Title: National Education Association (NEA) - InfluenceWatch
Headings: National Education Association (NEA)
National Education Association (NEA)
Contents
Organizational Overview
Creation
Early Issue Advocacy
Modern Advocacy
Political Activity
2016 General Election
2012 General Election
Other Political Spending
Teacher Strike Fund
Positions
School Vouchers and Charter Schools
Other Issues
Controversies
9/11 Terrorism
ACORN Donations
Overt Democratic Party Activism
Financial Information
Revenues
State Affiliate Grants
Affiliates
NEA Foundation
NEA Advocacy Fund
People
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Director
References
Directors, Employees & Supporters
Associated Organizations
Vendors
Nonprofit Information
Available Filings
Additional Filings (PDFs)

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2012 General Election
In the 2012 election, NEA gave $61,577 to elect Barack Obama for president over his rival Mitt Romney. NEA also spent $19,000 on House candidate Kathleen Hochul (D-N.Y.), $17,080 on Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), and $16,000 on House candidate Derek Kilmer (D-Washington), among many others. [25]
In recent years, NEA has also thrown its weight for and against multiple state ballot measures, most commonly to support increasing the minimum wage, to reject teacher performance evaluations, or to block repealing taxes. [26]
Other Political Spending
Through its grant program and in its political contributions, NEA gives money to various left-of-center organizations, including: [27]
UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza)
United Federation of Teachers
National Urban League
Congressional Black Caucus Institute
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Center for American Progress
Catalist
Progress Now
Media Matters for America
Democracy Alliance
Progressive, Inc.
Progressive States Network
350.org
NEA has also given to a few right-of-center organizations, including the Republican-aligned Ripon Society
[28]
and the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership. [29]
Teacher Strike Fund
At the National Education Association’s 2018 representative assembly, delegates voted to create a fund to support teacher strikes in response to six statewide teacher strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Colorado, Arizona, and North Carolina. This fund was established through individual donations from members of the NEA. [30]
Positions
NEA advocates for a wide array of left-of-center positions on education and other political issues. School Vouchers and Charter Schools
NEA has been a long time and vocal opponent of school vouchers used to help low-income students afford schools outside of their traditional district school. NEA claims that vouchers “reject students based on economic status, academic achievement, disability, or even gender.”