Institute for Southern Studies
GroupThe Institute for Southern Studies (ISS) was founded in 1970 by veteran civil rights activists and continues to promote the idea that the South and its people haven’t changed since at least the 1960’s. ISS jumps at the chance to call any one that disagrees with their point of view a racist, bigot or any other name that would help to discontinue the discussion. They were created to change the South to a “liberal/progressive” region.
Institute for Southern Studies was a founding member of the organization (Blueprint NC) best known for the strategy memo that directed their members to “eviscerate, mitigate, litigate, cogitate and agitate” the state’s leadership in 2013.
| Financials: Source IRS 990s | |||||
| Year | Revenue | Expenditures | Net Assets | ||
| 2012 | $296,281 | $309,300 | $230,104 | ||
| 2013 | $267,409 | $283,495 | $214,018 | ||
| 2014 | $449,196 | $381,840 | $282,078 | ||
| 2015 | $361,432 | $319,539 | $323,971 | ||
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People Connections:
| Person | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Allie Yee | Program and Development Associate | Current |
| Chris Kromm | Executive Director | Current |
| Danielle Adams | Office Coordinator | Current |
| Ethan Clauset | Web Director | Current |
| Fiona Morgan | Board Chair | Current |
| Isela Gutierrez-Gunter | Board Member | Current |
| Kieran Taylor | Board Member | Current |
| Pam Spaulding | Board Member | Current |
| Paul Cuadros | Board Member | Current |
| Sue Sturgis | Co-Editor / Editorial Director - Facing South | Current |
| Ajamu Dillahunt | Board Co-Chair | Former |
| Alex Kotch | Research Associate | Former |
| Bob Hall | Founding Editor of Southern Exposure | Former |
| Desiree Evans | Co-Editor Facing South | Former |
| Elena Everett | Program Assistant | Former |
| Fiona Morgan | Board Co-Chair | Former |
| Jennie Renner-Yoemans | Office Coordinator | Former |
| Jerimee Richir | New Media Director | Former |
| Michael De Los Santos | Board | Former |
| Rachel Johnson | Art Pope Exposed Blogger | Former |
| Rania Masri | DIrector, Southern Peace Research and Education Center | Former |
| Rania Masri | Fellow | Former |
This group funded by:
| Funder | Year | Amount | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Inc | 2016 | $37,500.00 | For general operating support |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Inc | 2016 | $10,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | $100,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2015 | $200,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Hill-Snowdon Foundation | 2014 | $10,000.00 | For Southern Strategies Program. Community organizing. |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | 2014 | $5,000.00 | For general support; Community organizing. |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Inc | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Program development-Project Suppon |
| NEO Philanthropy | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Grant made through FFF - Four Freedoms Fund. Community organizing; Immigrant rights. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $90,000.00 | For general operating support |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $25,000.00 | For its Carolina Public Press project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $5,000.00 | For its Carolina Public Press project |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | 2013 | $23,000.00 | Program development; Research For research media and public education project to heighten understanding of new immigrant communities in the South and promote more effective policies on immigrant issues |
| Julian Price Family Foundation | 2013 | $2,000.00 | General purpose of charity; Community organizing. |
| Mertz Gilmore Foundation | 2013 | $25,000.00 | Research For a research media and public education project in North Carolina |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Community organizing |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Community organizing |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Community organizing |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2013 | $250.00 | Community organizing |
| The Hummel Family Fund, Inc. | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Community organizing |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2013 | $100,000.00 | For general operating support; Community organizing. |
| Julian Price Family Foundation | 2012 | $2,000.00 | General purpose of charity; Community organizing. |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | 2012 | $10,000.00 | Program development For the honoring Our Nation's Promise to the Gulf Coast project |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | 2012 | $75,000.00 | Program development For the Gulf Community Agenda Report a project to put New Orleans and Gulf recovery back on the national radar and ensure community voices are central to the national Gulf recovery debate |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2012 | $1,000.00 | |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2012 | $7,500.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2012 | $20,000.00 | General/operating support; Continuing support For general operating support |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2012 | $14,700.00 | |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $65,000.00 | Program development For its Carolina Public Press project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $35,000.00 | For general operating support; Community organizing. |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | 2011 | $75,000.00 | Program development; Research To promote a more just and accountable Gulf Coast recovery through public interest journalism research support for community-based organizations and training new media investigative journalists |
| The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc | 2011 | $7,000.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2011 | $10,000.00 | General/operating support For general support |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2011 | $5,000.00 | General/operating support For general support |
| Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock | 2011 | $35,000.00 | Program development To strengthen and expand social-change-oriented communications and organizing work in the South |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $161,280.00 | Program development For the NC Money and Democracy Media Project |
| Bydale Foundation | 2010 | $2,500.00 | |
| Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Inc | 2010 | $1,000.00 | For the Institute Investigative Fund for special coverage of the Gulf Coast Deepwater Horizon disaster and its aftermath |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | 2010 | $200.00 | For membership drive and general support; Community organizing. |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Inc | 2010 | $1,000.00 | Program development To document threats to the Gulf Coast and the community responses for recovery and renewal |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2010 | $7,500.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $14,350.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $12,500.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $1,000.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $1,000.00 | For Gulf Project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $70,000.00 | Program development For Carolina Public Press project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $34,920.00 | Program development For NC Freedom Journalism School |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2009 | $7,500.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2009 | $5,000.00 | General support; Community organizing. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | $80,000.00 | Program development For Census and Redistricting Project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | $25,000.00 | Program development For The Hidden Costs of Coal |
| Park Foundation Inc | 2008 | $20,000.00 | Continuing support; Program development For Southern Voices Media New Media for Changing South |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2008 | $5,000.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2008 | $1,000.00 | |
| Park Foundation Inc | 2007 | $40,000.00 | Program development For launch of Southern Voices Media initiative |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | 2007 | $40,000.00 | General/operating support; Continuing support; Program development For general support of community development programs |
| Rappaport Family Foundation | 2007 | $20,000.00 | |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | 2007 | $10,000.00 | Program development For A People's Agenda for the Gulf Coast: the Grassroots Gulf Policy Initiative |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $70,000.00 | For North Carolina Environmental Reporting and Education Project. Community organizing. |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | 2006 | $40,000.00 | General/operating support For general support of community development and other programs |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2006 | $3,000.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2006 | $500.00 | Community organizing. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $40,000.00 | Program development; Publication To develop North Carolina Workers' Right Report Card and to write and publish Public Subsidies Report |
| Educational Foundation of America | 2005 | $45,000.00 | Program development For War Profiteers Project |
| The Peggy Meyerhoff Pearlstone Foundation Inc | 2005 | $3,000.00 | |
| Town Creek Foundation, Inc. | 2005 | $20,000.00 | Community organizing. |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2005 | $20,000.00 | Continuing support |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Continuing support; Community organizing. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $35,000.00 | Program development; Research For Public Money Public Accountability initiative to investigate economic recruitment incentives and other corporate subsidies in North Carolina and to promote greater accountability in use of public resources |
| The CarEth Foundation Inc | 2004 | $12,000.00 | |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2004 | $500.00 | Community organizing. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $50,000.00 | General/operating support; Continuing support |
| Town Creek Foundation, Inc. | 2003 | $20,000.00 | Community organizing. |
| Triangle Community Foundation | 2003 | $18,000.00 | Community organizing. |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $50,000.00 | Program development For North Carolina Voting Rights Project |
| Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $30,000.00 | Program development For Bob Hall Investigative Action Fund to train new generation of journalists working in public interest |
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Address 1:
2009 Chapel Hill Rd
City:
Durham
State:
NC
Zip:
27707