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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PHILADELPHIA INC

EIN 23-2410538 PHILADELPHIA, PA

Revenue 2024
$6,452,209
Expenses 2024
$6,771,987

Program services were 84.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B91Z
Classification
2000
Street
5407 GRAYS AVE

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

Create educational and occupational opportunities for students and adults, launching them towards success in school and in life.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Launch of Philadelphia provides workforce and youth development programs in Philadelphia that help residents overcome barriers and unlock new opportunities.

  • DESCIRPTION OF THE THREE LARGEST MAJOR PROGRAM SERVICES IS AS FOLLOWS: ELECT (EDUCATION LEADING TO EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER TRAINING). ELECT ASSISTS PREGNANT OR PARENTING STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENCY. ELECT STUDENTS RECEIVE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS INTO SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND PARENTHOOD. LAUNCH'S SITE COORDINATORS PROVIDE INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT; PARENTING AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT TRAINING; HEALTH AND NUTRITION SEMINARS; ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPORT;AND LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. A COMPONENT OF ELECT IS A FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE DEDICATED TO YOUNG MEN WHO ARE PARENTING. URBAN TECHNOLOGY PROJECT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, LAUNCH DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS DIGITAL NCLUSION ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. THE URBAN TECHNOLOGY PROJECT PROVIDES YOUTH WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND EDUCATION, PROMOTING OWNERSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE, PROBLEM SOLVING AND SELF-RELIANCE. THE URBAN TECHNOLOGY PROJECT INCLUDES THE DIGITAL SERVICE FELLOWS AND COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS DESCRIBED BELOW. DIGITAL SERVICE FELLOWS (""DSF""). DSF IS A FULL-TIME AMERICORPS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN BOTH SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN PURSUING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIELD. DSF PARTICIPANTS LEARN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL AND ACTIVELY APPLY THE SKILLS LEARNED BY INSTALLING NEW EQUIPMENT OR REPAIRING EXISTING EQUIPMENT IN SCHOOLS AND BY LEADING SCHOOL-BASED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS. COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS (""CSS""). LAUNCH AND THE SDOP HAVE ALSO PARTNERED TO CREATE THE CSS PROGRAM. CSS PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO 56 SCHOOLS AND 4 CENTRAL OFFICES OF THE SDOP. THIS PROGRAM COMPLEMENTS THE DSF INITIATIVE AND ALLOWS RECENT GRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE A ONE OR TWO YEARS AS A PRE-APPRENTICE WITH MASTER TECHNICIANS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA.

    Expenses $5,685,924

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.

  • nyne sellers

    president

    Total calculated
    $174,786
    From this org
    $151,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,829
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,435
    Bonus
    $25,750
    Other
    $5,772
    Deferred
    $6,078
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,751
    Filer's total
    $174,786
  • McArthur Laws

    cfo

    Total calculated
    $139,084
    From this org
    $133,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,907
    Hours/week
    35
  • devon starks

    chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • joseph devine esq

    vice-chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandon Campbell

    treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • kelly thornton

    secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dawn McCray

    board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • rev dr wilson goode sr

    board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • cassandra jones

    board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Athy

    board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Rogers

    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. 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
    $6,452,209
    Expenses
    $6,771,987
    Contributions
    $6,209,944
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,769,704
    Expenses
    $6,140,850
    Contributions
    $6,522,040
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,178,432
    Expenses
    $5,777,323
    Contributions
    $5,962,534
    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
    $5,306,862
    Expenses
    $4,816,293
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,950,488
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,300,175
    Expenses
    $3,523,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,453,979
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,696,163
    Expenses
    $3,692,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,298,359
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,931,732
    Expenses
    $4,276,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,818,859
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,701,284
    Expenses
    $4,167,441
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,121,218
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,149,613
    Expenses
    $5,143,028
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,624,340
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,913,873
    Expenses
    $5,798,856
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,026,663
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,700,808
    Expenses
    $6,341,932
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,063,199
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,700,808
    Expenses
    $6,341,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,063,199
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,664,929
    Expenses
    $8,609,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,615,400

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

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.