Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,781 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($506,531). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $901k
- Net assets
- $618k
What The Metropolitan Center for Independent Living does
Mission
The organization offers services to assist people with severe disabilities achieve, maintain, and improve upon an independent lifestyle.the approved mcil mission statement since january 26, 2018, has been and remains: removing barriers, promoting choices.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2024, The Metropolitan Center for Independent Living sold the personal care assistants program and homemaking operations.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
See schedule oindependent living programs - staff members provide assistance to disabled, deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind individuals to help them develop their independent living skills. Ramp project - agency provides resources to individuals who need access to their homes through construction of temporary and permanent ramps. Youth disabilities - agency works with disabled youth who are leaving school and home and are moving toward employment and living in the community. These services provide training, support and information to assist in the transition of youth into their adult roles. Information services - disability linkage line, information and referral services offer referral and assistance with community resources and housing. Peer mentoring - provide one-to-one contact for sharing information and experiences with an assigned peer. Housing - referral program to assist persons needing systemic issues that affect the lives of persons with disabilities. Workforce development center - provide soft skill training to consumers with workforce development centers in minnesota. Americans with disabilities act (ada) program - the center provides staff support to the great…
$6,990,903 spent$4,439,179 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,990,903.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $3.2M (+38%).
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: 2019 36% · 2020 28% · 2021 32% · 2022 24% · 2023 28% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Jesse Bethke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $64k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING’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 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
62% 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 THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 58% · 2020 76% · 2021 69% · 2022 84% · 2023 53% — 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
60% of THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING'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 $364k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $537k 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
THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $901k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% 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 THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: 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 CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING?
- THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,781 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($506,531). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $900,781 in grants to THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $506,531 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE METROPOLITAN CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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