Washington · Nonprofit
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE (Washington) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,374,977 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($6,331,800). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Communities in Schools of Washington State does
Mission
Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. The washington state office empowers the state wide network by providing local affiliates and interested communities the training, technical assistance and best practice strategies to provide highly impactful programs that support student academic and life success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Affiliate capacity building communities in schools of washington is dedicated to advancing educational equity through affiliate capacity building. This transformative project is designed to strengthen communities by providing affiliate executive directors and network resource development/communications professionals with essential messaging, tools, training, and unwavering support. The program takes a comprehensive approach, serving as a statewide voice for educational equity. Ciswa is committed to scaling its impact by extending its reach into more schools through this initiative. The project facilitates executive director convenings, program manager convenings, and site coordinator convenings, fostering collaboration and sharing of best practices among the cis wa network. The program's training component addresses critical topics such as youth mental health and trauma-informed care. By equipping the cis wa network with the knowledge and skills needed to address these challenges, the initiative ensures a more supportive and inclusive learning environment for students. Additionally, the project focuses on nurturing emerging affiliates and creating and incubating initiatives in new…
$3,603,834 spentof which $2,564,837 as grants87% of program spendingPartnership development partnership development is responsible for building and maintaining collaborative relationships with various entities such as organizations, government agencies, the community, and other non-profits, as well as the cis wa network. Policy and advocacy are at the core of our mission, where we actively address the root causes of educational disparities. By collaborating with other entities, we pool our resources to amplify our voices, influence decision-makers, and advocate effectively for social and policy changes. This approach enables us to raise awareness and contribute to a more supportive and equitable educational landscape. Through our various initiatives, we strive to create a more supportive and inclusive community that empowers individuals to reach their full potential.
$331,635 spentof which $20,750 as grants8% of program spendingPublic relations and marketing the public relations and marketing programs of ciswa provide management functions for various marketing and pr efforts that generate awareness for the organization. This results in increased visibility and continuity across the cis wa network, fundraising and brand visibility. The departments lead initiatives for planning, creating, developing, and implementing both internal and external communications and marketing strategies. This program is instrumental in ensuring the effectiveness and consistency of ciswa's communications and marketing efforts. The materials that will be developed and managed include brand identity elements, website content, annual reports, mission videos, marketing collateral, and coordination of external contract work.
$199,534 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,135,003.
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 $1.6M to $4.1M (+162%).
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: 2022 2% · 2023 65% · 2024 28% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Erica Limon-Trefielo
Interim state executive director
Board chair
Hannah Gbenro
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $70k → $2.7M.
8 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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: $3.7M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Communities in Schools of Washington State). These are real filings, and they are not money COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE raised.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 22 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 WASHINGTON STATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 WASHINGTON STATE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 96% · 2021 92% · 2022 64% · 2023 60% — 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
22% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
78% of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE'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 $2.5M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.9M 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 WASHINGTON STATE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 369 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $925k on record.
- Department of Education$925k
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 WASHINGTON STATE
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 WASHINGTON STATE?
- COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE (Washington) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,374,977 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($6,331,800). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% 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 WASHINGTON STATE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $11,374,977 in grants to COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,331,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON STATE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 22 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