Illinois · Nonprofit
METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO
METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Metropolitan Schoolhouse Chicago does
Mission
At metropolitan schoolhouse, differentiated learning is taken to a new level by recognizing and nurturing the unique abilities and talents of each student. Our goal is that through this differentiation we will facilitate the development of curious, kind, and knowledgeable young people who will go on to create a better tomorrow for all of us. By connecting classroom learning to the real world we encourage our students to become lifelong learners
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Metropolitan Schoolhouse Chicago applies differentiated learning by recognizing and nurturing the unique abilities and talents of each student. Our whole-child, individualized curriculum provides the academic rigor our students deserve and the social-emotional supports they need. Our unique approach allows us to serve students who are not successful in more traditional environments and often do not have options for alternative placement in grades kindergarten-12th. The diagnoses we typically support include adha, axiety, language disorders, hfasd, and school refusal issues. The organization currently provides services for approximately 25-30 students.
$1,201,982 spentof which $37,000 as grants$1,362,124 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,201,982.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $518k to $960k (+85%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Jennifer Kelly
Executive director & secre
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO’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.
Where its funders are
100% of METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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.
Against its field
METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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 METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO: 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 SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO?
- METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METROPOLITAN SCHOOLHOUSE CHICAGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 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