Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,146,236 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($9,019,843). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc does
Mission
The organization's mission 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
Integrated student supports: integrated student supports (iss) is a shorthand for how we bring together the different kinds of resources, relationships, and services that students and their families need to come to school ready to learn. Our evidence- based model places site coordinators directly in each of our schools, where they form trusting relationships with students,diminishing the nonacademic barriers that keep kids from succeeding in school. Site coordinators offer support at three different levels: school-wide, small-group, and one-on- one. Site coordinators work together with students, family members, teachers, and guidance counselors to help students set goals to improve academics, behavior, and/or attendance. The model of iss follows a continued cycle of assessment, planning, support, monitoring, and evaluation: 1. Needs assessment: site coordinator analyzes multiple sources of data to identify key needs of school and individual students. 2. Planning: site coordinators lead their support team in developing a site plan that prioritizes supports for academic and non-academic needs. 3. Integrated students supports: site coordinator and partners deliver support to school,…
$3,523,276 spent$3,151,062 earned by the program58% of program spendingCommunity schools: cis has served as a founding partner in the community school work in the lehigh valley since 2006. Cis serves as lead partner at 13 community schools in the lehigh valley in partnership with united way of the greater lehigh valley. A community school is both a physical place and a network of partnerships among school, family, and community. The community school model is an innovative strategy designed to open the doors of a school in a way that transforms the school into a central hub for learning, family engagement, and community impact. Through its integrated focus on academics, health, social services, and family - paired with a foundation of resources and programs provided by community partners - the community school model empowers all stakeholders in the shared school community to bring about total school transformation. With this strategy for school and community wide engagement also comes a critical focus on accountability and measurement. Most important to the community school model is its data- driven programs, decisions, and strategies. Community school coordinators leverage relationships and resources that connect students and families to engagement…
$1,622,011 spent$1,012,057 earned by the program27% of program spendingGeneral youth services: cis provides intensive afterschool programming to students in four schools that serve as 21st century community learning centers. These programs serve students four days per week for three hours each day, and they target low income students with documented academic needs. A program manager at these sites leads teams of teachers, support staff, and community partners in coordinating and delivering academic assistance and enrichment programming in the after-school hours. Students receive free afternoon snacks and dinners with transportation home after programs if needed. During the summer, students attend programs and weekly field trips for academic enrichment at no cost to them. The allentown reengagement center (arec) is a collaborative initiative in the city of allentown that targets 16-24 year-olds who have dropped out of high school. Cis recognizes that students who have already dropped out of school are also at risk for life-altering setbacks without a high school diploma. Through consistent outreach, our arec staff empower young adults to re-enroll in a school learning pathway in classroom or online) toward their high school diploma or ged. Since the…
$973,751 spent16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,119,038.
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.
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 $3.8M to $6.4M (+67%).
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 12% · 2018 13% · 2019 12% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 9% · 2023 6% · 2024 22% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Michelle Schmidt
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.8M.
10 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 31 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 76% · 2019 79% · 2020 74% · 2021 69% · 2022 66% · 2023 54% — 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
73% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M 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.
Government funding COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.3M on record.
- Department of Education$2.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,146,236 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($9,019,843). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $16,146,236 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $9,019,843 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 31 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