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← METROPOLIS STRATEGIES NFP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by METROPOLIS STRATEGIES NFP.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 26 June 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Ahmadou Drame

Listed only on the later return

  • Ahmadou Drame Director

Totals

Total revenue
$2,319,924
Total expenses
$1,524,787
Contributions and grants received
$2,289,306
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$30,618
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,877,405
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,781
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,700,624
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,247,274
Management and general expenses
$158,392
Fundraising expenses
$119,121
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,247,274

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $255,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,034,306

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30,618 · excluded $30,618

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,167 · management and general $3,167

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $36,104 · management and general $36,104

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,098 · program services $36,736 · management and general $5,181 · fundraising $5,181

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $12,353 · program services $9,635 · management and general $1,359 · fundraising $1,359

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,589 · program services $24,639 · management and general $3,475 · fundraising $3,475

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,664 · program services $69,158 · management and general $9,753 · fundraising $9,753

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,194 · program services $2,492 · management and general $351 · fundraising $351

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $45,236 · program services $35,284 · management and general $4,976 · fundraising $4,976

  • 24a · Other expenses: Leased Employee Expense

    total $691,770 · program services $539,580 · management and general $76,095 · fundraising $76,095

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Related Expense

    total $402,600 · program services $402,600

  • 24c · Other expenses: Communication Consultin

    total $128,664 · program services $100,358 · management and general $14,153 · fundraising $14,153

  • 24d · Other expenses: Expense Reimbursements

    total $30,000 · program services $23,400 · management and general $3,300 · fundraising $3,300

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,348 · program services $3,392 · management and general $478 · fundraising $478

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,155,986 · end of year $1,244,805

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $585,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $47,600

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $300,499 · end of year $176,781

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $855,487 · end of year $1,115,624

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $585,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The mission of Metropolis Strategies NFP is to maintain and enhance the economic competitiveness of the Chicago region, engage the business community in practices that lead to a more sustainable region, and reform the criminal justice system in ways that reduce crime and stop the cycle of mass incarceration and build safer communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Metropolis Strategies NFP is to advance policies and practices that reduce violence, decrease prison recidivism, and makes the justice system more equitable. Metropolis Strategies NFP's activities are in support of the mission The Chicago Community Trust.

  • Illinois Justice ProjectILJP, which was established in 2014, is a legacy project of Metropolis Strategies NFP. Its goal is to engage in criminal justice reform efforts that promote policies that will make our communities safer and reduce recidivism among youths and adults.

    Expenses $1,247,274

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrea Saenz

    Director, Chair

    Total calculated
    $404,125
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $362,492
    Other
    $41,633
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $361,416 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,076 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,434 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,199 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $404,125 related

  • Ahmadou Drame

    Director, President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Beal

    Director, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Greenberg

    Director, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Esther Franco-Payne

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part II, Line 2:
Ms. Andrea Saenz is a paid employee of The Chicago Community Trust and serves as Director, Chair of Metropolis Strategies NFP.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 August 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202432199349300548

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