Florida Stop Common Core Coalition

What Florida Stop Common Core Coalition does

The Florida Stop Common Core Coalition (FSCCC, Inc.) is a Florida-incorporated nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 2013 and headquartered at 116 Cousley Drive SE, Port Charlotte. Its mission is the complete removal of Common Core standards from Florida schools and the restoration of parent- and locally controlled education, expanding over time into adjacent issues including student data privacy, social-emotional learning, competency-based education, federal education overreach, and school-safety/mental-health screening policy.

The organization operates as a small grassroots coalition (1–10 employees), led by Executive Director Dr. Karen Effrem (a pediatrician who also serves as President of Education Liberty Watch). FSCCC produces an array of advocacy products — professionally bound policy analysis documents, voter guides, research papers, bookmarks, DVDs, and T-shirts — distributed through a website store, email newsletter (Constant Contact), social channels (Facebook: FLStopCCCoalition; Twitter: @FLCCFighters), and Dr. Effrem's author archive at The National Pulse. Its media coverage spans Epoch Times, Washington Examiner, Education Week, USA Today, Orlando Sentinel, and TC Palm.

The business model is donation-driven: supporters contribute via the RaiseTheMoney platform and mailed checks, with ancillary revenue from nominal one-time sales of advocacy merchandise and policy documents. Donations are explicitly not tax-deductible because the entity is not a 501(c)(3). Distribution extends from individual parents and grassroots activists to Florida legislators and policymakers, supported by formal public testimony at hearings such as the 2019 Tampa Standards Hearing and submission of expert recommendations to the Florida Department of Education. The organization claims credit for influencing Governor DeSantis' January 2019 Executive Order 19-32 ending Common Core in Florida.

Name

Florida Stop Common Core Coalition

Legal name

Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, Inc.

Website

https://flstopcccoalition.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Florida Stop Common Core Coalition (FSCCC, Inc.) is a Florida-based nonprofit founded in 2013 that advocates for the removal of Common Core standards and related federal education policies, serving Florida parents, legislators, and conservative activists through policy analysis, grassroots organizing, and legislative testimony.

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Product category

Education Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Think Tanks, Policy Research & Public Policy Institutes (BPAGAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Equity, Access & Inclusion Policy Research (EDADADAF)

Keywords

• Education policy advocacy
• Grassroots coalition organizing
• Policy analysis research
• Parental rights advocacy
• Education standards reform

Headquarters

HQ city

Port Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization relies primarily on donations from supporters to fund its advocacy activities. The website features a donation button linking to RaiseTheMoney platform.
2. Merchandise Sales: Sells policy analysis documents, bookmarks, and DVDs through an online store to fund operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Florida Stop Common Core Coalition is a Florida-based nonprofit advocacy organization that produces and distributes original policy analysis documents, research papers, voter guides, and grassroots advocacy materials (bookmarks, DVDs, T-shirts) opposing Common Core education standards, related standardized testing, social emotional learning mandates, and federal education overreach. The organization's work is delivered to supporters, parents, and Florida state legislators through an online store, email newsletters, social media, direct mail, and public legislative testimony.

Product overview

Florida Stop Common Core Coalition is a political advocacy organization that produces educational resources and materials to inform the public and policymakers about Common Core issues. The organization publishes policy analysis documents, voter guides, and research papers on topics including standards problems, testing concerns, social emotional learning, and federal interference in education. These products are distributed through an online store and provided to legislators, families, and grassroots activists to support the organization's mission of eliminating Common Core from Florida schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Policy Analysis Documents Professionally bound in-depth policy analysis publications examining Common Core academic standards, related testing programs, social emotional learning, and federal education overreach, sold through the FSCCC online store and distributed to legislators and grassroots supporters.
• Voter Guides Educational guides that rate Florida candidates for governor and other offices on their stances regarding Common Core, federal education policy, preschool expansion, and related issues, distributed via the FSCCC website.
• Research Papers Published research papers authored or curated by FSCCC analyzing problems with Common Core standards, standardized testing, social emotional learning, and federal education policy, available through the website.
• Educational DVDs Video recordings of anti-Common Core expert discussions and policy analysis, offered for purchase through the FSCCC online store.
• Advocacy Bookmarks Printed advocacy bookmarks distributed in school car lines and at sporting events to educate parents and citizens about Common Core and related issues, sold via the FSCCC online store.
• Advocacy T-Shirts Branded wearable merchandise displaying FSCCC advocacy messaging, sold through the FSCCC online store for supporters to wear in public.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully influenced Gov. DeSantis' Executive Order 19-32 to end Common Core in Florida
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Principles ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with American Principles Project on shared advocacy goals. Jane Robbins, Senior Fellow at American Principles Project, writes articles with Dr. Effrem on social emotional learning dangers and federal education overreach.
• Florida Citizens AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationship with Florida Citizens Alliance on producing podcasts with anti-Common Core experts and survey data on parent attitudes toward standards.
• Education Liberty WatchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Karen Effrem serves as President of Education Liberty Watch, which shares research and resources with FSCCC on education freedom issues.
• Eagle ForumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Eagle Forum on school choice dangers and education freedom issues; Phyllis Schlafly understood and supported both Common Core and school choice concerns.
• Cato InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Cato Institute on raising awareness about school choice program dangers to private and home school autonomy.
• Opt Out Florida NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral partner directing parents to opt-out alternative methods to protect student data from standardized testing.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• American Principles Project: National conservative policy advocacy organization; a documented core partner of FSCCC, co-producing content (with Senior Fellow Jane Robbins) on social emotional learning dangers and federal education overreach.
• Opt Out Florida Network: Florida grassroots opt-out movement for standardized testing; a referral partner of FSCCC that helps parents minimize participation in FSA testing to protect student data privacy.
• Florida Citizens Alliance: Florida-based grassroots education advocacy organization; a documented strategic partner of FSCCC that collaborates on podcasts and survey data on parent attitudes toward education standards, serving an overlapping Florida parent and policymaker audience.
• Eagle Forum: Conservative advocacy organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly; partnered with FSCCC on school choice and education freedom issues, sharing a similar ideological base and policy agenda.
• Education Liberty Watch: Education freedom advocacy organization led by Dr. Karen Effrem (President), FSCCC's Executive Director. Shares research and resources on parental rights, federal overreach, and student data privacy with FSCCC.

Broad incumbents

• State Policy Network: Network of state-level free-market think tanks and policy organizations; many of its members operate in education policy adjacent to FSCCC's advocacy and provide a comparable state-focused policy infrastructure.
• Common Cause: National nonpartisan government accountability and advocacy organization; broadly comparable as a membership-supported policy advocacy organization, though focused on different policy issues and ideology.
• Cato Institute: National libertarian think tank; a documented minor partner of FSCCC on school choice program dangers, providing policy research and intellectual cover for FSCCC's education freedom positions.

Emerging players

• Parents Defending Education: National nonprofit advocating for parental rights in education and opposing ideological content in schools; a comparable emerging advocacy player in the parental-rights and anti-CRT/SEL space where FSCCC also operates.
• National Parents Union: National coalition of parent advocacy organizations focused on education choice, transparency, and accountability; overlaps with FSCCC's parent-led Florida advocacy audience and policy themes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FLCCFighters
• Facebookfacebook.com/FLStopCCCoalition

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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