Indiana · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,978 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $578k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $-4974
What Communities in Schools of East Chicago Incorporated does
Mission
The mission of communities in schools of east chicago is to surround students with a community of support enabling them to stay in school and achieve in life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tutoring/academic enrichment - cis integrated student services model- the cis model is a differentiated approach to service provision. For the broader school population, cis provides school-wide services geared towards specific school needs. Simultaneously, cis staff works with school leaders to identify a subset of the most at-risk students, who then receive targeted interventions based on their individualized needs.
$82,351 spent$36,985 earned by the program18% of program spendingCollege readiness - youth plus (plan, learn, understand, succeed)- the mission of youth plus is to provide targeted and sustained academic support and academic enrichment opportunities to assist increase the graduation rate for the school city of east chicago.
$51,866 spent$22,500 earned by the program11% of program spendingMentoring - s.t.a.r.s.(successful teens achieving right solutions) mentoring program- to develop structured trusting relationships with adult mentors who act as graduation coaches providing students with ongoing guidance and support through high school graduation and into the students' chosen path of postsecondary education.
$111,964 spent$36,985 earned by the program24% of program spendingIntegrated student support - provide funding to staff members on location at various schools who provide academic aid to students. Ppe materials - provide funding to staff members on location at various schools to provide personal protective materials designed to protect the wearer from injury or the spread of infection or illness.
$221,706 spentof which $250 as grants$240,688 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $467,887.
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 $179k to $350k (+96%).
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 84% · 2018 38% · 2019 47% · 2020 30% · 2021 15% · 2022 44% · 2023 31% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $27k → $122.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED’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 EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $478 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED: 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 EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,978 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,978 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EAST CHICAGO INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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