CENTER FOR EQUITY EDUCATION
EIN 85-2987444 · Civil Rights (R20)
What they do
THE CENTER for EQUITY EDUCATION ("CFEE") WAS FOUNDED IN 2020 to ADDRESS A GAP IN EXPERT-LED EDUCATION PROVIDED to ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS K-12 EDUCATION and UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONS. CFEE FOCUSES ON FEDERAL and STATE CIVIL RIGHTS BY EDUCATING ORGANIZATIONS and INVESTIGATING GRIEVANCES RELATED to HARASSMENT and DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNDER TITLES VI and VII of THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, AS AMENDED, AS WELL AS TITLE IX of THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS of 1972, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT of 1990, and OTHER RELATED LAWS and STATUTES.
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KATHERINE LASHERCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ANDREW KRULEYTRUSTEE
CATHERINE SCHOENFELDTREASURER
COLLEEN SCHOENFELDPRESIDENT
DEASEAN ASHBYTRUSTEE
JENNIFER PAGETRUSTEE
LAUREN SPENCERSECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 536 ANN ARBOR ST, MANCHESTER, MI 48158-9436
- County
- Washtenaw
- In care of
- % COLLEEN SCHOENFELD
- Primary officer
- COLLEEN SCHOENFELD, PRESIDENT
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- GJC CPAS & ADVISORS
- NTEE classification
- Civil Rights (R20)
- IRS tax category
- Civil Rights
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2026