The High Price of the Education Writers Association’s News

EWA’s Form 990 tax filings to the IRS for the five tax years 2015 to 2019 reveal the following:

Tax Year | Membership Dues ($000s) | Contributions (gifts, grants, etc.) ($000s)
2015 | 19.2 | 2,797.8
2016 | 20.6 | 3,419.6
2017 | 22.0 | 2,414.9
2018 | 21.4 | 3,088.9
2019 | 17.6 | 2,567.2

EWA’s income from contributions dwarfs that from membership dues by a ratio of about 150 to one (Internal Revenue Service, 2015–2019). Its contributors overwhelmingly supported Common Core.

As of 2019, EWA’s five “Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees” all enjoyed six-figure salaries.

Current Sustaining Funders:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Foundation for Child Development, Funders for Adolescent Science Translation, The Joyce Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation, The Spencer Foundation, The Wallace Foundation, The Walton Family Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

National Seminar Sponsors (2022):
ECMC Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, SXSW EDU, EGF Accelerator, Arnold Ventures, IBM, American Institutes for Research, GreatMinds, Lumina Foundation, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Collaborative for Student Success, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Flyover Zone, SAGA Education, American Federation of Teachers, National Education Association, University of California Riverside School of Education

Sponsorship Opportunities:
Website Messaging
Purchase announcement space on EWA’s website for four weeks.
• Run of site – $ 5,000
• Blogs – $ 2,000
• Jobs – $ 2,000
• Events – $ 1,200

Podcast Sponsorship
“EWA Radio produces a weekly podcast focused on journalism and the education beat. The EWA public editor hosts engaging interviews with journalists about education and its coverage in the media.”
• $ 3,000
Sponsorship Details
• Sponsorship of four EWA Radio podcast episodes
• Acknowledgment of sponsorship on promotional emails and materials
• Verbal acknowledgement of sponsorship by EWA representative during the podcast episode
• Acknowledgement of sponsorship on EWA website

Exclusive Newsletter Messaging
• $ 2,500
Details
• Four-week purchase
• Exclusive sponsorship of EWA e-newsletter sent on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Newsletter Messaging
• $1,000
Details
• Four-week purchase
• Space in EWA e-newsletter sent on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Print Messaging
• $1,000
Details
• Full-page, color announcement in printed program at topical/regional journalist-only seminar
• Available for any topic-based seminar. Previous topics include: higher education, Latino education, student safety and well-being, teacher training and evaluations, adolescent learning, student-centered learning, charters and school choice, assessments and testing, early education, and STEM education.

The registration fee for the Education Writers Association 2023 National Seminar in Atlanta:
$650/person (late fee $800)

References

Education Writers Association. (2023, March 27) EWA Today. Washington, DC: Author.

Internal Revenue Service. (2015). Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) for Education Writers Association. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Malfunction/form990-237439790-education-writers-association-2016-09.pdf

Internal Revenue Service. (2016). Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) for Education Writers Association. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Malfunction/form990-237439790-education-writers-association-2017-09.pdf

Internal Revenue Service. (2017). Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) for Education Writers Association. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Malfunction/form990-237439790-education-writers-association-2018-09.pdf

Internal Revenue Service. (2018). Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) for Education Writers Association. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Malfunction/form990-237439790-education-writers-association-2019-09.pdf

Internal Revenue Service. (2019). Form 990 (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) for Education Writers Association. https://nonpartisaneducation.org/Malfunction/form990-237439790-education-writers-association-2020-09.pdf