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← METROLAB NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by METROLAB NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$403,398
Total expenses
$1,019,699
Contributions and grants received
$398,743
Grants paid
$445,092
Program service revenue
$1,500
Investment income
$905
Other revenue
$2,250
Total assets, end of year
$423,022
Total liabilities, end of year
$200,562
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$222,460
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$861,889
Management and general expenses
$157,077
Fundraising expenses
$733
Program service expenses (Part III)
$861,889

Program services were 84.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $398,723

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE FEE

    total $1,500 · related or exempt $1,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $905 · excluded $905

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,250 · excluded $2,250

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,250

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $445,092 · program services $445,092

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $67,353 · program services $57,803 · management and general $9,550

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $102,140 · program services $91,049 · management and general $10,734 · fundraising $357

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,309 · program services $8,862 · management and general $1,426 · fundraising $21

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,070 · program services $8,980 · management and general $10,090

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,281 · program services $12,860 · management and general $2,388 · fundraising $33

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,091 · management and general $25,091

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,788 · management and general $34,788

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $222,808 · program services $222,808

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $262 · fundraising $262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44 · program services $44

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,415 · program services $1,130 · management and general $4,285

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $40,011 · management and general $40,011

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,055 · program services $12,842 · management and general $4,213

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47 · management and general $47

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,144 · management and general $3,144

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS MEALS

    total $5,573 · management and general $5,573

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $3,544 · management and general $3,544

  • 24c · Other expenses: AWARDS/PRIZES

    total $1,329 · management and general $1,329

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND FEES

    total $820 · management and general $760 · fundraising $60

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $523 · program services $419 · management and general $104

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $294,912 · end of year $177,730

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $209,356 · end of year $4,987

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $85,515 · end of year $240,305

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $274,795

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,947

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,947

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,082 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,945 · end of year $200,562

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $484,738 · end of year -$40,265

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $354,023 · end of year $262,725

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

METROLAB NETWORK IS A NON-PROFIT THAT DRIVES POSITIVE IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES BY EMPOWERING COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO CRITICAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND UNIVERSITIES. THE CHALLENGES CITIES AND COUNTIES FACE ARE COMPLEX, AND TO CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE METROLAB BRINGS TOGETHER AN ECOSYSTEM OF RESEARCH AND DOERS.

  • NSF CIVIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE: THE CIVIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE IS A RESEARCH AND ACTION COMPETITION LED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION THAT AIMS TO FUND READY-TO-IMPLEMENT, RESEARCH-BASED PILOT PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SCALABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND TRANSFERABLE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY-IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES. METROLAB NETWORK SERVES AS THE OUTREACH BUILDER AND COMMUNITY-OF-PRACTICE ORGANIZER FOR THE CHALLENGE.

    Expenses $356,651

  • POLICY DEVELOPMENT:METROLAB'S FOCUS ON DEVELOPING POLICY AND BEST PRACTICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INCLUDES TWO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. FIRST IS DATA GOVERNANCE. METROLAB RECEIVED SUPPORT TO WORKSHOP BEST PRACTICES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DATA GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORKS. WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT R&D AGENDA: A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY THE RESEARCH NEEDS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES.

    Expenses $97,992

  • MOBILITY COE PROGRAM: FOR THE PAST 19 MONTHS, METROLAB NETWORK HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, AND OTHER PARTNERS (INCLUDING CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, SHARED-USE MOBILITY CENTER, AND NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY) ON THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON NEW MOBILITY AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES (MOBILITY COE). THE AWARD IS SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON THE IMPACTS OF NEW MOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES AND HIGHLY AUTOMATED VEHICLES ON THE EVOLVING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHEN DEPLOYED AT SCALE.

    Expenses $42,072

  • OTHER MEMBER ACTIVITIES

    Expenses $365,174 · Grants $445,092

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katharine Lusk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Yates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Correa

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Lightman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Schenk

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Burns

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $82,960
    From this org
    $66,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,036
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202642609349301804

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