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Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area

EIN 57-0915384Education South Carolina Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life

Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area (CIS) provides a dropout prevention program that surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS partners with Charleston and Berkeley County School Districts to serve over 13,200 students in 28 schools, using an evidenced-based comprehensive approach to bring community services to students, their families, and schools. During the 2013-14 school year, 96% of students promoted to the next grade and 95% of seniors graduated. Out of the seniors that graduated, 88% went on to college and 10% joined the military.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.38Overall score
out of 100

82.50Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,491,462

Total expenses · USD$1,667,084

Program expenses

$1,520,380.61 recorded amount

91.2%

Fundraising expenses

$91,689.62 recorded amount

5.5%

Administrative expenses

$53,346.69 recorded amount

3.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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 Riley Gambrell
Recorded compensation: $102,094.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 6.12%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Education
`description` Mission & description	Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area (CIS) provides a dropout prevention program that surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS partners with Charleston and Berkeley County School Districts to serve over 13,200 students in 28 schools, using an evidenced-based comprehensive approach to bring community services to students, their families, and schools. During the 2013-14 school year, 96% of students promoted to the next grade and 95% of seniors graduated. Out of the seniors that graduated, 88% went on to college and 10% joined the military.
`ein` EIN	57-0915384
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1667084.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.032
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.055
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.912
`fscore` Financial score	82.5
`leader` Recorded leader	Jane Riley Gambrell
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	102094.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.061200000000000004
`motto` Tagline	Empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life
`name` Charity name	Communities in Schools of the Charleston Area
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1491462.0
`score` Overall score	85.38
`state` State code	SC
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Education Programs and Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1520380.608
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	91689.62
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	53346.688

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 57-0915384
Source category: Education
Source subcategory: Youth Education Programs and Services
Recorded location: South Carolina (SC)
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.