Nonprofit · EIN 34-1651020
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC
Tax-exempt · CLEVELAND, OH 44118
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $3,046,122 | $3,114,315 | -$68,193 | $710,812 | $270,365 | $440,447 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,806,465 | $2,745,139 | $61,326 | $1,085,435 | $576,795 | $508,640 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,936,497 | $1,901,541 | $34,956 | $560,172 | $111,184 | $448,988 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,792,625
- of which government grants
- $2,762,643
- Program service revenue
- $239,418
- Investment income
- $59
- Other revenue
- $14,020
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $722,518
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $123,181
- Other salaries and wages
- $483,465
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $725,263
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $15,065
- Accounting fees
- $93,288
- Travel
- $1,052,142
- Depreciation
- $10,887
- Program services (functional)
- $2,776,721
- Management and general (functional)
- $291,623
- Fundraising (functional)
- $45,971
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,085,435
- Total assets, end of year
- $710,812
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $270,365
- Net assets, end of year
- $440,447
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $27,743
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $432,194
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $8,253
- Gross receipts
- $3,046,122
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 22
- Year formed
- 1990
- State of legal domicile
- DE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JESSICA ELLISON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $113,336 | $3,166 |
| KEVIN KRAHENBUHL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CASSANELLO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TONY DISARIO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES ERRICO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACY GARRISON-FEINBERG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH GRANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDA LIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY MINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY NICHOLAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA L REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTY BRUGAR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC HARP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
7 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEFANIE WAGER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| EMILY WEGNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ALANA MURRAY | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| CHRIS BUNIN | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MIA NAGAWIECKI | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JASON BUTLER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| SARAH JENCKS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JESSICA ELLISON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $95,000 | $12,330 |
| JASON BUTLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CASSANELLO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TONY DISARIO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES ERRICO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACY GARRISON-FEINBURG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH GRANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH JENCKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDA LIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY MINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALANA MURRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WHITNEY OLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA L REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY NICHOLAS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS BUNIN | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MIA NAGAWIECKI | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN KRAHENBUHL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| WENDY REX-ATZET | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JESSICA ELLISON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $97,514 | $9,977 |
| JASON BUTLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT CASSANELLO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TONY DISARIO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLES ERRICO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TRACY GARRISON-FEINBURG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH GRANT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH JENCKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDA LIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LUIS MARTINEZ-FERNANDEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY MINK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ALANA MURRAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| WHITNEY OLSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA L REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY NICHOLAS | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRIS BUNIN | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MIA NAGAWIECKI | VICE-CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN KRAHENBUHL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| WENDY REX-ATZET | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 13940 CEDAR RD 393, CLEVELAND, OH 44118-3204
- In care of
- % JESSICA A ELLISON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ALANA MURRAY, 13940 CEDAR ROAD 393, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OH 44118
- Signed the 990
- JESSICA ELLISON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (240) 888-4105
- Website
- WWW.NCHETEACH.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CALVETTI FERGUSON
Mission
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION IS A NONPROFIT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT ELEVATES THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HISTORY THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND ADVOCACY.
Program accomplishments
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION (NCHE) CHAMPIONS HISTORY EDUCATION AND UPLIFTS HISTORY EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS. AS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, NCHE ELEVATES THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HISTORY THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND ADVOCACY. SINCE 2019, NCHE HAS BEEN AWARDED FIVE GRANTS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS ACADEMIES) TO SUPPORT TEACHERS IN FLORIDA, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, AND KANSAS. NCHE HAS ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANTS, WHICH ARE OPEN TO TEACHER PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES PROGRAM, IN 2025 NCHE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE TPS'S SIX REGIONAL PROGRAMS; THIS GRANT ALLOWS NCHE TO SUBGRANT FUNDS TO EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN FIVE GREAT PLAINS STATES (MONTANA, WYOMING, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND OKLAHOMA). NCHE CONTINUES TO SERVE TEACHERS FROM PRIOR TPS GRANTS, INCLUDING TEACHERS IN RURAL MAINE.Expenses $2,513,474 · grants $722,518 · revenue $138,862
- NCHE FOSTERS COMMUNITY AND CONNECTEDNESS AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH CONVENES MORE THAN 500 TEACHERS, SCHOLARS, PUBLIC HISTORIANS, EDUCATION PROFESSORS, AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN HISTORY EDUCATION SPACES. AT THE CONFERENCE, TEACHERS LEARN FROM EACH OTHER IN BREAKOUT SESSIONS, EXHIBITORS CONNECT WITH TEACHERS IN A VIBRANT EXHIBIT HALL, AND KEYNOTES ENGAGE ATTENDEES IN DISCUSSIONS OF HISTORICAL TOPICS AND FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF THE PAST. THE CONFERENCE'S HOST CITY VARIES ANNUALLY, ENABLING NCHE TO DRAW UPON AND HIGHLIGHT THE RICH LOCAL HISTORY IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN 2025, THE CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.Expenses $217,264 · revenue $62,249
- AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT STRIVES TO SUPPORT HISTORY EDUCATORS AT ALL LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION, NCHE PROVIDES A VARIETY OF RESOURCES. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS RECEIVE OUR DIGITAL NEWSLETTER, HISTORY MATTERS!, 10 TIMES A YEAR. MEMBERS ALSO RECEIVE ACCESS TO THE TIME TRAVELERS NETWORK, DISCOUNTS ON EVENT REGISTRATION, THE NCHE CAREER CENTER, AND THE MEMBERS ONLY SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. NCHE ALSO OFFERS FREE WEBINARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH ARE OPEN TO ANYONE. THE HISTORY'S HABITS OF MIND, PART OF NCHE'S FOUNDATIONAL FRAMEWORK, IS A GROWING RESOURCE ON OUR WEBSITE. THE FRIDAY LIVESTREAM WITH DR. JOANNE FREEMAN FROM YALE (HISTORY MATTERS ... AND SO DOES COFFEE!), CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF 2025.Expenses $45,983 · revenue $38,307
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 34-1651020
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1990
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B64Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $710,812
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,046,122
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $3,046,122 | $3,114,315 | $710,812 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,806,465 | $2,745,139 | $1,085,435 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,936,497 | $1,901,541 | $560,172 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,487,549 | $1,482,865 | $720,081 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 34-1651020).
Questions about NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC
- What is the EIN of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC is 34-1651020.
- Is NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1990.
- Are donations to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ALANA MURRAY.
- Who are the officers and directors of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 22 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $113,336 (JESSICA ELLISON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HISTORY EDUCATION INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,046,122, expenses of $3,114,315 and total assets of $710,812 at year end.
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