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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO

EIN 36-3591326 CHICAGO, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2024
$6,964,065
Expenses 2024
$8,074,019

Program services were 70.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
815 W VAN BUREN ST STE 300

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO (CIS OF CHICAGO) CONNECTS SOCIAL, HEALTH, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. CIS OF CHICAGO HELPS SCHOOLS ADDRESS STUDENTS' MOST PRESSING NEEDS BY TRAINING THEM TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIES, FIND OUTSIDE PARTNERS, SCHEDULE PROGRAMS, AND EVALULATE, IMPACT, AND MAINTAIN PARTNERSHIPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SURROUND STUDENTS WITH A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT, EMPOWERING THEM TO STAY IN SCHOOL AND ACHIEVE IN LIFE.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO (CIS OF CHICAGO) CONNECTS INTEGRATED SERVICES THAT ADDRESS IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES TO STUDENTS IN 239 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ENGAGED 200 VETTED COMMUNITY SERVICE PARTNERS IN ADDRESSING THE NEED OF STUDENTS IN LOW RESOURCED COMMUNITIES; AND WORKS DIRECTLY WITH MORE THAN 83,000 STUDENTS.TYPICALLY, MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 11 DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY CIS OF CHICAGO ARE PROMOTED AND 97 PERCENT OF THE SENIORS CIS OF CHICAGO SUPPORTS GRADUATE.

    Expenses $5,710,185 · Revenue $560,000

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jane Mentzinger

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $312,248
    From this org
    $281,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,918
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,330
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,293
    Filer's total
    $312,248

  • Judith Allen

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $244,759
    From this org
    $209,554
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,205
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,554
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,205
    Filer's total
    $244,759

  • Marianne Woodward

    CHIEF RESOURCE OFFICER (TERM)

    Total calculated
    $153,333
    From this org
    $131,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,895
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,220
    Filer's total
    $153,333

  • David Cotugno

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $137,366
    From this org
    $122,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,466
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bartholomew St John

    INNOVATION AND COMM. OFFICER (TERM)

    Total calculated
    $157,870
    From this org
    $122,098
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,772
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,098
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,147
    Filer's total
    $157,870

  • Robin Koelsch

    CHIEF PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $146,860
    From this org
    $110,758
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,102
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shipra Panicker

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INTENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORT

    Total calculated
    $120,146
    From this org
    $102,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,573
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark Brady

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Welch

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janel Daley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Moncrief

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Sherron J Bibbie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don Bielinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Bondy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Capasso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Gray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Guryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan D Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralph Leslie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robin L Letchinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bradley H Meyers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marisa Murillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Parsons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adrian Perkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,964,065
    Expenses
    $8,074,019
    Contributions
    $6,193,111
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,228,926
    Expenses
    $7,774,695
    Contributions
    $7,325,481
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,092,506
    Expenses
    $6,256,478
    Contributions
    $10,218,919
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,274,759
    Expenses
    $5,841,559
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,973,055

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,386,114
    Expenses
    $5,272,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,445,597

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,485,086
    Expenses
    $5,557,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,123,254

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,709,400
    Expenses
    $4,102,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,295,815

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,157,713
    Expenses
    $3,025,948
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,636,375

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,829,534
    Expenses
    $2,653,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,483,510

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,193,260
    Expenses
    $2,114,290
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,270,792

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,448,631
    Expenses
    $2,042,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,174,394

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,621,922
    Expenses
    $1,975,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $773,727

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,716,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,115,316

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.