North Carolina · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,892,208 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,300,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $6.9M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc does
Mission
Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local students in more than 300 schools. Cisnc provides core program support to its network of affiliated nonprofits to ensure student impact: program training, data management support and research, accreditation support, and non-profit management technical assistance in the areas of human resources, planning, finance and governance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cisnc ensures student impact by providing core program support to 17 cis organizations located across north carolina. Support services include: training in evidence-based programs, data management support, accreditation support, communications support, research, and non-profit management technical assistance with human resources, finance, planning and governance. Together, our network empowered more than 94,462 students to stay in school and achieve success despite the challenges. Of students that we supported with intensive services, 90% of seniors graduated with a high school diploma; 94% of students identified as promotion risk were promoted to the next grade; 87% of students identified as needing to improve their behavior met their improvement goals; 88% of students identified as needing to improve their coursework met their goals; and 81% of students identified as needing to improve their attendance met their goals.
$1,963,127 spentof which $117,387 as grants$486,463 earned by the program48% of program spendingJobs for nc graduates is a student-centered college and career readiness program of cisnc that helps students stay in school through graduation, pursue post-secondary education, and secure quality entry-level jobs leading to career advancement opportunities. The program provides students with classroom learning, college and career connections, engagement opportunities with local employers, and mentoring after high school. Services are provided in 10 counties of north carolina.
$1,258,136 spentof which $167,696 as grants$257,226 earned by the program30% of program spendingCisnc provided support directly to 892 students and nearly 1,552 parents during the 2024-25 school year in 20 public schools located in 6 counties across north carolina. We use a proven evidence-based model that removes barriers for students at risk of dropping out, keeping kids in school and on the path to graduation and success beyond. Our school-based staff partners with teachers to identify challenges students face in class or at home and coordinate with community partners to bring outside resources inside schools. Supports include academic assistance, behavioral interventions, basic need support, family engagement, life skills, and college & career preparation.
$500,942 spentof which $372,856 as grants$379,660 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther programs include the reentry to resilience (r2r) program, which provides a bridge for youth transitioning from youth development centers (ydc) back into their families, schools, and communities with a unique approach to wraparound supports and services. With a focus on reducing recidivism, youth success coaches begin working with youth and their families in the earliest stages to create educational plans, supports, and work opportunities. Coaches continue to work with the youth and family for up to another 12 months, providing crucial support. Services are provided to youth in 8 counties of north carolina. Youth graduating from the program recidivate only of the time.# of youth served in the community- 66# of youth served in the ydc- 57
$408,033 spent$78,542 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,130,238.
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 $2.5M to $8.3M (+232%).
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 78% · 2018 70% · 2019 62% · 2020 72% · 2021 70% · 2022 24% · 2023 60% · 2024 59% · 2025 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% 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
Jill Cox
President & CEO
Board chair
Kendrick Fentress
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $52k → $325k.
10 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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: $18k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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 NORTH CAROLINA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 NORTH CAROLINA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 40% · 2019 83% · 2020 21% · 2021 63% · 2022 80% · 2023 31% — 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
32% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
62% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC'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 $2.6M that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from North Carolina 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.
Against its field
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Justice$750k
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 NORTH CAROLINA 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
77% 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
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Jobs for Nc Graduates LLC · disregarded
- Cisnc Services Group LLC · disregarded
- Cis of the Rocky Mount Region Inc · exempt
- Cis of Cumberland County · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,892,208 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($3,300,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% 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 NORTH CAROLINA INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $6,892,208 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $3,300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA 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.
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 37 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