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Mission
To help kids to stay in school and succeed in life.
Key Facts
Geographic areas served:
Allegheny County
Target demographics:
At heart, Communities In Schools is a dropout prevention organization. CIS works with children and youth from 3rd grade through age 21 living in Allegheny County.
Results to date:
A sample of results from students attending our CIS Academies:
* Students achieved an average increase of 3 grade levels in reading and 2.5 grade levels in math (2006).
* Of the students completing our Academy programs in 2006, 60% continued to post-secondary education; 36% entered full-time employment, and 4% entered the military.
A sample of results from our CIS In-School Services:
*CIS coordinated over 600 volunteer hours and worked with over 150 partnering businesses and organizations to serve 2,700 students last program year.
*Of CIS-tracked students, 95% improved their academic achievement (Rooney Middle School 2005-2006)
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 2,700 children and youth (2005-2006)
Indirect beneficiaries per year: The families, classmates, teachers, and our communities as a whole
Obstacles:
Securing ongoing support for our growing organization is always a challenge.
What your donation will allow us to do:
Every financial gift and gift-in-kind donation is important to us. They enable us to work with educationally at-risk children and youth to:
* continue to help students in serious danger of dropping out stay in school and complete his/her diploma.
* continue to help students who have already dropped out of school get a second chance to earn a high school diploma from their home school district.
* continue to provide the link between schools and the community by bringing caring volunteers and service providers into the schools to address children’s unmet needs.
* continue the Bridges Development Program for children whose brain function is under-developed.
* continue after-school and summer programing.
Board Members and Affiliation:
Officers:
Ronald Hoffman, Chairman
Retired Executive Vice President, Alcoa
Chester Babst III, Vice Chairman
Managing Shareholder, Babst, Calland, Clements, Zomnir
Larry Blair, Treasurer
Partner, Metz Lewis
Judy Murtha, Secretary
Vice President, Corporate Services, Dollar Bank
Members:
Bob Cranmer, Regional Manager
Pugliese Associates
Robert David, PhD, Superintendent
Clairton City School District
Edward Everett, Chairman & CEO
E&S Parking and Transportation
Helen Faison, PhD, Director
Pittsburgh Teachers Institute
Fred Fetterolf, Retired President
Alcoa
Timothy H. Johnson, Director of Administration
Allegheny County
Claude Kronk, Retired President & CEO
J&L Specialty Steel
Donna Milanovich, Superintendent
Baldwin-Whitehall School District
Momar Milliones, Vice President of Finance
MDL Capital Management, Inc.
Herky Pollock, Executive Vice President
CBRE Pittsburgh (CB Richard Ellis)
Honorable Harry Readshaw, Member
PA House of Representatives
Frank C. Prazenica, Jr., Superintendent
West Mifflin Area School District
Lindsey Smith, Partner
Smith Brothers Advertising
Olga Welch, Ed.D., Dean
School of Education, Duquesne University
Directors Emeriti:
Reid Carpenter, President
Leadership Foundation of America
Robert Heaton, Retired President
Washington Steel
Thomas Murrin, Distinguished Service Professor
A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration
Duquesne University
Past and Current Funders:
Foundations:
Buhl Foundation
Fetterolf Family Foundation
The Heinz Endowments
Hoffman Foundation
Richard King Mellon Foundation
The Pittsburgh Foundation
-Armstrong & Elizabeth Matthews Educational Fund
-Bessie F. Anathan Charitable Trust
-Anonymous Fund
Staunton Farm Foundation
Tickets for Kids Foundation
Corporations/Organizations:
Allegheny Technologies
TDY Industries
American Eagle Outfitters
Art 21
Cohen & Grigsby
Dollar Bank
Eat’n Park
Equitable Resources, Inc.
Lally, Lally & Co. LLC
Mellon Financial Corporation
Office Depot
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Community Partners Concert
Pleasant Hills Rotary Club
Subway
Universal Stainless and Alloy Products
UPMC
Waste Management
CIS also receives generous donations through United Way Contributor Choice & other individual donors
Key Staff
Nicole Molinaro - Executive Director
Kristine Weaver - Office Manager
Mark Feris - Director of Academy Operations
Jean Olivis - Program Director
Jen Caul - Academy Director, East Liberty
Priya Linson - Academy Director, Southland
Jeff McKee - Director of Business Development and Communications