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Communities in Schools of Chicago

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Ensuring that every public school student in Chicago graduates from high school prepared to succeed.

Communities In Schools of Chicago is a dropout prevention organization that works. Our model is backed by data and rigorous research. This year we are partnering with 135 Chicago public schools, helping more than 50,000 students succeed and stay in school. We do our work by connecting schools with needed programs and services and providing one-on-one and group counseling to specific students. Our team of 30 professionals relies on a set of organizational core values that guide our approach to working and serving students, schools and the community-at-large. We began working in Chicago in 1988, and have a rich history of serving, in total, more than 900,000 Chicago students. The mission of CIS of Chicago is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.75Overall score
out of 100

88.34Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,829,534

Total expenses · USD$2,653,240

Program expenses

$2,170,350.32 recorded amount

81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$318,388.80 recorded amount

12.0%

Administrative expenses

$161,847.64 recorded amount

6.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jane Mentzinger
Recorded compensation: $152,480.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.74%

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All 23 original fields for Communities in Schools of Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Communities In Schools of Chicago is a dropout prevention organization that works. Our model is backed by data and rigorous research. This year we are partnering with 135 Chicago public schools, helping more than 50,000 students succeed and stay in school. We do our work by connecting schools with needed programs and services and providing one-on-one and group counseling to specific students. Our team of 30 professionals relies on a set of organizational core values that guide our approach to working and serving students, schools and the community-at-large. We began working in Chicago in 1988, and have a rich history of serving, in total, more than 900,000 Chicago students. The mission of CIS of Chicago is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
`ein` EIN	36-3591326
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2653240.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.061
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.12
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.818
`fscore` Financial score	88.34
`leader` Recorded leader	Jane Mentzinger
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	152480.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0574
`motto` Tagline	Ensuring that every public school student in Chicago graduates from high school prepared to succeed.
`name` Charity name	Communities in Schools of Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2829534.0
`score` Overall score	91.75
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2170350.32
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	318388.8
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	161847.63999999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3591326
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.