Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | 15,047,603 | 11,329,733 | 11,163,667 | 7,354,806 | 6,428,067 | 51,323,876 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 241,740 | 241,740 | 241,740 | 122,760 | 847,980 | |
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 15,289,343 | 11,571,473 | 11,405,407 | 7,477,566 | 6,428,067 | 52,171,856 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 52,171,856 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 15,289,343 | 11,571,473 | 11,405,407 | 7,477,566 | 6,428,067 | 52,171,856 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 846 | 449 | 341 | 94,369 | 94,100 | 190,105 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 26,238 | 56,963 | 36,222 | 105,384 | 224,807 | |
| 11 | Total support Add lines 7 through 10. | 52,604,303 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2010 | (b) 2011 | (c) 2012 | (d) 2013 | (e) 2014 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e | Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): | |||||
| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Check here if the current year is the organization's first as a non-functionally-integrated Type III supporting organization (see instructions) | |||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2014 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2014 |
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1
Distributable amount for 2014 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2014 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2014: | ||||
| a From 2009.......X | ||||
| b From 2010.......X | ||||
| c From 2011.......X | ||||
| d From 2012.......X | ||||
| e From 2013....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2009 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2014 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2014 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2014, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2014. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2015. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a From 2010.......X | ||||
| b From 2011.......X | ||||
| c From 2012.......X | ||||
| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| PART II, LINE 10 | 224,807 |
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| FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A | SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY AND STUDENT CENTERED APPLICATIONS, TO REMOVE NON- ACADEMIC BARRIERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY LEARN AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. CIS OF PHILADELPHIA ALSO SUPPORTS YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEPLOYING THE BEST IN TECHNOLOGY BASED ACADEMIC SUPPORTS, WHICH TARGET LEARNING CHALLENGES. "COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MODEL IS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE" THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE COMPARED THE RESULTS OF A 5-YEAR, INDEPENDENT, RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MODEL WITH OVER 1,600 STUDIES OF A SIMILAR SCOPE. IT CONCLUDED THAT THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MODEL IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGEST REDUCTION IN DROPOUT RATES AMONG ALL EXISTING, FULLY SCALED, DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. SPECIFIC FINDINGS INCLUDED: "COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS' POSITIVE EFFECT ON BOTH DROPOUT RATES AND GRADUATION RATES IS UNIQUE AMONG DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS; "THE HIGHER THE LEVEL OF FIDELITY TO THE COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS MODEL, THE GREATER THE EFFECTS, WHICH VALIDATES THE POWER OF THE MODEL; "POSITIVE EFFECTS ACCRUED TO SCHOOLS ACROSS STATES, SETTINGS (URBAN, SUBURBAN, RURAL), GRADE LEVELS AND ETHNICITIES; AND "THE AUSTIN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL, WHICH DEMONSTRATED A REDUCTION IN STUDENT DROPOUT RATES THAT WAS NEARLY THREE TIMES THE WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE'S (THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S GOLD STANDARD FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS) THRESHOLD FOR "SUBSTANTIVELY IMPORTANT" EFFECTS. THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN PROGRAM SUCCESS IN: CIS EDUCATION CENTER - THE PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER RECORDED A PROGRAM HIGH FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. THESE 66 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ONCE OFF TRACK, WITH NUMEROUS ISSUES PREVENTING COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL, ONCE ENROLLED IN THE PERFORMANCE LEARNING CENTER PROGRAM, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO WORK HARD AND ACHIEVE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. URBAN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM - THE COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) AS AN EXEMPLARY APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. U.S. DOL SECRETARY TOM PEREZ VISITED THE UTP PROGRAM TO OBTAIN FIRST HAND INSIGHT FROM THE MEMBERS AND OBSERVE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. WORKREADY SUMMER PROGRAM - CIS OF PHILADELPHIA AND COBBS CREEK COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER (CCCEEC) PARTNERED AGAIN TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXPOSURE TO STUDENTS IN WEST PHILADELPHIA. CCCEEC BELIEVES IT IS CRITICAL TO PLAY A PRIMARY ROLE IN STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN URBAN SCHOOLS THROUGH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, RESEARCH, AND TEACHER TRAINING, AND TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS THAT OFFER CAREER PATHWAYS TO GREEN COLLAR JOBS AND GREEN CAREERS. THE COBBS CREEK PROJECT PREPARES STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH TWELVE TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALISTS. THROUGH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING, STUDENTS IMPROVE THEIR STEAM SKILLS (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS, AND MATH) IN ADDITION TO WRITING SKILLS, ORAL COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC SPEAKING, A PLETHORA OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ISSUES AFFECTING THE HEALTH OF A COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAMS EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES, STORM WATER RUNOFF, POINT AND NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, NATIVE AND NONNATIVE SPECIES, AND VARIOUS TOPICS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN COBBS CREEK PARK AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THIS PAST YEAR, THE PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE PHILADELPHIA WATER DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR GREAT WORK. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REVIEWS THE 990 WITH THE MANAGEMENT. THEY THEN VOTE TO RECOMMEND APPROVING THE 990 TO BE SENT FOR FILING. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C | ALL MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM WITH THE ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A | ORGANIZATION HAD A STUDY DONE BY INDEPENDENT COMPANY TO DETERMINE THE SALARY RANGES OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT STAFF. SALARY RANGES ARE THEN MAINTAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B | SAME PROCESS AS TOP OFFICIAL. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. |
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