50CAN

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.

50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now
MottoLocally led, nationally supported.
FoundedJuly 9, 2010 (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

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 seven states.[9]

Affiliate offices

50CAN currently operates policy campaigns in seven states: Minnesota (MinnCAN), Maryland (MarylandCAN), New York (NYCAN), Pennsylvania (PennCAN), Rhode Island (RI-CAN), North Carolina (CarolinaCAN) and New Jersey (JerseyCAN) and 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. "50can Inc". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. "Board". 50CAN. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. "Staff". 50CAN. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  5. "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 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  8. Ravitch, Diane (2020). Slaying Goliath.
  9. "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 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  11. mdalessio (2016-01-13). "Marc Porter Magee". U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  12. "Marc Porter Magee". Education Reimagined. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  13. "Marc Porter Magee - FutureEd". Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. Keiberleber, Mark (29 March 2016). "The 74 Exclusive: Ed Reform Groups StudentsFirst and 50CAN to Merge". The 74. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  16. Resmovitz, Joy (29 March 2016). "Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst will merge with education advocacy group 50Can". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  17. "About the Fellowship | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  18. "YouCAN Advocates | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  19. "Ed Policy 101 | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  20. "50CAN Guidebook | 50CAN". 50can.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  21. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-11. Retrieved 2015-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2013-10-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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