Communities in Schoools of Northwest Michigan Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270726563
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Mancelona, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2313564385
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,440,137
- Expenses
- $1,361,373
- Assets
- $1,460,560
- Liabilities
- $108,906
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- NICK EDSON (VICE- CHAIRPERSON)
- LAUREE VANDERVEEN (TREASURER)
- DEB KNUDSTRUP (SECRETARY)
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 school (cis) of northwest Michigan coordinates human services and delivers them to at-risk youth in the northwest, mi area and to their families through the supportive environment of the public schools or non-traditional education sites. Communities in schools of northwest Michigan will endeavor to enable said youth and their families to have access to a broad range of needed social and educational services by establishing a coordinated delivery system of community resources within an educational setting. The mission of communities in schools of northwest Michigan is to surround students with community support empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Cis programs provide both preventative and intervention services including academic assistance, career exploration, college field trips, service learning, and enrichment activities. The objective of communities in schools of northwest mi is to reduce the number of school dropouts in the northwest, mi area.
What it reported doing in 2024
Communities in schools of northwest Michigan implements the cis model by positioning a dedicated staff member - a site coordinator - inside partner schools to identify students at risk of not graduating. The coordinator assesses school and student needs and establishes relationships with community partners to provide needed resources to students. Whether it is mentoring, or fulfilling their quest to postsecondary education, students can concentrate on learning.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $146.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.