Virginia · Nonprofit
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,716 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($35,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $739k
What Metropolitan School of the Arts Inc does
Mission
The metropolitan school of arts' mission is to change the world by inspiring and supporting students, faculty, and staff to reach their fullest potential as artists, innovators and generous citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
A piece of the organization's programs (the academy), which offered college preparatory performing arts conservatory for young artists was closed at the end of the prior year.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The studio: the studio at metropolitan school of the arts is a widely recognized, pre-professional and recreational arts training program offering classes and lessons in dance, theater and music for students of all ages. The studio also offers an extensive dance and fitness program for adult students, a part-time homeschool program, and an extensive summer arts program for all levels.the companies: four pre-professional youth companies: metropolitan youth ballet, metropolitan youth tap ensemble, impulse jazz company, and metroimprov, that further the school's mission by working at a professional standard to create and perform works that inspire and motivate excellence.
$2,390,570 spentof which $7,908 as grants$3,100,556 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,390,570.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $3.5M (+112%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 11% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Sara Hart
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $6k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 76% · 2021 52% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $27k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $85k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC: 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 METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC?
- METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,716 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($35,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $84,716 in grants to METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METROPOLITAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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