C ONSTITUTIONAL R IGHTS F OUNDATION. Educating Tomorrow s Citizens

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1 C ONSTITUTIONAL R IGHTS F OUNDATION Educating Tomorrow s Citizens A N N U A L R E P O R T

2 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION Mission Statement Constitutional Rights Foundation seeks to instill in our nation s youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country s future by investing in our youth today.

3 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION Louis P. Eatman, President In 2005, Constitutional Rights Foundation continued to advance its critical agenda to educate our nation s young people about their constitutional heritage, the rule of law, and the rights and responsibilities of effective citizenship. Simultaneously, we developed new partnerships with a variety of school, community, and government organizations and strengthened ongoing collaborations in our continuing efforts to educate tomorrow s citizens. Our Law and Government department strengthened existing partnerships with the California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles Superior Court, and the California Court of Appeals by involving lawyers and Los Angeles-area students and teachers in two new CRF programs: Courtroom to the Classroom and the Appellate Court Experience. In September, Educating for Democracy, CRF s California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, worked with its founding partners, the Center for Civic Education and the Alliance for Representative Democracy, to convene a day-long summit in Sacramento to set a statewide agenda to strengthen civic education in California. The event also marked the second year of Educating for Democracy, the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and celebrated the beginning of our work with 10 California school districts to plan and implement promising practices in civic education. Educating for Democracy also released an in-depth survey measuring the civic knowledge, skills, and commitments of 2,400 California high school seniors and is busy developing new civic-education strategies based on its research findings. 3 Todd Clark, Executive Director CRF s Youth Internship Program continued its collaborations with Los Angeles-area law firms, businesses, government offices, and non-profit organizations to place 80 qualified local students as interns in skill- and experience-building positions in the workplace. CRF s State Mock Trial Competition teamed up with school districts in 36 California counties to involve 9,000 students, 500 teachers, and 2,500 attorneys and judges. CRF s publications department released a revised Fourth Edition of its most popular publication, Criminal Justice in America and updated its premier service-learning resource, Active Citizenship Today. Our well-respected teaching periodical, Bill of Rights in Action, provided over 30,000 American educators with a variety of classroom readings and lessons in four yearly issues. The CRF web site ( attracted 2.1 million page hits in 2005, up from 1.5 million in NET WORK, CRF s service-learning resource made a successful transition from a print to an online format and our rapidly evolving youth web site, CRF Forum ( made great strides in 2005 by increasing student participation and upgrading its content, design, and accessibility. While we collaborate with other educational, non-profit, government, and business organizations locally and across the state, the nation, and in Eastern Europe, CRF continues to lead the way with a broad spectrum of its own unique and popular law and government and civic-participation programs and materials. We firmly believe that our well-established resources, enhanced by these diverse and supportive partnerships, can only strengthen our efforts to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in this democratic society.

4 WHAT IS CRF? Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to helping our nation s young people become well-informed, engaged, and active citizens and to understand their rights and responsibilities as members of our democracy. Established in 1962, CRF is guided by a dedicated board of directors drawn from the worlds of law, business, government, education, and the media. CRF s professional staff includes teachers and educators, lawyers, designers, editors and writers, and youth development specialists. Volunteers provide vital support for many CRF programs and activities and serve as adult role models for our youthful participants. To accomplish its goals and objectives, CRF applies its resources in eight areas: Mock Trial. In 1980, CRF introduced a statewide Mock Trial program to help California students learn about our judicial system. Each year, CRF develops and distributes a new Mock Trial case to participants in California counties and administers the Los Angeles County and statewide Mock Trial competitions. CRF s Mock Trial program involves over 9,000 students and 3,000 lawyer and teacher volunteers yearly. Youth Internship Program. This CRF program places qualified inner-city students in law firms, businesses, government offices, and non-profit organizations. The Youth Internship Program empowers young people to serve as school and community leaders while they gain valuable work experience. History Day. Moving far beyond names and dates, History Day students research historical issues, ideas, and people and apply what they have learned to their own research papers, displays, media productions, performances, and web pages. This year, CRF s History Day program reached 40,000 students from 35 California counties. 4

