Missouri · Nonprofit
METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC
METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,794,940 to it, the largest being Kansas Health Foundation ($705,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $497k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $257k
What Metro Organization for Racial Economic Equity Inc does
Mission
More2 trains and develops leaders from the faith community, across lines of religion, race, socio-economic status, geography, to work together to address the communitys most pressing issues of inequity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The bpep program focuses on training and development of kansas clergy leaders, year round,through a statewide table called faith in democracy. Twenty-five congregations benefit from the leadership development and new communication tools from our bpep program. Our board includes dozens of members of faith institutions, and they each benefit from trained and developed leadership as well as the opportunity to connect with community via better communications platforms.
$100,000 spent$100,000 earned by the program35% of program spendingThe purpose of the kansas integrated voter engagement program is to teach and develop leaders to engage voters in their communities. Specifically, faith leaders are trained to engage voters about the issues related to safe, healthy and vibrant communities and how this specifically connects to the power of voting and otherwise engaging in democracy (such as attending public meetings). Etc.) over 58,000 voters were contacted. We had an amazing response rate: typically, text banking yields 1-4% interactions but our faith leaders achieved 12%.
$75,000 spent$75,000 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe kcmo civic engagement program educated voters particularly in kansas city missouri. We trained leaders on voter engagement tools, like text banking, then used those tools to increase voter turnout in low propensity areas. 38,000 voters contacted; thirteen leaders trained in missouri.
$75,000 spent26% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$38,999 spent13% of program spendingWe created our voices, a group of formerly incarcerated people working to educate around voting rights and other forms of advocacy
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $288,999.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $255k to $413k (+62%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
116% of METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lora Mcdonald
Executive director
Board chair
Edgar Palacios
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $35k → $284k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
94% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 35% · 2021 68% · 2022 27% · 2023 53% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $94k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC?
- METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC (Missouri) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,794,940 to it, the largest being Kansas Health Foundation ($705,250). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,794,940 in grants to METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC?
- Kansas Health Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $705,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METRO ORGANIZATION FOR RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing