Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,070,320 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($1,321,554). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $592k
What Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital Inc does
Mission
Cis's mission is to empower children by providing the resources, guidance, and opportunities they need to succeed in school and the encouragement needed to remain committed to their education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Communities in schools (cis) partners with schools to connect students with essential resources and address the social, emotional, and economic barriers that impact their ability to succeed. Cis believes that each student's success contributes to positive change-strengthening schools, empowering communities, and shaping education policy for a brighter future. Cis surrounds nearly 5,000 students with a community of support empowering them to stay in school and achieve.
$1,919,717 spentof which $38,332 as grants$151,842 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,919,717.
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 2022 to 2023, from $663k to $1.1M (+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 30% · 2018 42% · 2019 49% · 2020 68% · 2021 63% · 2022 69% · 2023 44% · 2024 57% · 2025 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Rustin Lewis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $175k → $711k.
6 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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 THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 91% · 2019 81% · 2020 62% · 2021 29% · 2022 27% · 2023 28% — 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
40% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $365k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,070,320 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ($1,321,554). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,070,320 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA is the largest funder on record, with $1,321,554 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 23 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