5 Teacher and Professional Development. CRF offers a wide variety of teacher-training and professional-development workshops in law and government and civic participation. This year, CRF s Teaching American History program provided 350 teachers in seven school districts with U.S. history resources from local academic institutions and scholars and introduced exciting new methods and materials to support classroom instruction. Publications. CRF s publications department released a revised and updated Fourth Edition of its most popular publication, Criminal Justice in America and updated its premier service-learning resource, Active Citizenship Today. CRF s popular quarterly curricular newsletter, Bill of Rights in Action, reached 32,000 educators while Service-Learning NET WORK, CRF s service-learning resource publication went online with an exciting new format. The CRF web site ( continued to serve its steadily expanding community with a diverse publications catalog, free online lesson plans and materials for teachers and students, access to CRF programs such as the California mock trial competition, History Day, and the Youth Internship Program, and professional development workshops and technical assistance in service learning and law-related education. Youth Leadership and Civic Participation. Youth Leadership for Action, CRF s Los Angeles-based leadership program, attracts young people who want to address community problems with positive change. Civic participation programs such as CityYouth, and ACT enable thousands of students to plan and implement projects to meet real community needs. 5

6 Youth Conferences. CRF offers a compelling series of interesting youth forums to educate young people about citizenship, government, politics, and the law. Here are just two examples of CRF youth conferences. Los Angeles Youth Forum. Twice yearly, leadership teams made up of young people and an adult sponsor convene at Los Angeles City Hall to interact with local leaders from business, government, and non-profits to explore community problems and develop project plans to address them. This year, 150 students from 20 Los Angelesarea schools participated. CRF s Summer Law Institute is a week-long immersion program offering workshops and classes on the First Amendment, capital punishment, law and social change, and how the media affects our justice system. Co-hosted by UCLA, CRF s Summer Law Institute attracts over 50 high school students annually, the majority on scholarships. Educating for Democracy: The California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools. In 2005, CRF continued to develop its exciting civic-education initiative designed to support CRF s diverse array of democracy-education programs and materials while it promotes civic education in California. Convened by CRF in collaboration with the Center for Civic Education, Educating for Democracy, the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools seeks the support of education, business, law, veteran, labor, parent, and service groups around the state to promote civic education in California. In 2005, CRF s 29 staff members were guided by a 65-member board of directors and underwritten by a $3.8 million budget which enabled CRF staff to plan and implement delivery of its new and ongoing materials and programs. 6

7 STATEMENT OF UNRESTRICTED OPERATIONAL REVENUES AND EXPENSES For the Year Ending December 31, 2005 REVENUES GRANTS Government 1,484,403 36% Private 932,253 23% CONTRIBUTIONS General Contributions 216,792 5% Events (net of expenses) 817,187 20% EXPENSES INVESTMENT INCOME/(LOSS) 244,202 6% MATERIAL SALES 141,378 4% PROGRAM FEES 260,106 6% OTHER SOURCES 3,345 0% $ 4,099, % PROGRAM SERVICES Law and Government 1,621,292 43% Civic Participation 1,272,349 34% Publications 457,387 12% FUND RAISING 145,395 4% ADMINISTRATION 267,437 7% $ 3,763, % The above has been audited. A complete audited financial statement is available upon request. 7

8 DONORS SIGNERS The Annenberg Foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York Ford Foundation PLATINUM UNDERWRITER Countrywide Financial Corporation DIAMOND UNDERWRITER Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP UNDERWRITERS The Ahmanson Foundation Amy Phillips Charitable Foundation B.C. McCabe Foundation Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Occidental Petroleum Corporation O'Melveny & Myers LLP Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP United Way, Inc. BENEFACTORS Barrett Burke Wilson Castle Daffin & Frappier L.L.P. KPMG LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Lloyd M. Smith Fund Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. DRAFTERS Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Arnold & Porter LLP Claire and William J. Bogaard Carol and Jerome L. Coben The DirecTV Group, Inc. Louis P. Eatman Joel A. Feuer and Regina A. Stagg First American Title Insurance Company Irell & Manella LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Loeb & Loeb LLP McDermott, Will & Emery LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Sempra Energy Henry Shields, Jr. and Jo Anne Peterson Sidley Austin LLP Union Bank of California Univision Communications, Inc. The Walt Disney Company FOUNDERS Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP Christensen Glaser Fink Jacobs Weil & Shapiro LLP City National Bank Deloitte Ernst & Young LLP Heller Ehrman LLP Herbalife Ltd. Jones Day Louis E. Kempinsky Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP Los Angeles Times Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP NBC Universal Northrop Grumman Corporation Ann and Thomas L. Pfister Stutman Treister & Glatt The TCW Group, Inc. 8

