Metro Dc Community Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200118307
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026822245
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,177,389
Expenses
$911,023
Assets
$3,936,279
Liabilities
$3,040,619

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIMBERLEY BUSH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KIMBERLEY BUSH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $117,641 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The dc lgbt center educates, empowers, celebrates, and connects the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. To fulfill our mission, we focus on four core areas: health and wellness, arts & culture, social & support services, and advocacy and community building.

What it reported doing in 2024

The programs of our 4 core areas are: health & wellness: behavioral health support including free individual and group therapy support and somatic/restorative classes ie yoga, breathwork & mediation; free sexual health/education support/linkage to care and std/sti testing; clothing closet and food pantry. Arts & culture: center arts is the artistic arm of the dc center for the lgbt community. The programs that are under center arts are, outwrite: Washington dc's international lgbtq literary festival, reel affirmations: Washington dc's international lgbtq+ film festival and monthly film series, dc queer theatre festival and center arts gallery.social & peer support: we have facilitated social and peer support groups that allow for individuals who identify across the wide range of the lgbtq+ spectrum to receive life affirming support in a group setting. Advocacy and community building: the dc center for the lgbt community, in partnership with several lgbtq services organizations, formed a coalition, the dc lgbtq budget coaltition, to advocate with the dc government to achieve policy/funding successes such as seed funding for a community space and transgender workforce development program.with our move to our new space, the dc lgbtq+ community center significantly expanded its no-cost, life-affirming services: we strengthened behavioral health supports by increasing the number of therapists, counselors, and case managers; broadened sti/HIV testing, education, and counseling; enlarged our food pantry and community kitchen to provide nutritious meals and free nutrition/cooking classes; transformed our clothing closet into a gender-affirming boutique; and expanded essential serviceslockers, laundry, showers, phone charging, mail services, a computer lab with free wi-fi, a respite lounge, a library, and other vital resources. Our weekly/biweekly facilitator-led support and peer groups reflect our community's full spectrum of identities, including transgender people, people of color, genderqueer community members, and people with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.6%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.32; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.7% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $644K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 15 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.