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← METROLAB NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by METROLAB NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,140,128
Total expenses
$715,902
Contributions and grants received
$1,059,800
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$79,850
Investment income
$478
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,104,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$73,802
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,030,839
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$667,217
Management and general expenses
$35,177
Fundraising expenses
$13,508
Program service expenses (Part III)
$667,217

Program services were 93.2% 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)

    $559,800

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $500,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $70,750 · related or exempt $70,750

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE FEE

    total $9,100 · related or exempt $9,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $478 · excluded $478

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $154,439 · program services $147,016 · management and general $4,901 · fundraising $2,522

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $243,877 · program services $230,366 · management and general $4,797 · fundraising $8,714

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,510 · program services $22,820 · management and general $1,546 · fundraising $144

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,859 · program services $30,827 · management and general $1,132 · fundraising $900

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,005 · management and general $34,005

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $56,781 · program services $56,667 · management and general $114

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,266 · program services $311 · management and general $1,955

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,156 · program services $184 · management and general $6,972

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,151 · program services $4,708 · management and general $1,443

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,281 · program services $15,145 · management and general $24,136

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,154 · program services $29,978 · management and general $2,176

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $589 · management and general $589

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,884 · program services $648 · management and general $2,236

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $69,133 · program services $64,025 · management and general $5,108

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION

    total $2,317 · program services $655 · management and general $1,662

  • 24d · Other expenses: EXPENSE ALLOCATION

    total $0 · program services $56,367 · management and general -$57,595 · fundraising $1,228

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $226,947 · end of year $416,643

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $259,202 · end of year $259,280

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $163,050 · end of year $160,456

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $260,500

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

    $2,947

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

    $2,517

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,019 · end of year $430

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,237 · end of year $7,332

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,842 · end of year $42,052

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $39,000 · end of year $31,750

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $606,613 · end of year -$28,961

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,059,800

Mission and programs · 2023

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 $277,911

  • 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 $285,246

  • ANNUAL SUMMIT: BRINGS TOGETHER 150+ LEADING REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAJOR RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, SMART CITIES AND DATA SCIENCE INDUSTRY, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND NON-PROFIT PROFESSIONALS FOR A TWO-DAY SUMMIT. THE SUMMIT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTENDEES TO SHARE, DISCUSS, COLLABORATE, AND PRESENT THEIR IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS IN CIVIC RESEARCH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, URBAN DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL KEYNOTES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND PLENARY SESSIONS.

    Expenses $69,299

  • Expenses $34,761

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Katharine Lusk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Yates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Camp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Santiago Garces

    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
  • Kate Burns

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,497
    From this org
    $136,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,785
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,999
    Filer's total
    $153,497
  • Tom Schenk

    VICE CHAIR

    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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402009349300415

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