Charity profile · Historical source record

Communities In Schools of Houston

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Helping kids stay in school and prepare for life

Beginning in 1979, Communities In Schools of Houston (CIS) began making a difference in the stay-in-school and graduation rates among Houston area schools! The mission of CIS is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS is based on the belief that programs don't change people-relationships do! CIS of Houston works with at-risk students in grades pre-K through post-secondary, by placing a full-time social service provider on the school campus to implement a student-centered, goal-oriented, solution-focused case management model, which is a process for assessing and meeting a student's needs. CIS Project Managers are committed adults who invest in at-risk students' personal and academic success, building significant relationships with students to encourage him/her to set and attain academic, personal, and career goals.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.61Overall score
out of 100

88.14Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$12,508,794

Total expenses · USD$12,788,149

Program expenses

$10,959,443.69 recorded amount

85.7%

Fundraising expenses

$690,560.05 recorded amount

5.4%

Administrative expenses

$1,125,357.11 recorded amount

8.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Cynthia C. Briggs
Recorded compensation: $187,740.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.46%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Communities In Schools of Houston
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Beginning in 1979, Communities In Schools of Houston (CIS) began making a difference in the stay-in-school and graduation rates among Houston area schools! The mission of CIS is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS is based on the belief that programs don't change people-relationships do! CIS of Houston works with at-risk students in grades pre-K through post-secondary, by placing a full-time social service provider on the school campus to implement a student-centered, goal-oriented, solution-focused case management model, which is a process for assessing and meeting a student's needs. CIS Project Managers are committed adults who invest in at-risk students' personal and academic success, building significant relationships with students to encourage him/her to set and attain academic, personal, and career goals.
`ein` EIN	76-0031827
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12788149.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08800000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.054000000000000006
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.857
`fscore` Financial score	88.14
`leader` Recorded leader	Cynthia C. Briggs
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	187740.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0146
`motto` Tagline	Helping kids stay in school and prepare for life
`name` Charity name	Communities In Schools of Houston
`tot_rev` Total revenue	12508794.0
`score` Overall score	91.61
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10959443.693
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	690560.0460000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1125357.1120000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 76-0031827
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.