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Communities in Schools of Washington State

Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$423k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$12M
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $2,525,970, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,585,587 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $59,617 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k8 grants · $874k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.7M
$143,570
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIS OF CENTRAL WA$423,361
CIS OF BLUE MOUNTAIN$318,659
CIS OF PENINSULA$318,659
CIS OF SPOKANE COUNTY$316,159
CIS OF RURAL EASTERN WA$275,375
CIS OF WHATCOM-SKAGIT$240,008
CIS OF KENT$143,570
CIS OF GREATER KING COUNTY$122,803
CIS OF BENTON FRANKLIN$111,756
CIS OF PUYALLUP$65,655
CIS OF NCW$65,655
CIS OF LAKEWOOD$63,155
CIS OF TACOMA$61,155
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $258k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CIS OF NCW: $193k → 9%CIS OF NCW: $66k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 13 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
0

Total granted

$12M
$0

Still filing today

92%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +117% · 28% of their budget
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF SOUTH KING COUNTY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +161%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $916k · revenue +57%

Funded once

    How this is measured

    Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

    04Its field

    Closest unfunded matches

    The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

    1
    Communities in Schools of Va

    Cis mission is to surround students with a community of support empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life

    Education
    2
    Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc

    The organization's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

    —
    3
    Communities in Schools of Michigan

    The mission of communities in schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

    Education
    4
    Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania

    The mission of communities in schools of pennsylvania, inc. is to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life.

    Education
    5
    Communities in Schools of Petersburg Inc

    Communities in schools of petersburg surrounds students with a communiity of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

    Philanthropy
    6
    Communities in Schools Indiana

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

    Youth Development
    7
    Communities in Schools of San Antonio

    To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

    Education
    8
    Communities in Schools

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

    Education
    9
    Communities in Schools of Appalachian Highlands

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

    Education
    10
    Communities in Schools of the South Plains Inc

    To meet the needs of students in at-risk situations by improving academics, marketable skills, attendance, and behavior through the partnership of school, home, and community so that young people stay in school, learn successfully and…

    Youth Development
    11
    Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area Inc

    Communities in schools (cis) of charleston serves approximately 8,000 students in 15 charleston and berkeley county schools, using an evidenced-based comprehensive approach to bring community services to students, their families, and…

    —
    12
    Communities in Schools of Greater Wichita Falls Area

    The mission of communities in schools of greater wichita falls area is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

    Education
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities in Schools of Spokane County; the most unlike its peers is Communities in Schools of Tacoma. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

    How this is measured

    Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    5
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    5
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    12/13
    Grantees still filing
    7/13
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE: $3,650,566 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATECOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF WHATCOM SKAGIT: $912,061 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF WHATCOM SKAGITCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF FEDERAL WAY: $552,023 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF FEDERAL WAYCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SEATTLE: $387,951 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SEATTLECOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $1,123,870 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SP…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BENTON-FRANKLI: $781,551 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BE…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PUYALLUP: $585,606 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PU…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TACOMA: $578,604 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TA…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF SOUTH KING COUNTY: $1,183,825 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $916,468 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS O…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LAKEWOOD INC: $593,007 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS O…CIS OF GREATER KING COUNTY DBA COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $764,971 · Community ImprovementCommunities in Schools of North Central Washington: $258,155 · Human Services
    Other$5,502,601Education$3,069,631Youth Development$2,693,300Community Improvement$764,971Human Services$258,155

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE: $3,650,566 over 5y, 28% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF SOUTH KING COUNTY: $1,183,825 over 5y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $1,123,870 over 5y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $916,468 over 5y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF WHATCOM SKAGIT: $912,061 over 5y, 35% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BENTON-FRANKLI: $781,551 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCIS OF GREATER KING COUNTY DBA COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $764,971 over 3y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF LAKEWOOD INC: $593,007 over 5y, 23% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PUYALLUP: $585,606 over 5y, 32% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TACOMA: $578,604 over 5y, 24% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL OF FEDERAL WAY: $552,023 over 4y, 22% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SEATTLE: $387,951 over 3y, 32% of budgetCommunities in Schools of North Central Washington: $258,155 over 2y, 28% of budget
    Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

    A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

    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.

    Discuren FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…Medina FoundationNorthwest Harvest EmmMulticare Health Syst…The Norcliffe Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…United Way of Pierce …NW Childrens Foundati…Gary E Milgard Family…Greater Tacoma Commun…United Way of King Co…
    Discuren FoundationWA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Discuren Foundation · School's Out Washington · Medina Foundation · Northwest Harvest Emm · Multicare Health System · The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of Pierce County · NW Childrens Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · United Way of King County

    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.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Communities in Schools of Washington State funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Communities in Schools of Washington State. Bigger dots raise more.

    2025
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
      typical government reliance, FY20–25
      How this is measured
      Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

      On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

      How this is measured
      Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

      Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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