forward 504 South Locust Street Oxford OH 45056 Consulting 101000 1 326046 326046 Conferences & Training 611710 3760525 3657575 102950 Technical Assistance Programs 611710 1325285 1325285 Memberships 900099 345403 345403 Educational Materials 611710 660 660 5431873 31682 31682 1403011 1394662 8349 8349 8349 CC Rewards/Rebates/Refunds 900099 146024 146024 146024 5943974 5328923 0 289005 X 8673 8673 2000 2000 593819 494504 82811 16504 1052569 876530 146786 29253 62111 51723 8662 1726 61889 51538 8631 1720 110295 91848 15381 3066 14800 14800 8630 8630 613960 543344 52746 17870 176605 158710 12813 5082 48384 47337 938 109 172069 139160 28343 4566 148974 114819 32296 1859 1793158 1791502 1530 126 872 872 15312 9372 5878 62 33306 20385 12785 136 4917426 4401445 433902 82079 335725 365222 2117730 2804513 179090 199923 43335 47179 458916 380138 83029 78778 833671 1083069 25068 25068 3617648 4603752 146165 121823 2000 4000 1050192 894268 17711 13939 62256 134429 1278324 1168459 X 1879542 3094879 459782 340414 2339324 3435293 3617648 4603752 1026548 69421 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 161104 190703 669014 360702 326046 1707569 3187923 3962268 4135402 4359527 5328923 20974043 103822 99789 138895 143487 248974 734967 3452849 4252760 4943311 4863716 5903943 23416579 0 153718 97702 91172 133422 162104 638118 153718 97702 91172 133422 162104 638118 22778461 11268 12650 19762 19400 31682 94762 11268 12650 19762 19400 31682 94762 3464117 4265410 4963073 4883116 5935625 23511341 0.96880 0.97180 0.00400 0.00390 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 46030 80341 126371 4782425 4908796 395440 98860 0 0 335953 378976 354315 395440 1464684 2197026 67998 119189 126821 126371 440379 83988 94744 88579 98860 366171 549257 61198 49392 44774 46030 201394 66026 48678 17348 392890 331460 61430 78778 Deferred Rent 134429 134429 X 6004765 69421 69421 5935344 8630 8630 5943974 4908796 0 4908796 8630 8630 4917426 Part X, Line 2: Management evaluated NCCEP's tax positions and concluded that NCCEP's financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions. X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ranjit Sidhu President & CEO 340000 0 12000 0 11605 0 16800 0 8023 0 388428 0 0 0 Alex Chough Interim President & CEO 187904 0 5000 0 0 0 11274 0 1213 0 205391 0 0 0 Betty Paugh VP of Programs 154500 0 10000 0 0 0 9270 0 1148 0 174918 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 1 - Organization's mission (continued) Confident that education paves the way to social equity, NCCEP advances college access through advocacy, training, and research. To fulfill this mission, NCCEP establishes community-education partnerships, strengthens research-based college access programs, and develops tools and resources to provide educational opportunities for all students. One of NCCEP's primary functions is to serve as an intermediary organization for public agencies, private and corporate foundations, and their grantees. Most significant of these efforts is the federally funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative for which NCCEP serves as the national association. NCCEP works to elevate and encourage replication of GEAR UP's best practices and facilitates opportunities for GEAR UP programs and professional improvement to increase student success, high school graduation rates, and postsecondary enrollment and success. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a - Conferences and Training Programs (continued) These are designed for college access professionals to share lessons learned, effective educational strategies, best practices, and exemplary models for replication nationwide, as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues. During the NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference, a professional development conference targeting all GEAR UP personnel multiple keynote and workshop sessions are offered. During the event, NCCEP also holds both the Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) and the Parent Leadership Institute (PLI). The YLS is a youth leadership program that implements a student-focused curriculum, blending leadership development with life skills and strategies for increased learning. Offered during the NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference each July, GEAR UP students who participate in the YLS have the opportunity to experience a professional conference while interacting and learning with other students from around the country. Most importantly, students develop critical leadership skills that enable them to better the education and career continuum as well as serve as change agents in their communities and schools. The goal of the Parent Leadership Institute (PLI) is to cultivate a group of parents and family leaders with a greater capacity to promote positive change in their children, school, and community, and to move forward an agenda that centers on making college possible for all students. The PLI includes a variety of skill building and networking opportunities for parents and family leaders involved with state or local GEAR UP partnerships. NCCEP also hosts annually a Capacity Building Workshop for GEAR UP professionals. The CBW is a training workshop that is focused on enhancing programming and impact, research and data use, and mobilization and storytelling activities. Form 990, Part III, Line 4b - Technical Assistance Programs (continued) Most recently, NCCEP partnered with numerous communities and partners to implement the following programs: Research and Evaluation Programming and Services GEAR UP College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium The College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium (CCREC) is a collaboration of multiple GEAR UP partnership and state grantees in which NCCEP serves as the managing director. The purpose of the Consortium is to foster collaboration among its members; improve programming through research and data use; demonstrate the impact of GEAR UP across local, state, and national levels of implementation; and build a culture of evidenced-based assessment and decision-making. Evaluation Consulting Services In 2019 NCCEP provided Evaluation Consulting Services to various organizations. The services range dependent on local needs and include: Consultation on the federal reporting process including the annual performance and final performance reports. Consultation on logic models, evidence-based strategies, and evaluation practices for future grants. Assisting with bridging best practices of the College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium (CCREC). Consultation on data collection and tracking, formative and summative evaluation, and research design. Assisting with the integration of postsecondary enrollment data tracking and migration to a more robust data system. Providing trainings to GEAR UP personnel on program evaluation, common service definitions, data organization, data management, and data tracking systems implementation; use of unique identifiers to link data; and developed site specific strategies for preparing data for analyses and reporting; training personnel on the importance of GEAR UP evaluation and strategies that can be embraced to promote success and sustainability in the school district and community. Serving as an external evaluator for non-GEAR UP programs. Leadership Development and Programming Services Community/State Based Professional Development NCCEP convenes community and state-based educators locally in professional development activities. Working with local GEAR UP programming, NCCEP assists in the design, organization, and delivery of strategic and content specific workshops that are aimed at improving program delivery and student impact. District Leadership Institute The District Leadership Institute (DLI) is an innovative program for the GEAR UP community to maximize the talent and leadership serving in GEAR UP schools and deepen connections between GEAR UP and school and district leaders to facilitate the best possible outcomes and support for students. The 2018-19 DLI included 30 district leaders that received five full days of professional development (starting with two-days of training at the Annual Conference), plus additional coaching and peer-to-peer support throughout the year. DLI helps facilitate a close working relationship between school and district leaders, GEAR UP directors, and their staff. Career & College Clubs Career & College Clubs is an academic enrichment program that uses peer-to-peer learning to prepare students for success. The program curriculum is based on 7 - 12 grade career and college readiness standards developed by NCCEP. Informed by the ACT Holistic Framework , each grade level contains sequenced lessons and activities in five, research-supported domains: college and career preparation and readiness, academic preparation, leadership development, social and emotional learning, and professional etiquette. College and Career Readiness Professional Learning System (CCRPLS) Over the course of 2018-2019, NCCEP laid the foundation for the College and Career Readiness Professional Learning System (CCRPLS) that targets the needs of professionals who work for programs funded by GEAR UP. The CCRPLS was designed trough an advisory committee, job analysis, and targeted curriculum development. Nearly 100 hours of content were developed in 2019 with a projected launch date of February 2020. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The 990 is reviewed by the President & CEO. The 990 and the required schedules are distributed to each of the NCCEP's directors for their review before the returns are filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All officers, directors, and key employees are required to complete and sign a conflict of interest disclosure form annually. The directors must recuse themselves from voting on any issue where there may be a conflict. The Board secretary monitors any apparent conflicts. This policy is part of the employee handbook. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Board of Directors completes a biennial salary survey using outside consultants and/or resources to ensure that executive compensation is commensurate and reasonable. The President & CEO then evaluates the salaries of all the staff in relation to their accomplishments and their annual performance. The President & CEO considers salary ranges for each position using job responsibilities and market criteria to determine an individual's compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 NCCEP maintains copies of the organization's tax and not-for-profit information in its offices and is prepared to make this information available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 NCCEP maintains copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements at its offices in the District of Columbia which it will make available to the public upon proper notice and a reasonable request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Consultants & other professional fees: Program service expenses 543,344. Management and general expenses 52,746. Fundraising expenses 17,870. Total expenses 613,960. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: NCCEP's Finance Committee is responsible for oversight of the audit, including selection of the independent accountant. The process is consistent with prior years.