Citizen Schools INC FY2021 filing

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Boston, MA501(c)(3)EducationEIN 04-3259160Revenue $8.8M in FY2021

On file with the IRScitizenschools.org1 Beacon Street, 02108-3107 · Boston, MATax-exempt since Apr 1995Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Citizen Schools, INC. (csi) helps all students to thrive in school and beyond through hands-on learning and career mentors. Citizen Schools is a national nonprofit that works in school, after school and at the systems-level to provide hands-on learning and mentors from companies and community organizations. Over the last 25 years, Citizen Schools has helped 50,000 underrepresented students build confidence, gain 21st century skills and develop interest in career pathways.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $32K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$448K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.8M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$7.3M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$4.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.8M
FY2021▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.7M
FY2021$8.8M
FY2022$13.9M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$773K
Expenses
$7.3M
FY2021▼ -16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.7M
FY2021$7.3M
FY2022$8.2M
FY2023$4.8M
FY2024$3.2M
FY2025$3.0M
Net assets
$4.8M
FY2021▲ +49%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$4.8M
FY2022$10.4M
FY2023$7.3M
FY2024$5.2M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1995.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $5.5M Management & general 16% · $1.2M Fundraising 8% · $607K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

28 people listed on the 990; $1.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO & Board Member (until 7/1/21)
$232,853Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Impact Officer
$178,295Pt VII · Sec A
VP, External Engagement
$148,424Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Growth Officer
$139,515Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director, Elt
$127,205Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Finance & Operations
$126,173Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director, External Engagement
$124,941Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Community Partnerships
$113,196Pt VII · Sec A

Nadia K Selby’s $187K as CEO is at the 98th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1612 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Emily McCann———$279,327$232,853$218,388
Oscar Cruz—$151,711$245,000$32,981——
Nadia K Selby$186,850$226,782$142,235———
Elisha Muskat——$170,000$179,885$126,173$99,070
Kyle Conley————$178,295$117,388
Aimee Sargent————$148,424$125,690
Sarah Brown$143,739—————
Michele Carter——$143,548$128,410——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

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2 programs · $4.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Elt

Includes all costs incurred to operate the elt program, which includes the salary and benefits of staff members (campus directors, part-time teaching associates), the stipend and benefits for americorps service members (teaching fellows) and all other expenses (E.G. Supplies, transportation).

$3.0Mprogram expense
02

Field Development and Makers + Mentors Network

Csi is dedicated to mobilizing public and community support for high-quality after-school programs through research, evaluation, innovation, advocacy and the leadership of the makers + mentors (formerly US2020) network.

$1.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $200K · 2021–2021
Envisioneers INCCA · FY2021$200,000

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$101
Money outPt IX
$7.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.5M
Managementcol C$1.2M
Fundraisingcol D$607K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$448K
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.2M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$47K
Investment incomeLn 3$101
Total revenueLn 12$8.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.9M
SavingsLn 2$30K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$39K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$448K
Net assetsLn 32$4.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 539
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$1.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$48K$39K
Total assetsLn 16$4.1M$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$854K$448K
Net assetsLn 32$3.2M$4.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$617K$456K$34K$127K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.0M$2.1M$583K$317K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$39K$10K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$429K$329K$78K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$401K$326K$43K$32K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$160K$160K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$60K$60K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$456K$292K$125K$39K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$30K$5K$5K$20K
Office expensesLn 13$26K$13K$9K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$181K$153K$1K$27K
OccupancyLn 16$69K$56K$8K$6K
TravelLn 17$10K$4K$5K$866
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$32K$2K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$53K$43K$6K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$1.5M$100K$357
All other expensesLn 24e$23K$15K$6K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.3M$5.5M$1.2M$607K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $773K$3.0M−$2.2M$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.1M$3.2M−$2.1M$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$4.8M−$3.2M$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.9M$8.2M$5.7M$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $8.8M$7.3M$1.6M$4.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.7M$8.7M$21K$3.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $8,840,523 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,666,680$8,840,422
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$101
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $19,704$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,686,384$8,840,523
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,051,773$4,544,546
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,613,811$2,721,849
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,665,584$7,266,395
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $20,800$1,574,128
Part VI · Governance 18 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,840,523 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$4,181,435
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,658,987
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$47,037
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,840,422
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $101$101
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $101$8,840,523
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,266,395 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $455,961 · Management $34,104 · Fundraising $127,220$617,285
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,146,132 · Management $582,979 · Fundraising $317,467$3,046,578
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $38,933 · Management $9,737 · Fundraising $1,282$49,952
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $328,672 · Management $77,947 · Fundraising $22,644$429,263
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $326,380 · Management $42,853 · Fundraising $32,235$401,468
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,903$6,903
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $160,194$160,194
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $60,000$60,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $291,937 · Management $125,251 · Fundraising $39,116$456,304
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,532 · Management $4,679 · Fundraising $20,392$29,603
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,095 · Management $9,398 · Fundraising $3,487$25,980
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $153,441 · Management $1,241 · Fundraising $26,727$181,409
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $56,133 · Management $7,511 · Fundraising $5,591$69,235
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,378 · Management $5,008 · Fundraising $866$10,252
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $32,020 · Management $1,730 · Fundraising $3,162$36,912
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $43,259 · Management $5,875 · Fundraising $4,272$53,406
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,507,875 · Management $100,211 · Fundraising $357$1,608,443
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $15,316 · Management $5,814 · Fundraising $2,078$23,208
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,478,064 · Management $1,181,435 · Fundraising $606,896$7,266,395
Part X · Balance sheet $5,221,320 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,333,355$1,857,452
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $30,210$30,210
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,294,005$1,981,984
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $295,933$1,240,209
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $51,309$72,057
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $48,411$39,408
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,053,223$5,221,320
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $516,915$285,907
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$150,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $314,551$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $853,794$447,763
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $924,018$3,115,104
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,275,411$1,658,453
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,199,429$4,773,557
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,053,223$5,221,320
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,773,557 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,840,523
XI-2 Total expenses$7,266,395
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,574,128
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,199,429
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,773,557

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