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US nonprofit · EIN 270726563 · Mancelona, MIiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 270726563) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Communities in Schools of Northwest Michigan

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.4m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$1.4m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$1.5m
$109k liabilities
Net assets
$1.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
9
5.9 years on average
Staff
54
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Charlie Polzin
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Communities in Schools of Northwest Michigan's network

9 people2 organisationsi9 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Charlie Polzin ChairChairperson2021
5 yrs
DEB KnudstrupCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Katie DoranDirector2023
3 yrs
Larry MurtonDirector2018
8 yrs
Lauree VanderveenTreasurer2025
1 yr
Nick EdsonVice- Chairperson2018
8 yrs
Sharalyn BrandellDirector2025
1 yr
Tammy HickmanDirector2018
8 yrs
Taylor MalpassDirector2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Nick EdsonVice- Chairperson2$0
Lauree VanderveenTreasurer2$0
Deb KnudstrupSecretary2$0
Charlie PolzinChairperson2$0
Tammy HickmanDirector2$0
Katie DoranDirector2$0
Taylor MalpassDirector2$0
Larry MurtonDirector2$0
Sharalyn BrandellDirector2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Communities in Schools of Northwest Michigan
EIN
270726563
Address
205 Grove St, Mancelona, MI, 49659-8018
State
Michigan
Mission
Communities in school (cis) of northwest michigan coordinates human services and delivers them to at-risk youth in the northwest, mi area and to their families through the supportive environment of the public schools or non-traditional education sites. Communities in schools of northwest michigan will endeavor to enable said youth and their families to have access to a broad range of needed... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B90 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2009
Principal officer
Amy Burk (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2009
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsDEB Knudstrup
≥8years on the filingsLarry Murton
≥8years on the filingsNick Edson
≥8years on the filingsTammy Hickman

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.5m
Total liabilities
$109k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.4m
Contributions and grants received
$938k
Program service revenue
$477k
Employees
54

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.2m$1.2mDeficit $16k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.