Metro Community Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462210787
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Englewood, NJ, USA
Phone
2014080121
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,020
Expenses
$94,528
Assets
$56,518
Liabilities
$562

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANETTA PONTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PETER AHN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SANETTA PONTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PETER AHN (PRESIDENT)
  • LORELEI PRATT (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Metro community center is a community outreach organization that seeks to serve our residents in englewood, nj and local neighboring towns. We provide various concrete services that foster the strengths and meet the needs of our local community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Metrolife - provides support to at-risk youth in englewood, nj through mentorship, community support, academic support, and stipends. During 2025, metro community center served 16 students, providing after-school and weekend programming to the students. All programs are held in-person. Community engagement - hosted biweekly meetings with community organizations and government agencies to address local needs.pa'bergen - pa'bergen is a program designed to increase the math skills of middle school students. Increasing their math skills will allow them to be more competitive as they apply to magnet schools. Students also receive mentoring and leadership skills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.