Nonprofit screen
Screen a listMetropolis Strategies NFP
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.3Mrevenue
FY2025 · +166% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−9.0%
Months of reserve7.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+29.2%
Middle half of peersMedianMetropolis Strategies NFP
Where the money goes FY2025 · $2.5M spent
Programs$1.8M71%Management and general$452k18%Fundraising$262k10%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation gave about $369k a year for five years, 49% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 29% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
3 of the 5 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists13funders
$1.1Ma year, last 3 years
26%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationOn and off$175k$200k$750k$300k$420kPritzker Family FoundationSince FY2021$5k$100k$160kPolk Bros Foundation IncSince FY2021$100k$50k$100kThe Joyce FoundationOn and off$50kCircle of Service FoundationOn and off$30kThe First Spoke FoundationOn and off$30kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$310k$110k$105k$370k$620k$773k$512k2 other fundersUp to $30k a year each$6k$6k$36k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund