Metasub Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 301075331
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2023–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Mt Pleasant, WI, USA
Rating: 93
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: General Science

Reported finances

Revenue: $90,542
Expenses: $313,905
Assets: $108,247

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

Christopher Mason (President & Director)

People named in this filing

Christopher Mason (President & Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a research organization dedicated to mapping the urban microbiome through advanced collection and sequencing techniques. Our laboratory activities consist of processing samples expanding our research provide educational resources and giving students and post-docs fellowships. We also conduct an annual conference for educational outreach.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual research conference and research conference travel expenses that supported roughly 20 individuals who were responsible for global sample collection efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 100
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 15
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -246.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -24.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 46.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -101.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $313K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.