Illinois · Nonprofit
UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST
UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,332,093 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($645,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $680k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What United Congregations of Metro East does
Mission
To be a powerful organization committed to combating the root cause of systemic injustice in our region by uniting people of faith in transforming our communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Transformative. UCM's work with Transformational and Restorative Justice includes community collaborations with other local nonprofit organizations and statewide initiatives. We continued the work in dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline by meeting with local legislatures, school board representatives and principals, and conducting a few events to encourage relationships between students, law enforcement, and leaders in education and in the community. We also hosted our second Gun Violence Awareness Boxing Event in Cahokia Heights, IL in collaboration with the Arthur Johnson Invitational which promoted an alternative to street violence and a positive discipline. This was another way to bring our community together and encourage our youth.
$270,031 spentof which $60,100 as grants46% of program spendingGeneral Programming. The Leadership Pipeline which affords the ability to offer paid volunteering and internship opportunities to both students and community members in the Metro-East region. We offered paid canvassing opportunities, hired interns from local universities and communities to work in areas within their self-interest that both directly and indirectly impacted the Metro-East communities.
$195,386 spent33% of program spendingEnvironmental. UCM's work with Environmental Justice includes Environmental Racism which is a form of institutional racism leading to landfills, incinerators and hazardous waste disposal being disproportionately placed in communities of color. UCM has secured grants to fund a comprehensive study through an Air Quality Monitoring Project set to properly identify chemicals and metals in the air in St. Clair and Madison Counties; the dispersement of data about carbonization in Madison County; and the creation of Climate Action Hubs throughout St. Clair and Madison Counties that will offer climate readiness, EJ programs, and resources for community members; and continued efforts to bring fresh food and end flooding, sewage backup, and illegal dumping in St. Clair County. Through these efforts and funding, we were able to hire community organizers dedicated to environmental work and interns from Washington University in St. Louis, MO and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL.
$121,978 spent21% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $587,395.
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 2020 to 2021, from $288k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Darnell Tingle
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $48k → $696k.
3 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST’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
UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
77% 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 UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 42% · 2020 61% · 2021 44% · 2022 54% · 2023 34% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $445k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST?
- UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST (Illinois) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,332,093 to it, the largest being UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION ($645,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,332,093 in grants to UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST?
- UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $645,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED CONGREGATIONS OF METRO EAST 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.
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 21 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