50CAN

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50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now
50CAN Logo-RGB.jpg
FoundedJuly 9, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-07-09)[1]
FounderMarc Porter Magee
Type501(c)(3)[2]
27-3069592[2]
Legal statusNonprofit organization
FocusEducation advocacy
Location
Board Chair
Michael Phillips[3]
Chief Executive Officer
Marc Portor McGee[4]
President
Vallay Varro[4]
Subsidiaries50CAN Action Fund (501(c)(4))[5]
Revenue (2017)
$7,402,840[5]
Expenses (2017)$9,046,737[5]
Employees (2017)
71[5]
Volunteers (2017)
7[5]
Websitewww.50can.org

50CAN (The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now) is a nonprofit education advocacy group founded in January 2011 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States[6] According to its website, 50CAN's mission is to advocate for a high-quality education for all kids, regardless of their address.[7] The organization aims to find, connect and support local leaders in states across the country to help them improve educational policies in their communities.

History[]

50CAN grew out of ConnCAN (founded in 2005)[8] and was incubated inside the Connecticut nonprofit in 2010[9] before being formally spun off as an independent organization in 2011.[10] Marc Porter Magee left his role as ConnCAN chief operating officer[11] to establish 50CAN. He become 50CAN's first president, later becoming the organization's chief executive officer.[12][13] 50CAN employs 71 people,[5] and it runs education campaigns in nine states.[9]

Affiliate offices[]

50CAN currently operates policy campaigns in nine states: North Carolina (CarolinaCAN), New Jersey (JerseyCAN), Georiga (GeorgiaCAN), Connecticut (ConnCAN), New Mexico (NewMexicoKidsCAN), Delaware, (DelawareCAN), Hawaii (HawaiiKidsCAN), Colorado (Transform Education Now), and Tennessee (TennesseeCAN). It has run fellowships in Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Oakland, San Francisco, Virginia, and Wisconsin.[14] In 2016, it announced it would grow to additional states by merging with StudentsFirst, the group founded by Michelle Rhee, and that former StudentsFirst chapters would retain their branding within their states.[15][16]

Trainings[]

50CAN offers several programs to engage local leaders in the education advocacy movement, including the Education Advocacy Fellowship,[17] YouCAN,[18] Education Policy 101[19] and Education Advocacy Essentials.

In the fall of 2015, 50CAN published The 50CAN Guide to Building Advocacy Campaigns: 2nd Edition on iBooks and Kindle.[20]

Campaigns[]

To date, 50CAN has run 74 advocacy campaigns across seven states and achieved 47 policy victories for public school children and their families.[21]

50CAN counts among its policy achievements a large-scale expansion of preschool in Minnesota, an historic $282 million increase in teacher salaries in North Carolina, the opening of Achievement First public charter schools in Rhode Island and overhauling the teacher tenure system in New York.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ "50CAN, Inc." Business Inquiry. Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "50can Inc". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Board". 50CAN. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Staff". 50CAN. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". 50CAN Inc. Internal Revenue Service. December 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Ravitch, Diane (2020). Slaying Goliath.
  9. ^ a b "New Education Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. States: National Snapshot and a Case Study of Advance Illinois" (PDF).
  10. ^ "History | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  11. ^ mdalessio (January 13, 2016). "Marc Porter Magee". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  12. ^ "Marc Porter Magee". Education Reimagined. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "Marc Porter Magee - FutureEd". Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ Keiberleber, Mark (March 29, 2016). "The 74 Exclusive: Ed Reform Groups StudentsFirst and 50CAN to Merge". The 74. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  16. ^ Resmovitz, Joy (March 29, 2016). "Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst will merge with education advocacy group 50Can". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  17. ^ "About the Fellowship | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  18. ^ "YouCAN Advocates | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  19. ^ "Ed Policy 101 | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  20. ^ "50CAN Guidebook | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  21. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 15, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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