Metro Centers for Community Advocacy

Analysis

Metro Centers for Community Advocacy is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 June 2023, Metro Centers for Community Advocacy reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.8m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.1m (+58%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Metro Centers for Community Advocacy sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rape & Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead ($3.1m), Good Neighbor House ($3.1m) and International Social Service United States of America Branch Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $119k (4.2% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $300k, net assets of $6.5m. It reported 32 employees.