Metropolitan Education Commission

Analysis

Metropolitan Education Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Metropolitan Education Commission reported income of $149k and spending of $180k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $364k to $149k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Metropolitan Education Commission 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 44th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Antioch Youth & Family Center ($149k), The Junior League of Pasadena Inc ($149k) and Carbondale United ($149k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $31k against liabilities of $4,550, net assets of $27k.