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Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc
Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,894 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ($190,781). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $460k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $321k
- Net assets
- $349k
What Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc does
Mission
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
Middle School ProgramsStudent Support Coaches at Burns Middle School and Shelby Middle School provide supports that include in-school academic and enrichment services in a variety of formats. Programming provides students, and their parents/guardians when applicable, a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn and grow, and exposure to certain strategies based on an individualized student-support plan that focuses on goals related to behavior, attendance, and coursework. Services are based on identified needs and established goals and may include academic support, academic enrichment, service-learning, character education, leadership, financial literacy, and family-engagement activities, among others. Student Support Coaches work as partners with school staff, students, and families to develop a caseload of vulnerable students who would most benefit from their services. The schools also benefit from whole-school activities and events.
$169,007 spent$118,441 earned by the program46% of program spendingHigh School ProgramsThrough a variety of delivery options and programming, CIS Graduation Coaches provide the necessary coaching, resources, and support to high school students and their parents/guardians so that they persist to graduation and are more knowledgeable and better equipped to chart a course for post-secondary education, vocational training, and/or a military or other career. Services provide students, and their parents/guardians when applicable, a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn and grow, and exposure to supports based on an individualized student-support plan that focuses on areas such as behavior, attendance, and coursework through a variety of strategies related to communication, time-management, study skills, college tours, financial aid and scholarship information, SAT/ACT preparation, the college-application process, job shadowing and internship opportunities, career fairs, community service/service-learning opportunities, and other topics aligned with improving academic performance. Graduation Coaches are based at Burns High School and Shelby High School and work as partners with school staff, students, and families to develop…
$153,707 spent$204,727 earned by the program42% of program spendingCommunity-based Programs MentoringThe Mentoring Program provides a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult for vulnerable youth. Referrals are accepted from CIS programs and other community agencies. Youth eligible for the Mentoring Program are ages 9-17 and enrolled in or suspended from Cleveland County Schools. The goal of the community-based program is to positively impact the graduation rate and the risk factors for dropping out, including involvement with the juvenile-justice system and other negative behaviors.Family Engagement and AdvocacyThe Family Engagement and Advocacy program serves families across the organizations footprint who are in need of additional support to help their students achieve success. The Family Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator assesses families basic, mental-health, healthcare, academic, and other needs and connects them to applicable resources.Program AccomplishmentsAccording to the Organization's records, the following program outcomes were achieved at its sites during the 2024-2025 academic year. Provided targeted/intensive support services to 138 students through Middle School Programs, and 76 students through High School Programs Provided…
$41,048 spent$26,812 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $363,762.
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 2019 to 2020, from $95k to $181k (+90%).
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 83% · 2018 81% · 2019 86% · 2020 90% · 2021 83% · 2022 69% · 2023 49% · 2024 59% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Roger Holland
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $28k → $113k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $336k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Cleveland County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 Cleveland County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
73% 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 Cleveland County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 100% · 2019 60% · 2020 61% · 2021 71% · 2022 59% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 38% 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
99% of Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Cleveland County Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Communities in Schools of Cleveland County 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc?
- Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,894 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ($190,781). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $320,894 in grants to Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $190,781 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 8 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