New York · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,369,658 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($78,101,173). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $143M
- Net assets
- $130M
What Community Solutions International Inc does
Mission
We work to end homelessness and the conditions that create it. We do it by helping communities become better problem solvers, so they can fix the expensive, badly designed systems that low income people must rely on every day.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National campaigns:built for zero - built for zero (formerly zero: 2016) is a movement, a methodology, and proof of what is possible. Over 100 cities and counties have committed to measurably ending homelessness for entire populations. Using data, these communities have changed how local homeless response systems work and the impact they can achieve. Together, they are proving that we can build a future where homelessness is rare overall and brief when it occurs.
$23,587,622 spentof which $6,557,293 as grants$1,413,992 earned by the program69% of program spendingReal estate project: the property is being renovated as a historic rehabilitation project to enerate federal historic tax credits ("htcs") and state of connecticut istoric tax credits ("state htcs, and collectively with the htcs, the tax credits") in accordance with sections 47 and 50 of the irc and ection 10-416c of the connecticut general statutes, respectively.wift factory is further intended to qualify as a qualified active ow-income community business pursuant to the new markets tax credit ("nmtc") program under section 45d of the irc. These properties are transformed into housing and community spaces across the us.working closely with a broad group of community members in the process to better connect existing resources to end homelesness.
$10,699,979 spent31% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$5,582 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,293,183.
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 2020 to 2021, from $67M to $178M (+164%).
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 48% · 2018 4% · 2019 0% · 2020 20% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Eric Fornell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $30M.
29 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 29% · 2019 40% · 2020 60% · 2021 48% · 2022 65% · 2023 76% — 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
38% of COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 818 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 818 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.1M on record.
- Department of Commerce$7.1M
- Environmental Protection Agency$25k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$25k
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 COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
41%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Part of a family of 14 related entities
- 12170 East 30th Avenue LLC · disregarded
- Cs North Capitol Commons LLC · disregarded
- Swift Incubator LLC · disregarded
- Vesta Atlanta LLC · disregarded
- Vincent's Legacy LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC (New York) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,369,658 to it, the largest being JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ($78,101,173). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $143,369,658 in grants to COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $78,101,173 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 82 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