Michigan · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO (Michigan) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,473,845 to it, the largest being THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION ($8,228,750). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo 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
Integrated student services - the organization connects community resources to schools to address the assessed needs of students using the national communities in schools integrated student services model. This approach has been independently evaluated and demonstrated a positive impact on 4th and 8th grade reading and math scores, drop-out rates and graduation rates. The long-term goal is for students to graduate from high school, college- ready, and able to use the kalamazoo promise. Intermediate goals are to help students become proficient in reading, writing, math, attendance, and behavior. Resources and services are grouped in two broad areas: learning readiness (health, mental health, physical needs, and attendance support) and learning support (tutoring, classroom assistance, homework help, and enrichment). The organization had site coordinators and/or after-school coordinators in twenty-two buildings.
$4,924,562 spent87% of program spendingMentoring/tutoring - cis recruits, screens, and connects volunteers from the community to students who can benefit from a positive one-on-one relationship with an adult and/or additional academic assistance. 452 volunteers from the faith community, local colleges/universities, community businesses, city government, and 9 push-in tutors provided 1,413 hours of in class support to approximately 300 algebra I students, and the general community provided 11,002 hours of service in 2024-25.
$116,233 spent2% of program spendingHealth - cis health initiatives address physical, mental and social emotional health. In 2024-25 cis continued to coordinate services with community partners that lead to the following services being provided: 66 students received vision assistance; 300 students received mental health service; food packs distributed during school totalled 20,458; five full service and five partial service school based pantries provided assistance on 11,761 occasions; and 21,970 basic need items were distributed.
$347,091 spent6% of program spendingScholarships and grant making - through cis, students who graduate from high school have opportunities to qualify for and receive scholarships through various endowed funds held at the kalamazoo community foundation. Cis provides assistance to students applying for scholarships and oversees various advisory committees involved in selecting scholarship recipients.
$301,095 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,688,981.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.6M to $11M (+327%).
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 60% · 2019 54% · 2020 57% · 2021 13% · 2022 52% · 2023 52% · 2024 57% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $871k → $2.7M.
7 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 KALAMAZOO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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 KALAMAZOO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 83%; 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: 2017 57% · 2018 61% · 2019 65% · 2020 50% · 2021 78% · 2022 84% · 2023 83% — 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
80% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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 KALAMAZOO's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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.
Organizations like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO: 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 KALAMAZOO?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO (Michigan) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,473,845 to it, the largest being THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION ($8,228,750). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $12,473,845 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO?
- THE RONDA E STRYKER AND WILLIAM D JOHNSTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,228,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF KALAMAZOO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 39 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing