Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1995.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
26 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
See Citizen Schools INC executive salaries →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
Provides hands-on learning and career mentors to help students thrive in school and beyond.
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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).
National Services and Catalyst
Services provided by csi's national office to support state offices and campus operations. Services include national recruitment of campus staff and citizen teachers, management of national relationships and key stakeholders, nationwide best practice sharing, nationally-based staff training, program research and evaluation, and…
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.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.9M | $8.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $39K | $15K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.2M | $11.3M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $448K | $839K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $4.8M | $10.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $200K | $200K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $524K | $342K | $42K | $139K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $3.5M | $2.0M | $772K | $703K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $32K | $18K | $7K | $7K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $356K | $209K | $73K | $74K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $298K | $165K | $67K | $66K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1K | $1K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $155K | $155K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $60K | $60K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $2.5M | $2.3M | $58K | $82K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $91K | $72K | $9K | $10K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $36K | $19K | $10K | $7K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $187K | $104K | $41K | $43K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $112K | $61K | $25K | $26K |
| TravelLn 17 | $91K | $47K | $23K | $21K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $24K | $13K | $5K | $6K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $47K | $25K | $11K | $11K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $84K | $36K | $46K | $3K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3K | $2K | $714 | $932 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $8.2M | $5.7M | $1.3M | $1.2M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Feb 12, 2026 | $773K | $3.0M | −$2.2M | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $1.1M | $3.2M | −$2.1M | $5.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Mar 28, 2024 | $1.7M | $4.8M | −$3.2M | $7.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 24, 2023 | $13.9M | $8.2M | $5.7M | $10.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 6, 2022 | $8.8M | $7.3M | $1.6M | $4.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 25, 2021 | $8.7M | $8.7M | $21K | $3.2M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $13,897,873 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,897,873 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,247,708 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $11,263,142 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,423,722 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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