Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CHILDREN FIRST COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,994,757
- Total expenses
- $1,815,250
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,900,810
- Grants paid
- $7,524
- Program service revenue
- $87,998
- Investment income
- $5,949
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,083,217
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $116,613
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $966,604
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,464,919
- Management and general expenses
- $286,432
- Fundraising expenses
- $63,899
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,464,919
Program services were 80.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$10,000
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$850,703
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,040,107
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2a · Program service revenue: Service Fees
total $87,998 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $5,253 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,253
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $696
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $696
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $696 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $696
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $7,524 · program services $7,524
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $84,669 · program services $69,429 · management and general $11,854 · fundraising $3,386
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,172,196 · program services $1,003,666 · management and general $130,934 · fundraising $37,596
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $169,552 · program services $137,529 · management and general $25,193 · fundraising $6,830
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $103,887 · program services $87,833 · management and general $12,633 · fundraising $3,421
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $50,504 · program services $0 · management and general $50,504 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $15,000 · program services $15,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $414 · program services $0 · management and general $414 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $42,550 · program services $31,646 · management and general $7,868 · fundraising $3,036
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13 · Office expenses
total $30,993 · program services $16,618 · management and general $11,823 · fundraising $2,552
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14 · Information technology
total $19,213 · program services $768 · management and general $13,065 · fundraising $5,380
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16 · Occupancy
total $27,817 · program services $23,441 · management and general $4,376 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $15,287 · program services $13,177 · management and general $1,692 · fundraising $418
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $5,937 · program services $2,990 · management and general $2,211 · fundraising $736
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,438 · program services $4,438 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $33,441 · program services $27,520 · management and general $5,417 · fundraising $504
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24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses
total $25,538 · program services $17,463 · management and general $8,075 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Training and Education
total $6,290 · program services $5,877 · management and general $373 · fundraising $40
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $544,698 · end of year $646,397
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $143,123 · end of year $144,713
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $97,976 · end of year $178,333
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $8,134 · end of year $4,386
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $14,738 · end of year $14,618
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$101,634
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$85,332
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $20,740 · end of year $16,302
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $91,493 · end of year $78,468
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $89,404 · end of year $87,757
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $47,993 · end of year $28,856
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $448,187 · end of year $277,653
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $335,318 · end of year $688,951
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To empower children and their families to reach their full potential through advocacy, education and services. As Communities In Schools, we surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To empower children and their families to reach their full potential through advocacy, education and services.
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Overall Organizational Highlights: -We served over 2,660 children with our direct services and academic supports through our AmeriCorps program. This is a conservative estimate, as many were served immediately following Hurricane Helene without a consistent tracking system, so those figures were not captured. -Last year, 4 community members volunteered their time at our Learning Centers, and the Family Resource Center, totaling 631 hours.
Expenses $1,464,919 · Grants $7,524 · Revenue $87,998
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Communities In Schools (CIS) Student Support Specialists: Children First/(CIS) student support specialist programs at Claxton, Johnston, Hall Fletcher, Oakley, Estes, and Emma Elementary Schools and Eblen Intermediate School empower students to stay in school and achieve in life. Operations at these sites is based one a school-based student support site plan. Plans include services that address identified school-wide needs or build and reinforce student assets. It also identifies services for specific students at high risk of eventually dropping out of school. 97% of our case-managed students qualified for the Free & Reduced Lunch program. We had 229 case managed students and served 2,215 students with Tier I (school-wide) services.
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Children First/Communities In Schools (CIS) Learning Centers are safe haven afterschool programs that provide academic assistance, healthy snacks and enrichment activities for up to 43 at-risk elementary aged children. 28 students also participated in a 6-week summer camp that offers a variety of enrichment and education opportunities, and 7 students participated in tennis at Eblen. The Learning Centers strengthen the connection between student, school, parent and community, which is a key element in helping an at-risk child succeed in school and prepare for life. We had a 95% promotion rate for our 229 case-managed students. . Other notable accomplishments for FY 2025: *Project POWER AmeriCorps members served 243 youths and recruited 375 volunteers who provided 2,667 hours of community service. *The Family Resource Centers served 193 individuals with food boxes, 60 individuals received emergency financial assistance,202 students received backpacks and school supplies, and 332 children received gifts during Holiday Giving. *Childern First/(CIS) supports advocacy by serving as the fiscal sponsor of the Western North Carolina Early Childhood Coalition (WNC ECC). This collaboration allows CF/CIS to continue supporting advocacy that impacts children and families.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Natasha Adwaters
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $86,648
- From this org
- $83,806
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,842
- Hours/week
- 40
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Machelle Cathey
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lee Anne Mangone
President Elect
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carla Trull
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Adarrell Gadsden
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Patrick Bahls
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jean Lawler
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jackie Dirscherl
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Martha Habegger
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kathleen Hargrove
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Jamie Johnson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike Knepshield
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Thomas Priester
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kim Robinson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anya Robyak
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 24 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202611179349300231
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