Totals
- Total revenue
- $532,407
- Total expenses
- $443,565
- Contributions and grants received
- $500,100
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $32,305
- Investment income
- $2
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $193,688
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,384
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $191,304
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $434,554
- Management and general expenses
- $9,011
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $434,554
Program services were 98.0% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$500,100
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2a · Program service revenue: DISTRIBUTION INCOME
total $23,044 · related or exempt $23,044
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2b · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP INCOME
total $9,261 · related or exempt $9,261
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3 · Investment income
total $2 · unrelated business $2
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $75 · management and general $75
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $0
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
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24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES
total $434,554 · program services $434,554
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24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES
total $8,936 · management and general $8,936
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $102,462 · end of year $193,688
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$4,571
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$4,571
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $2,384
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $102,462 · end of year $125,758
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
end of year $65,546
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PLANNING, FUND-RAISING AND PRODUCTION OF FILMS ON THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN RELATIONS.
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In 2025, Metropole continued its fundraising efforts for our current documentary project about climate change and the fossil fuel industry, This Is Not a Drill, that opened at the Telluride Film Festival. Metropole served as the fiscal sponsor for The Calling: A Medical Odyssey, a documentary profiling BIPOC medical students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine that premiered on PBS on March 17, 2025. The Power of Z, a documentary examining the impact Gen Z voters could have on upcoming elections Just Kids, a feature documentary that follows three families with transgender youth in states that have banned their gender affirming care. The film contextualizes in history the years-long political strategy behind these laws an untitled documentary, currently in development, about the impact of AI technology
Expenses $434,554
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Oren JacobyOREN JACOBY
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 35
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Elgin SmithELGIN SMITH
Sec. / Treas.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hank O'NealHANK O'NEAL
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 8 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611289349300326
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