Metro Effect Inc

Analysis

Metro Effect Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Adel, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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 Effect Inc reported income of $150k and spending of $98k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $220k to $150k (-32%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Metro Effect Inc sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stream of Hope Inc Clean Water Project for Ethiopian Villages ($150k), Kangyur Rinpoche Foundation ($150k) and Rural Asia Initiative ($150k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $194k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $194k.