California · Nonprofit
METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY
METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,690 to it, the largest being PARTNERS FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES INC ($96,685). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $97k
- Net assets
- $-100293
What Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry does
Mission
Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry is a faith based organization committed to empowering low income individuals, families, and communities to overcome poverty and to achieve self-sufficiency through employment, education, social services and leadership development.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To promote the development of local congregations in their efforts to bridge the neighborhood gap between churches and communities, promote family development, youth leadership and education, and to provide a variety of job placement and work experience services to underprivileged families and individuals.The Good Neighbor Center was established in 1968 at Chollas View United Methodist Church in South East San Diego. The Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry's Board of Directors wanted to establish a center in the area where they could serve many people with the greatest amount of need. It was called the 'Good Neighbor' Center because it was recognized as 'good' place to go in the 'neighborhood'. It was a drop-in site for adults and families offering activities and small classes, as well as emergency food and clothing assistance. In 1987, the Reverend, Dr. Russ Locke, pastor of Nestor United Methodist Church, contacted Rev. James Mishler, former director of METRO, expressing a need for a second Good Neighbor Center to serve the South Bay Communities. So, the Nestor Good Neighbor Center opened its doors in November 1998 to serve the South Bay community with Gary D. Podschun as its…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $23k → $5.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY’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 UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY?
- METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $96,690 to it, the largest being PARTNERS FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES INC ($96,685). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $96,690 in grants to METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY?
- PARTNERS FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $96,685 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METRO UNITED METHODIST URBAN MINISTRY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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