How much does Communities in Schools give?

Communities in Schools reported 12 grants totaling $4,455,507 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Communities in Schools fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Employment (3%), Youth Development (3%).

Who are Communities in Schools's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: West Virginia State Department of Education ($1.7M), United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley ($803k), Learn to Earn Dayton ($776k).

Does Communities in Schools fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Communities in Schools?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Share Our Strength, GenYOUTH Incorporated.

Where is Communities in Schools based?

Communities in Schools is based in VA.

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Virginia · Public charity

Communities in Schools

Surround students with a community of support and empower them to stay in school and achieve in life.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 12
Grants FY2024: 8
Organizations funded FY2023: 75%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $257,044
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,745,136
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 15; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 10
Total assets, FY2024: $99M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Communities in Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $640k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

PhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	12	$4.5M	75%
FY2023	8	$785k	75%
FY2022	1	$70k	0%
FY2021	15	$1.1M	53%
FY2019	13	$1.7M	8%
FY2018	13	$1.8M	85%
FY2017	3	$160k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$9.1MEmployment$301kYouth Development$274kPhilanthropy$228kCommunity Improvement$158kHuman Services$124k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
West Virginia State Department of Education	$1,745,136	1	n/a
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley	$802,959	4	2%
Learn to Earn Dayton	$776,106	4	24%
Pasadena Unified School District	$611,839	1	n/a
Thrive Chicago Nfp	$563,584	4	9%
StriveTogether Inc	$535,296	5	2%
Institute for Educational Leadership	$527,777	5	2%
Santa Ana Unified School District	$499,692	2	n/a
Little Rock School District	$376,428	1	n/a
Supporters of Texas Students Success	$328,000	5	n/a

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All grantees of Communities in Schools by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
West Virginia State Department of Education	$1,745,136	1	n/a
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley	$802,959	4	2%
Learn to Earn Dayton	$776,106	4	24%
Pasadena Unified School District	$611,839	1	n/a
Thrive Chicago Nfp	$563,584	4	9%
StriveTogether Inc	$535,296	5	2%
Institute for Educational Leadership	$527,777	5	2%
Santa Ana Unified School District	$499,692	2	n/a
Little Rock School District	$376,428	1	n/a
Supporters of Texas Students Success	$328,000	5	n/a
Montgomery County Board of Education	$281,875	1	n/a
Portland Public Schools	$257,044	1	n/a
Jackson Public School District	$236,840	1	n/a
Texas Education Agency	$236,000	4	n/a
Malcolm X Shabazz High School	$208,033	2	n/a
Search Institute	$204,867	2	3%
Volunteers of America Inc	$191,910	1	n/a
United Way of Central Alabama Inc	$168,865	2	0%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc	$168,565	2	0%
DC Public Education Fund	$168,073	2	4%
Vancouver Public School District	$165,042	2	n/a
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools	$160,200	2	n/a
Northeast Texas Community College	$158,418	1	n/a
Growing Together Inc	$123,734	1	2%
Board of Education of Montgomery County Employee Benefit Trust Fund	$108,750	1	0%
American Association of School Administrators Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Northeast Texas Community College Foundation Inc	$79,030	1	2%
Jackson Public School District (V)	$74,840	1	n/a
Volunteers of America of North Louisiana McAdoo Services Corp	$71,680	1	n/a
Clay County Schools - Wv	$32,792	1	n/a
McDowell County Board of Education	$27,425	1	n/a
Lewis County Board of Education	$24,750	1	n/a
County of Braxton Board of Education	$17,725	1	n/a
The Foundation Fcoe Inc	$13,516	1	1%
Fayette County Board of Education Wv	$12,375	1	n/a
Calhoun County Board of Education	$12,358	1	n/a
Taylor County Board of Education	$6,075	1	n/a
Cabell County Board of Education	$5,350	1	n/a

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Communities in Schools supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 14.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gates FoundationWA25.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Share Our Strength · GenYOUTH Incorporated · The Wallace Foundation · Project Lead the Way Inc · Save The Children Federation Inc · Save the Music Foundation · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · Round It Up America Inc · World Vision Inc · Strider Education Foundation Inc · Digital Promise Global

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Communities in Schools

How much does Communities in Schools give?: Communities in Schools reported 12 grants totaling $4,455,507 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Communities in Schools fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Employment (3%), Youth Development (3%).
Who are Communities in Schools's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: West Virginia State Department of Education ($1.7M), United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley ($803k), Learn to Earn Dayton ($776k).
Does Communities in Schools fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Communities in Schools?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Share Our Strength, GenYOUTH Incorporated.
Where is Communities in Schools based?: Communities in Schools is based in VA.