9 SPONSORS Avery Dennison Corporation The Bilger Foundation Buchalter Nemer Butler & Hosch, P.A. Louis L. Colen Countrywide Bank Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Countrywide/FSLD Crowe & Rogan LLP Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP Edison International Fannie Mae Foundation Freddie Mac Goodwin Procter LLP Greenberg Traurig LLP Guaranty Bank Hallman Enterprises, Inc. James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs Lynda and Dale R. Laurance LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. Lehman Brothers Scott Lichtig Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Lord Bissell & Brook LLP Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP Sondra and Christopher H. Paskach Peirson Patterson LLP Georgina and Alan I. Rothenberg John Scardino Seyfarth Shaw LLP PATRONS Lesia and Douglas B. Adler AIG United Guaranty Corporation ARCS Commercial Mortgage E. Jane Arnault Barbara M. Aronoff Robert C. Aronoff Charles G. Bakaly, Jr. Baker & Hostetler LLP Bank of America Alan G. Benjamin and Linda K. Engel James E. Berliner Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks & Lincenberg, APC Elliott Broidy Kathleen Brown Margot and Joseph A. Calabrese Meryl K. Chae Christopher A. Chapin Brian J. Chappelle Clark Consulting Virginia B. Cobey Mary and Knox M. Cologne, III Diane and John F. Cooke Steve Cooley County of Los Angeles Marshall L. Croddy Leelee Clement Doughty Lois Evans Dorothy Factor Nancy and Raymond C. Fisher Susan and Alan V. Friedman Anita and Haley J. Fromholz Goldman, Sachs & Co. Lyle E. Gramley Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman Machtinger & Kinsella LLP Steve Grossman and Jill Baldauf The Guerin Foundation Harman International Industries, Inc. Elizabeth and Thomas Hefferon The History Channel Marshall P. Horowitz and Bonnie L. Hobbs Hot Topic Laurence J. Hutt IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. Joan and G. Bradford Jones JP Morgan Chase KB Home Kirkland & Ellis LLP Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP David D. Laufer and Ellen J. Gleberman Thomas J. Weiss Michael A. Lawson and Mattie M. McFadden- Lawson LOGS - Network Jan and Lloyd C. Loomis Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 9

10 Sue and Louis M. Meisinger Milken Family Foundation Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP NBC/Telemundo Bruce Newberg Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Jane and Ronald L. Olson David L Permut Powell Goldstein LLP The Rincon Foundation The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Margaret and Keith P. Russell William A. Rutter Peggy and Harvey Saferstein Claudia and Sandor E. Samuels K. Eugene Shutler Rocco C. Siciliano Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Alan Sieroty Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Nora Slaff and Bennett Ross Edith J. Smith Social Studies School Service Michael E. Soloff and Sue Himmelrich Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. James M. Steinberg Marjorie and Mark R. Steinberg Sebastiano Sterpa Gregory P. Stone Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Katherine and Douglas A. Thompson Lois and James Thompson Susan J. Troy and Larry Zipursky Vivendi Universal Games Warner Bros. FRIENDS ACLU Foundation of Southern California Allison and Paul R. Alanis Alzheimer's Association Rand S. April Pamela and Richard Aronoff Mark Arteaga Randall M. Babbush Robert W. Bagby Dino T. Barajas Zinnia and Nestor Barrero Baute & Tidus, LLP Karin and Ronald S. Beard Hermine Beck Robert Beitcher Jennifer A. Bensch Harold D. Berkowitz Bird & Bird, A Law Corporation Karen and George F. Bird Maxwell M. Blecher Andrea and Leroy Bobbitt Rita M. Bojalian Richard H. Borow Clair and Brad D. Brian Dennis C. Brown 10 Jo Ann Burton Joseph P. Busch III John R. Cadarette, Jr. Eileen and Patrick J. Cafferty, Jr. Tonya and Michael E. Cahill California Academy of Appellate Lawyers California Geographical Society Maureen and Robert E. Carlson Roxanne and Marsden Cason Rhonda and Robert G. Castillo Gerald L. Chaleff and Patricia Benson Paula and David J. Chaskes Karla and Richard Chernick Eli I. Chernow Aaron C. Clark E. Todd Clark and Jama Laurent William D. Claster Clovis Unified School District Jeffrey H. Cohen Whitley C. Collins Conference of California Historical Societies Karen L. Corman Brian L. Davidoff Eva H. Davis Monica and Vincent J. Davitt Day, Berry & Howard LLP Penny and James H. De Meules Patty and Marvin Demoff Katrina M. Dewey Discovery Economics, Inc. Barbra and George Eatherton Lucy and David Eisenberg Jonathan M. Eisenberg Barbara J. Eliades and Scott H. Dunham John C. Englander Epstein, Turner & Song Nancy and Richard D. Esbenshade

