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Our Mission

Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) 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.

CRF is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to educating America's young people about the importance of civic participation in a democratic society. Under the guidance of a Board of Directors chosen from the worlds of law, business, government, education, the media, and the community, CRF develops, produces, and distributes programs and materials to teachers, students, and public-minded citizens all across the nation.

Federal Tax Id: 95-2219680 | Tax exempt status: 501(c)(3)

CRF staff includes teachers and educators, lawyers, community organizers and fundraisers, designers, writers, and editors. They provide technical assistance and training to teachers, coordinate civic participation projects in schools and communities, organize student conferences and competitions, and develop publications in the following areas:

Law and Government programs and materials focus on how groups and individuals interact with the issues, institutions, people and processes that shape our laws and government.
Civic Participation programs and materials bring to life the rights and responsibilities of active citizenship by challenging young people to explore their community and plan and implement projects that address community needs.

Get to know more about Constitutional Rights Foundation by looking over our Annual Report. Contact our staff. Explore our Programs section to learn how CRF translates its visions into reality. Turn to the Publications page to survey our catalog offering materials in Government, U.S. and World History, Business, and Civic Participation. Tour our Support section to learn how we keep our vital work moving ahead, or check out the CRF Calendar.

Do you have any questions about CRF Programs or Publications? Do you want to reach a particular CRF staff member?

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Board of Directors

All Directors are independent, voting members. List updated December 5, 2014.

Officers and Executive Committee:
Robert S. Stern, Esq., Chair Morrison & Foerster LLP		Robert C. Aronoff, Esq. Robert C. Aronoff, a Professional Corporation
T. Warren Jackson, Esq., Immediate Past Chair DIRECTV, LLC		Leon Bass, Jr. Southern California Edison Company
Laurence J. Hutt, Esq., Vice Chair Arnold & Porter LLP		Joseph A. Calabrese, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP
Sharon J. Matsumoto, Esq., Vice Chair Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office		Richard S. Kolodny, Esq. The Portfolio Group Inc.
Christopher H. Paskach, Managing Director The Claro Group, LLC		Hon. John A. Kronstadt U. S. District Court
C. James Levin, Secretary Winston & Strawn LLP		L. Rachel Lerman Barnes & Thornburg LLP
		Peter B. Morrison, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
		K. Eugene Shutler Businessman/Attorney
		Douglas A. Thompson, Esq. Bryan Cave LLP

Directors:
Shannon Alexander NBCUniversal, Inc.		Joseph D. Lee Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
James M. Aquilina, Esq. Stroz Friedberg		Jason Lo Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
E Jane Arnault-Factor, Ph.D. JurEcon, Inc.		Elizabeth Mann Mayor Brown LLP
Darin T. Beffa Kirkland & Ellis LLP		Kevin C. Mayer Crowell Moring
Alan N. Braverman, Esq. The Walt Disney Company		Susan C. Miller Avery Dennison Corporation
Kelli Brooks KPMG		William A. Molinski Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Malissia R. Clinton Aerospace Corporation		Alina Mooradian Snell & Wilmer
Scott P. Cooper Proskauer		Gregory N. Pimstone, Esq. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Vincent J. Davitt, Esq. Meylan Davitt Jain Arevian & Kim LLP		Howard M. Privette II, Esq. Paul Hastings LLP
David J. DiMeglio Jones Day		Fred R. Puglisi, Esq. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Kimberly A. Dunne Sidley Austin LLP		Christopher P. Reynolds, Esq. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.
Hon. Raymond C. Fisher U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals		Patrick G. Rogan, Esq. RoganLehrman LLP
Talya Z. Friedman Jackson Lewis P.C.		Christopher S. Ruhland, Esq. Dechert LLP
Greg Gelfan, Esq. Twentieth Century Fox Film		Thomas A. Ryan, Esq. McDermott Will & Emory
Margaret H. Gillespie Littler Mendelson P.C.		Robert A. Sacks, Esq. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Jonathan M. Gordon, Esq. Alston & Bird LLP		Peggy Saferstein College Circuit
Samantha C. Grant Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP		Jeff E. Scott, Esq. Greenberg Traurig LLP
Robert A. Greenfield Stutman, Treister & Glatt		Masood Sohaili DLA Piper
Amy M. Hawkes, Esq. Ernst & Young LLP		Darry A. Sragow, Esq. Denton
Ross Higman Walmart		Hon. Marjorie Steinberg (Ret.)
Kurt M. Hocker Union Bank N.A.		Gail Migdal Title Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Linda S. Husar ReedSmith		Kathleen McFarlane Waters Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Roberto J. Kampfner, Esq. White & Case, LLP
Louis E. Kempinsky, Esq. Kempinsky Law Ltd.		Todd Clark Executive Director Emeritus Emeritus Board Member

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Annual Reports

2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

Financial Statements

Latest Audited Financials | Latest IRS Form 990

Executive Staff

Marshall Croddy, President

Marshall Croddy assumed the position of President of CRF in February 2013. Croddy previously served as Vice President. He is an attorney and has been a member of the State Bar of California since 1976. Croddy is a nationally recognized leader in the field of law-related and civics education. He has designed, edited, and co-written most of CRF's educational texts and publications including the Law in the Social Studies series, Criminal Justice in America, Letters of Liberty, Foundations of Freedom, Reviewing the Verdict, Active Citizenship Today, The W.M. Keck Foundation Challenge Series, CityWorks, and Bill of Rights in Action, a nationally distributed curricular newsletter. In the area of program design and implementation, he has helped create numerous educational programs for Constitutional Rights Foundation and other organizations, most notably, the 1991 Southern California Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights. He has served on the boards of a number of educational and civic organizations. In 2000, he received the American Bar Association's Isidore Starr Award for Excellence in Law-Related Education, and in 2007, he was awarded the Roy Erickson Civic Education Leadership Award by the California Council for the Social Studies.

Keri Doggett, Director of Program Development

Program Development. With CRF for over 20 years, Keri has participated in the design and dissemination of civics programs for elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers. Keri develops curriculum materials, provides leadership in the design and delivery of CRF teacher professional development, works directly with researchers to evaluate CRF programs, and works with executive staff to prepare funding proposals. In addition, she currently oversees CRF’s high school Civic Action Project, all Teaching American History projects, and the new elementary MyTown project. Prior to joining CRF, Keri taught for ten years in Jefferson County public schools in Colorado.