Metro Solutions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 200156511
IRS 990 coverage: 2009–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Southfield, MI, USA
Rating: 84
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue: $8,685,743
Expenses: $7,676,194
Assets: $9,873,335
Liabilities: $3,067,678

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

ROSE KHALIFA (EXECUTIVE DI): $442,552 total reported compensation
RICK NOWAKOWSKI (BOARD PRESID): $1,600 total reported compensation
MARK ABBO (TREASURER): $1,000 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 organization services as a fiscal intermediary that enables diverse community service providers tyo acquire funds and maximize their resources. The organization is the premier organization that establishes the best practices in fiscal oversight to further the community well being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Metro solutions has expanded its scope of services beyond health care to serve and support foundations, universities, social service agencies, non profit organizations, businesses and municipalities in addition to serving as a fiscal intermediary. Metro solutions scope of services includes fund development consultation, prospect research, grant writing, project planning, multiculuralism and diversity education, training in the fields of health, education or human services, accounting, project management, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 76
Transparency & Controls: 88
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 54
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $443K · 7 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $269K reported
Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.