11 Howard D. Fabrick Philip J. Fagan, Jr. Rachel Rae Finegood Alan Hyman Finkel Daniel S. Floyd John C. Fossum Jonathan L. Friedman Girardi and Keese Reva G. Goetz Stephen Goldberg and Vickie Pynchon H. Richard Gooden Susan and Kent B. Goss Yuliana and Jay R. Grant Bobbie and Robert A. Greenfield Maryanne and Kip Hagopian Pepper Hanrahan Suzanne Harris Andrea R. Hartman Heller, Broida & Eisenberg Talar M. Herculian Karen B. Hirsch Katherine S. Banyard Katherine Hogoboom William A. Holland Thomas E. Holliday Susan T. House Jeffrey R. Hudson Shirley and Seth M. Hufstedler Evelyn and Harold B. Igdaloff Janet and Stanley Imerman Elaine Irell Jacqueline and T. Warren Jackson Leonard Jacoby Jane H. Jelenko and William Norris Darci Annelle Johnson Marilyn and Robert K. Johnson Rebecca Kahn Susan D. Kaplan Patricia Kasababian Harold L. Katz Ellen and Robert L. Kehr Mylene and James D. Keipp Lisa Cobey Kelland Joseph L. Keller Sharon and Michael C. Kelley Jeffrey G. Kichaven Kings River Union Elementary School District Lisa Klopfer Roger L. Kohn Janine and Richard S. Kolodny Deborah Krakow and Michael Firestein Marlene A. Kristovich Stephen M. Kristovich John A. Kronstadt and Helen Bendix Louise A. LaMothe Douglas Lasdon Serene and Rubin M. Lazar Lehtola & Associates Johanna and Bernard Lemlech Joan L. Lesser Gail and Jeffrey A. LeVee Kathleen and Richard B. Levin Levy Family Trust Linda Lichter and Norman M. Marck Lightfoot, Vandevelde, Sadowsky, Medvene & Levine Jane and Alexander F. MacKinnon Mark K. Rabidoux Stefan Mathew Mason Sharon J. Matsumoto and Ron Rose Jane and A. Howard Matz Pauline and Roger L. Mayer Carolyn and James McGarry Edward M. Medvene Donna and Anthony L. Mellos C. Buf Meyer Patrick T. Meyers Leigh Micatrotto Henry S. Miller Michael D. Miller Vivian Monroe and Victor Kaplan Lois and William M. Morrow Morton Capital Management Janet Mulder Michael Murphy National History Day, Inc. Ana M. Navarro Dian D. Ogilvie Trischa O'Hanlon and Raymond Kepner William Lawrence Oppenheim Ann and Peter I. Ostroff Espy and Michael L. Owen Charles F. Palmer Patsy and Arnold Palmer Foundation Steven M. Perry Elizabeth and Thomas D. Phelps Susan Philips and Art Goldberg 11

12 Gerald F. Phillips William A. Plourde, Jr. Donna and Bruce Polichar Sharon and William A. Polkinghorn John B. Power Pyramid West Insurance Services, Inc. Gary S. Rattet Janet I. Ray Lois and Richard G. Reinis Republic Mortgage Insurance Company Riverside County Office of Education Rilla and Patrick G. Rogan Leontine and Sidney R. Rose Harvey Rosen Paul Rosenstiel Sue and Wallace Rosvall Lori and David Rousso Suzanne and Paul Rubenstein Nancy and Nicholas P. Saggese Eric Sawyer Arthur E. Schwimmer Carol and Marvin Sears Seniel & Dorothy Ostrow Foundation Paul W.A. Severin and Lisa Valde Judy and John F. Seymour, Jr. Ron Shabtay Jay A. Shafran Brenda R. Sharton Betty and Stanley K. Sheinbaum Brent F. Shields W. Davis Smith Sobul, Primes & Schenkel Sorensen Family Trust Suzanne L. and Marc R. Stein Robert S. Stern and Nancy Holland Sandra and Timothy I. Stone George G. Strong, Jr. Kenneth H. Taylor and Kristin L. Gamble John D. Taylor Michael E. Tennenbaum Marvin Tishler Gail Migdal Title Michael P. Trapani Catherine and Leonard Unger Christine S. Upton Charlotte and Carlton A. Varner Charles S. Vogel Avi Wacht Robert S. Warren Wasser Cooperman & Carter Frank Wells Alison Whalen and Steven A. Marenberg Evelyn and Alexander F. Wiles Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP Z Gallerie Ziegler Family Trust 12

