Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251728518
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Camp Hill, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7172334330
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,987,018
- Expenses
- $4,278,441
- Assets
- $3,721,558
- Liabilities
- $207,513
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JESSICA KNAPP (PRES. & STATE DIR.): $147,132 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL WAGNER (VP OF FINANCE): $24,539 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of communities in schools of Pennsylvania, inc. Is to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life.
What it reported doing in 2024
Integrated student services cis implements a federated, evidence-based model, integrated student supports (iss), for more than 20,000 students at 32 schools in 12 school districts. Iss utilizes a site coordinator, who leverages community resources while also providing support services, life skills, targeted interventions, after school programs, parent engagement and basic needs. The design of this intervention is based off a stakeholder needs assessment and resource map of services coming into the school. Using this information, site coordinators will design programs and initiatives through each tier of the iss model to achieve school-wide goals and other goals as stated in an annual school support plan. The site coordinators bring together many partners to offer a range of supports and opportunities for children, youth, families, and communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.