National Coalition Against Censorship
National Coalition Against Censorship
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About this organization
Mission
NCAC's mission is to promote freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and oppose censorship in all its forms. An alliance of 56 national non-profits, including literary, artistic, religious, educational, professional, labor, and civil liberties groups, we have engaged in direct advocacy and education to support free speech for over 40 years. NCAC is uniquely national in scope, but often local in our approach. We work with community members to resolve censorship controversies without the need for litigation.
About
NCACs 2018 Statement of Activities NCACs activities are dedicated to protecting the right to free speech and access to information by:Assisting students, teachers, librarians, parents and others opposing censorship in schools and librariesHelping artists, curators and museum directors resist art censorshipInforming public officials, the media and the general public about First Amendment rights and obligationsAdvocating for public policies and laws that respect First Amendment rights and principlesEducating young people and the wider public about the importance of free expression, claiming their rights and respecting the rights of othersEngaging with a nationwide network of activists and support local activismAnalyzing censorship trends, publishing analysis and developing new strategies to promote free speech rights Our work in 2018 focused on the following priority projects: The Youth Free Expression Program (YFEP) empowers youth with knowledge, tools and opportunities to assert and defend their right to free expression. YFEP believes that denying young people the freedom to create, explore and inquire is counterproductive and dangerous. The program works directly with students, teachers, parents, school administrators, and local community members on issues affecting a young persons intellectual and creative freedom, including the removal of books from school classrooms and libraries, the removal of student-produced visual art, interference with student-produced newspapers and journalism, the cancellation of student-performed plays and musicals, the restriction of student speech on social media, legislative proposals that seek to label controversial content in public schools, and the interference in health, history, and science curricula. In 2018, YFEP worked hard to educate both students and their communities about the rights of students to protest in and out of school. In response to student-organized protests and walkouts related to gun control advocacy, NCAC created a widely-distributed primer on student protest rights that clarified how First Amendment protections differed in and out of school settings. The primer was presented as a comic book and distributed via earned and owned media, as well as used by school teachers. Protest was also the theme of the 2017-2018 Youth Free Expression Film Contest, a signature engagement initiative of the program that provides a unique opportunity to engage youth on free speech issues in a creative medium and generates nearly 100 short-film submissions each year. The 2018 winner of the contest, Sadie Price-Elliott, used imagery of mass demonstrations including the March for Our Lives and the Womens March to create a visual poem about the importance of using your own voice to advocate for what your beliefs. A key initiative of YFEP is the Kids Right to Read Project (KRRP), which promotes the freedom to read and access information by offering support, education, and advocacy to students, teachers, and librarians facing challenges or bans to educational materials in public schools and libraries. In 2018, KRRP investigated challenges across dozens of states nationwide, defending material coming under attack for religion, race, sex, sexual orientation, explicit language, and violence. A key trend identified throughout 2018 was the disproportionate number of challenges to books that centered on LGBTQ characters, situations and themes.Examples of the more than 30 titles removed or threatened for removal include classics like Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, along with more recent critically-acclaimed works like Alex Ginos George (featuring a transgender character), Alison Bechdels Fun Home (exploring coming of age as a gay woman) and Angie Thomass The Hate U Give (telling a story of racially-charged police violence). NCAC also spearheaded the formation of a coalition of educational and free expression organizations in Florida to fight targeted attempts to limit students access to information in the states legislature. KRRP is co-sponsored by American Booksellers for Free Expression and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and partners with several of NCACs coalition membersnotably the National Coalition of Teachers of English--to increase its impact on case intervention. NCAC continues to promote academic freedom for college students and faculty and to monitor and advocate against attempts to stifle speech in higher education. In 2018, NCAC intervened in several challenges to student art on college campuses. NCACs Arts Advocacy Project (AAP) is the only national initiative that works with individual artists and curators involved in censorship disputes to resolve controversy and develop strategic educational initiatives that equip artists and institutions with the tools to promote artistic freedom. Examples of interventions in 2018 include the display of constitutionally-protected US flag art at the University of Kansas, threats to a protest mural painted by deported military veterans on the US-Mexico border fence, disturbing changes to grant criteria by the Washington, DC Arts Commission and more. AAP also worked systemically to promote artistic freedom by helping institutions, including both private and public universities, develop sound free expression policies following censorship incidents. Following an extensive qualitative and quantitative survey of practitioners in the field, AAP published Smart Tactics: Curating Difficult Content. Containing both a study and workbook, the book examines the pressurespublic and privatethat curators and art organizations face in developing programming and, in particular, in displaying potentially controversial content. AAP also collaborates with Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), a collaborative project led by PEN America that supports artistic freedom globally.In 2018, NCAC launched a new pilot: The Open Discussion Project (ODP). Partnering with independent bookstores throughout the US, ODP promotes civil conversation at a time when Americans are deeply divided. ODP creates community-based spaces for discussion among people of opposing viewsdiscussions that are intentionally political and not intended to convert. Monthly discussions are held at local bookstores that focus on intentionally political books and contemporary topics of public debate. The discussions are moderated by trained facilitators and include attendees who represent a broad spectrum of political viewpoints. The Free Expression Network, an alliance of the 45 leading organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving First Amendment rights, promotes collaborative activities and information sharing under the leadership of NCAC. FEN members meet regularly to report on activities of mutual concern and to develop coordinated strategies. The FEN listserv facilitates collaborative activities, including joint campaigns and letters, amicus briefs, and legislative comments and testimony. Public Education and Advocacy: Each year, NCAC receives hundreds of requests for assistance on censorship and inquiries about free speech rights from teachers, librarians, artists, the media, researchers, students and others. In addition to mainstream press, NCAC utilizes its social media Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube and its website, ncac.org, to educate and encourage involvement. NCAC also sends a biweekly Enewsletter to 10,000 email subscribers and biannual print editions of Censorship News to 8,000 direct mail subscribers. NCAC manages Censorpedia, an online participatory wiki of censorship incidents from the Iron Age to the 21st Century, and as well as Artistrights.info, an online archive of artistic freedom cases coupled with resources on artists free speech rights. Public events included presentations at NCTEs annual conference, a session at the Common Field Convening, a panel on separating the art from the artist in the wake of the #MeToo movement at the annual College Art Association conference, and ongoing collaboration with the Vera List Center at the New School. In November, NCAC held its annual Celebration of Free Speech & Its Defenders event, co-chaired by executives from Penguin Young Readers and honored author Gayle Foreman, artistic director of The Public Theatre Oskar Eustis, teen literary activist NyShira Lundy and Youth Free Expression Film Contest first place winner Sadie Price-Elliott. More than 250 luminaries from the worlds of literature, theatre, the arts, publishing, entertainment, law, and business attended this annual gathering to celebrate freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission is outlined in the filing as being “Ncac promotes freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and opposes censorship in all its forms.”.
When outlining its responsibilities, they were referred to as: “Ncac promotes freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and opposes censorship in all its forms.”.
- The state in which the non-profit operates has been officially reported as NY.
- The filing reveals the non-profit's address in 2019 to be 19 FULTON STREET 407, NEW YORK, NY, 10038.
- As per the non-profit's form for 2019, they have 8 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is -$388,796.
- The CEO salary policy within the organization is subject to review and endorsement by an impartial party.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 17 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1984.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $731,098 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $116,062 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.