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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,715,188
Total expenses
$5,413,975
Contributions and grants received
$5,531,595
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$132,600
Other revenue
$50,993
Total assets, end of year
$4,391,786
Total liabilities, end of year
$124,310
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,267,476
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,144,554
Management and general expenses
$179,609
Fundraising expenses
$89,812
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,144,554

Program services were 95.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $32,285

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,510,558

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,988,752

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $132,600 · related or exempt $132,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $126,488

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $32,285

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $75,495

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $50,993 · excluded $50,993

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $137,979 · program services $96,585 · management and general $20,697 · fundraising $20,697

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,744,510 · program services $3,653,499 · management and general $35,442 · fundraising $55,569

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $329,338 · program services $322,752 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $3,293

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $310,735 · program services $304,521 · management and general $3,107 · fundraising $3,107

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,600 · management and general $64,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,221 · program services $4,137 · management and general $42 · fundraising $42

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $240,879 · program services $236,061 · management and general $2,409 · fundraising $2,409

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $118,214 · program services $115,850 · management and general $1,182 · fundraising $1,182

  • 17 · Travel

    total $264,955 · program services $259,655 · management and general $2,650 · fundraising $2,650

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,154 · program services $14,850 · management and general $152 · fundraising $152

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,204 · program services $11,520 · management and general $12,684

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contract Services

    total $76,529 · program services $51,251 · management and general $25,278 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: In-Kind

    total $29,509 · program services $28,919 · management and general $295 · fundraising $295

  • 24c · Other expenses: Field Trips, Outreach,

    total $20,681 · program services $20,267 · management and general $207 · fundraising $207

  • 24d · Other expenses: Investment Fees

    total $13,369 · program services $13,101 · management and general $134 · fundraising $134

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $19,098 · program services $11,586 · management and general $7,437 · fundraising $75

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,912,149 · end of year $2,362,381

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $186,819 · end of year $82,826

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,528 · end of year $10,877

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $89,834

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $66,450

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,537 · end of year $23,384

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,715,581 · end of year $1,897,593

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $67,147 · end of year $14,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $100,540 · end of year $109,585

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $67,147 · end of year $14,725

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,085,001 · end of year $3,483,274

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,688,073 · end of year $784,202

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To surround at risk students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

  • The mission of Communities in Schools of Cape Fear is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. To fulfill our mission, we place staff inside targeted, high-need public schools, who work directly with vulnerable students and those with the greatest risk of dropping out throughout the school day. We empower over 2,500 students to stay in school and on the path to graduation each year. Our trained student support specialists do this by partnering with counselors and teachers, mobilizing the community to offer extra support, and doing whatever it takes to help students succeed. Our unique model works because it's based on national research, driven by community relationships and supported by local resources. Current programs include Student Support Specialists at 34 area schools, afterschool programs at 6 schools in Pender County, Community Learning Alternatives for Suspended Students (CLASS) at our downtown youth center, WIRE, Teen Court, Restitution, and Restorative Justice, Freedom School and summer enrichment programs, and programming to support and empower teen parents. During the 2023/2024 school year, we provided free programming and support to 34,549 students and families, and case-managed an additional 2,664. Of those, 99% stayed in school, 94% graduated, 88% improved academically, 79% improved behavior, and 93% improved attendance.

    Expenses $5,144,554

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Donterio Perkins

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Castner

    Current Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Brenner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marcio Aleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dominique Bates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carolyn Fisher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shawn Lamb

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bain Cornette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Graham Elmore

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angel Garcia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Busby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Redinger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Lofton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Oots

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Kraybill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Evan Renneker

    Former Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tara Ketner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cindy Talbert

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris George

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Troutwine

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Whitfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louise Hicks

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $137,978
    From this org
    $137,978
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
9 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512829349301826

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