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.
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- John Randolph Foundation Support Fund Incshared funders
- American Hotel & Lodging Associationportfolio match
- Amalgamated Transit Unionportfolio match
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.
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
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 6 funders put you under-funded among the 349 organizations that share them.
- John Randolph Foundation Support Fund Incshared fundersVA · backs 47 organizations that share your funders
- American Hotel & Lodging Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Amalgamated Transit Unionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- US Chamber of Commerce Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jumpstart Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Int Union United Auto National Community Action Programportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Great Lakes Region Organizing Committeeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizationsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Advanced Technology Allianceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Midwest Region Organizing Committeeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Laborers International Union of North America - District Council of Mn and Ndportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Women's Business Development Centerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
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.
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 6funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing