Metro Relief

Analysis

Metro Relief is a registered charity in United States, based in The Colony, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Metro Relief reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $509k to $1.0m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Metro Relief sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Family and Childrens Society ($1.0m), Premier Adoption Agency ($1.0m) and Alliance for Empowerment Inc ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $96k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $550k. At year end it held assets of $127k against liabilities of $64k, net assets of $63k. It reported 17 employees.