Communities In Schools was featured in the Center for High Impact Philanthropy’s year-end giving guide, which highlights seven high-impact giving opportunities for 2013-2014, based on evidence of results and cost-effectiveness. The Center called out Communities In Schools’ integrated student services provided by a school-based site coordinator as a model worth supporting.
Established in the spring of 2006 by the dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania and a small group of anonymous Wharton alumni, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP) provides independent analysis, education and other decision-making tools for donors concerned with maximizing the social impact of their funds.
While there is an increasing number of organizations offering information and advising services to philanthropists, the CHIP approach is uniquely guided by a focus on social impact and the need to be both evidence-based (drawing from rigorous research, informed opinion, and field experience) and actionable.
Much of the evidence is drawn from Communities In Schools’ national evaluation, which was completed in 2010 by independent evaluator ICF International, one of the top research firms in the U.S. It was the largest and most comprehensive evaluation of a dropout prevention program ever completed.
