Georgia · Nonprofit
Communities in Schools of Georgia
Communities in Schools of Georgia (Georgia) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,751,877 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,305,900). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Communities in Schools of Georgia does
Mission
Communities in schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. --- communities in schools is a network of nonprofit organizations focused on improving student and school success by providing needed support and services to students and schools. Our ultimate goal is to see that all students are successful in school and complete their education at least through high school. --- communities in schools believes that programs don't change kids, relationships do. Our philosophy is embedded in the cis five basics for kids, which focus on building a supportive environment for children and youth to help them thrive and be successful. The cis five basics were adopted by america's promise when it started in 1997.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Comprehensive Student Dropout Prevention Initiative - DOE - Communities In Schools of Georgia receives funding through the Georgia Department of Education to provide dropout prevention support to youth in grades K-12 through our network of local CIS affiliate organizations. During FY2025, Communities In Schools (CIS) of Georgia provided training and technical support to 16 CIS local CIS affiliates and 19 CIS of Georgia subsidiary organizations located throughout the state. These CIS organizations provided services to students in 46 school districts across 41 counties in Georgia. CIS of Georgia provided support to our state network in development and implementation of the proven CIS Model of wraparound services for schools and students. In addition, CIS of Georgia provided technical support to affiliates and subsidiaries in the areas of nonprofit management, board development, resource development, communications, and evaluation for the purpose of enhancing affiliate partnerships and improving outcomes for the schools and students they serve. In total, CIS of Georgia staff recorded 1,629 technical assistance and training contacts. This work included 496 site visits and 1,063 more…
$3,463,850 spentof which $2,045,779 as grants40% of program spendingCIS of Georgia won a 5-year US Department of Education Full-Service Community Schools grant which started in January of 2023. The Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program provides support for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools, including high-poverty rural schools. The Community Schools model, of which Communities In Schools is an example, has four pillars: integrated student supports, expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, active family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership practices. CIS of Georgia chose the high-poverty rural schools priority and committed to extra programs to address mental health and juvenile crime prevention. The grant allows CIS to serve 12 new schools and expand services in three previous sites. The schools represent seven districts (Ben Hill, Berrien, Candler, Dublin City, Laurens, Troup, and Twiggs) in six counties. CIS began serving these schools at the beginning of the FY2024 school year. CISGA provided…
$2,662,206 spent31% of program spendingThe community schools model, of which communities in schools is an example, has four pillars: integrated student supports, expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities, active family and community engagement, and collaborative leadership practices. Cis of georgia chose the high-poverty rural schools priority and committed to extra programs to address mental health and juvenile crime prevention. Families benefitted from engagement with activities, support, and resources and improved family-school engagement. Schools and communities benefited from convening and collaborating in several ways including improved finances, reduced teacher burnout, and expanded partnerships.
$2,434,236 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,560,292.
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 $1.9M to $5.6M (+199%).
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 58% · 2018 46% · 2019 48% · 2020 46% · 2021 51% · 2022 26% · 2023 56% · 2024 62% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Communities in Schools of Georgia’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Carol Lewis
President & CEO
Board chair
Joseph Lillyblad
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $84k → $156k.
7 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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: $4.8M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Joseph B Whitehead Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Communities in Schools of Georgia raised.
From the IRS filings of Communities in Schools of Georgia’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 27 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 Georgia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
72% 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 Georgia.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 93% · 2019 86% · 2020 51% · 2021 52% · 2022 94% · 2023 47% — 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
44% of Communities in Schools of Georgia's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
71% of Communities in Schools of Georgia's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.4M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 Georgia runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Communities in Schools of Georgia receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.9M on record.
- Department of Education$13.9M
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 Georgia
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Georgia Subs of Communities in Schools · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Communities in Schools of Georgia?
- Communities in Schools of Georgia (Georgia) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,751,877 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,305,900). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Communities in Schools of Georgia have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $4,751,877 in grants to Communities in Schools of Georgia, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Communities in Schools of Georgia?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,305,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Communities in Schools of Georgia 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.
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 27 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