Communities in Schools of South Central Texas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742653402
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New Braunfels, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8306204247
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,483,620
- Expenses
- $5,413,009
- Assets
- $5,114,822
- Liabilities
- $144,336
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
People named in this filing
- ELAINE BENNETT (DIRECTOR)
- HECTOR RAMIREZ (DIRECTOR)
- JILL BASSETT (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Communities in schools surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and acheive in life
What it reported doing in 2024
Cis-sct serves eight school districts and provided 4,426 students with intensive, individualized, holistic services. In addition, cis-sct provided two or more services to over 38,979 students. Cis-sct accomplished this in collaboration with 1,666 volunteers providing 21,998 hours of services and over 281 community partnerships to meet the needs of students and their families. Through a combination of individual and group services, cis-scts impact on the lives of young people resulted in a 87% improvement in behavior; 77% inprovement in attendance; 93% improvement in academic performance; 99% stayed in school; 99% were promoted to the next grade and 99% of eligible seniors graduated. 91 mentors were matched with students in need of as adult role model; 122 high school students were provided with college and career preparation activities. Cis-sct is committed to addressing the mental health needs of the youth we serve. 43,565 hours of mental health services were provided by site coordinators, and 256 students received 1,628 hours of one on one therapeutic counseling at no cost to them or their families, a value of $216,838.
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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.