13 INKIND GIFTS Bowne Susan Brennerman Countrywide Financial Corporation County of Los Angeles Patty Demoff Diane Haithman Hilton Hotels Corporation William Holland Ivy West Laidlaw Education Services Lawrys The Prime Rib LexisNexis Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families Los Angeles Daily Journal Los Angeles Downtown Public Library Los Angeles Police Department, Newton Division Los Angeles Times Mann s Theatres NBC Universal Public Counsel Law Center Suzanne Rubenstein Peggy Saferstein Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Stutman, Treister & Glatt United Teachers of Los Angeles University of Southern California, Joint Educational Project PUTTING STOCK IN OUR CHILDREN Constitutional Rights Foundation accepts stock donations. Making a donation of stock today will provide an ongoing gift to educate children throughout the United States. The donation of stock is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. For more information on making a gift to Constitutional Rights Foundation, please contact Jo Ann Burton at (213)

14 ENDOWMENT BUILDERS Endowments ensure the future of a non-profit organization. Since 1990, CRF has been fortunate to receive a number of endowments given by people who share the passion that our mission to educate tomorrow s citizens is crucial to a civil society. CRF acknowledges with enormous gratitude past presidents who established endowments at CRF: Jerome C. Byrne, James A. Cobey, and Alan I. Rothenberg; to past board members, Jack Stutman and Robert Rosenstiel; and to Phyllis and Robert Henigson for their continuing Life Income Gifts. We also recognize Dr. Jama Laurent and the board of directors of the Creative Kids Foundation who have established an endowment allowing CRF to place students as interns in arts organizations in Los Angeles. Finally to our champion of champions, Lloyd M. Smith, who throughout his life embodied the highest ideals of American democracy and believed in the importance that all young people be educated about their constitutional heritage. It was Lloyd who established the CRF Endowment Builders Program, ensuring that CRF s mission continue long into the future. To all of our champions and to those people who have indicated that they will remember CRF in their will or by bequest: We thank you for the generosity and trust you have given us, but most of all, on behalf of the students of tomorrow who will have opportunities to learn about and celebrate our Constitution and its Bill of Rights for generations to come. Robert and Phyllis Henigson Alan I. Rothenberg Jerome C. Byrne James A. Cobey Robert Rosenstiel Lloyd M. Smith Jack Stutman 14

15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Louis P. Eatman, President Hon. John A. Kronstadt, President-Elect Jerome L. Coben, Immediate Past President Joseph A. Calabrese, Vice President Robert S. Stern, Vice President Marvin Sears, Secretary Joseph L. Keller, Chief Financial Officer Nestor Barrero Leroy Bobbitt Katrina M. Dewey Hon. Haley J. Fromholz Sharon J. Matsumoto Louis M. Meisinger Thomas L. Pfister Hon. Marjorie S. Steinberg DIRECTORS E. Jane Arnault Robert C. Aronoff Dino T. Barajas Ronald S. Beard Alan C. Benjamin Michael E. Cahill Gerald L. Chaleff Brett R. Chapman John F. Cooke Vincent J. Davitt Dr. Philip J. Fagan, Jr. Joel A. Feuer Hon. Raymond C. Fisher Alan V. Friedman Stephen N. Goldberg Kent B. Goss Jay R. Grant Robert A. Greenfield Peter L. Haviland William A. Holland Marshall P. Horowitz Laurence J. Hutt T. Warren Jackson Jane H. Jelenko Louis E. Kempinsky Richard S. Kolodny David D. Laufer Michael A. Lawson Jeffrey A. LeVee Scott Lichtig Lloyd C. Loomis Dian D. Ogilvie Peter I. Ostroff Michael L. Owen Thomas E. Patterson Christopher H. Paskach Gregory N. Pimstone Patrick G. Rogan Alan I. Rothenberg Peggy Saferstein Paul W.A. Severin Henry Shields, Jr. K. Eugene Shutler W. Davis Smith Gregory P. Stone Douglas A. Thompson Lois D. Thompson Gail Migdal Title Carlton A. Varner Vivian Monroe Founding Director EMERITUS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bette Bardeen Hon. William J. Bogaard Robert E. Carlson Louis L. Colen Knox M. Cologne, III Hon. Terry Hatter, Jr. Robert Henigson Roderick Hills Allan K. Jonas Gene Kaplan* Hon. Christian Markey Richard Maxwell Hon. Dorothy Nelson Hon. William Norris Burt S. Pines Hon. Arleigh Woods *deceased EXECUTIVE STAFF Todd Clark Executive Director Marshall Croddy Director of Programs Jo Ann Burton Director of Development

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