Georgia · Nonprofit
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,440,747 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,073,700). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc does
Mission
The mission of communities in schools of atlanta, inc. (cis) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fulton program - full-time site coordinators supporting 13 elementary school(s) and 5 middle school(s) and 4 high school(s) in the fulton county schools. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 660 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$1,792,876 spentof which $177,257 as grants22% of program spendingClayton county - full-time site coordinators supporting 4 elementary school(s) and 7 middle school(s) and 10 high school(s) in the clayton county public schools. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 630 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$1,585,588 spentof which $161,726 as grants20% of program spendingAtlanta public schools support - full-time site coordinators supporting 6 elementary school(s) and 6 middle school(s) and 5 high school(s) in the atlanta public schools. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 510 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$1,253,404 spentof which $130,829 as grants16% of program spendingGeneral programs - general program activities include program management and general funding.
$1,503,376 spentof which $251,145 as grants19% of program spendingDekalb county - full-time site coordinators supporting 2 elementary school(s) and middle school(s) and 5 high school(s) in the dekalb county school system. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 210 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$754,157 spent9% of program spendingPartnership with maac - in collaboration with multi-agency alliance for children (maac), cis provided three (3) full-time site coordinator(s) to serve foster care kids. Dfcs referred students presently enrolled in atlanta, clayton, dekalb and fulton county schools with case-managed services to try to ensure that students remain enrolled in school. The site coordinator(s) also served as a resource broker to help connect students to other resources/support as needed.
$232,875 spent3% of program spendingEmergency assistance - our students and their families encounter significant social and economic challenges, which can impact their ability to focus on education. Our mission to empower students to succeed is only achievable when they can fully concentrate on their studies. Many obstacles they face stem from crises beyond their control. To help overcome these barriers, we offer assistance with basic needs to support and stabilize their home environments, allowing students the freedom to focus on learning and their path to graduation.
$229,341 spent3% of program spendingCity schools of decatur - full-time site coordinators supporting 2 elementary school(s) and 1 middle school(s) and 1 high school(s) in the city schools of decatur. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 120 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$207,968 spent3% of program spendingPartnership with aha - in collaboration with atlanta housing authority (aha), communities in schools of atlanta (cis) provided one (1) fulltime site coordinator and casemanaged support services to ahareferred students from the bowen choice neighborhood enrolled in atlanta public schools. Services included academic support, behavioral interventions, attendance support, and connections to additional schoolbased and community resources to address barriers to student success and support continued school enrollment.
$150,031 spent2% of program spendingAlumni support - when students in cis of atlanta graduate from high school, their site coordinators connect them with the alumni division, ensuring continued support. Alumni division staff conduct needs assessments to create personalized post-secondary support plans, guiding alumni as they advance in their education or careers. Currently, over 200 alumni benefit from ongoing assistance through cis of atlanta's post-secondary framework, built on the foundation of our evidence-based k-12 programming.
$116,303 spent1% of program spendingPurpose built schools atlanta - full-time site coordinators supporting elementary school(s) and 1 middle school(s) and high school(s) in the purpose built schools atlanta. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 30 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$91,294 spent1% of program spendingGriffin spalding county schools - full-time site coordinators supporting 1 elementary school(s) and middle school(s) and high school(s) in the griffin spalding schools. The site coordinators worked with a caseloads of approximately 30 students (an average of approx. 30 per school) at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wraparound services school-wide.
$68,799 spent1% of program spending
The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,986,012.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.9M to $6.3M (+60%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 71% · 2018 63% · 2019 74% · 2020 59% · 2021 60% · 2022 38% · 2023 72% · 2024 72% · 2025 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Frank Brown
Executive director
Board chair
Yglesias Hollins
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $222k → $1.6M.
9 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 64% · 2019 48% · 2020 19% · 2021 38% · 2022 71% · 2023 62% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
39% of Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
90% of Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc?
- Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,440,747 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,073,700). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $11,440,747 in grants to Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,073,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 58 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing