Virginia · Nonprofit
THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE
THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $523,200 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($410,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $523k
- Net assets
- $-335363
What The Metropolitan Business League does
Mission
We empower businesses and professionals to be successful.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We empower businesses and professionals to be successful.
$123,064 spent$2,260 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $123,064.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $238k to $861k (+261%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 16% · 2021 53% · 2022 23% · 2023 45% · 2024 51%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Nikkol Lewis
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $53k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $75k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE raised.
From the IRS filings of THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE’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
THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 47% — 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
94% of THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE
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
26% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mbl Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE: 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 THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE?
- THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $523,200 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($410,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $523,200 in grants to THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE?
- DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $410,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE 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 6 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