Out Metrowest Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465712986
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Framingham, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5088752122
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Lesbian, Gay Rights
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $708,856
- Expenses
- $601,427
- Assets
- $440,307
- Liabilities
- $77,493
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- OCTAVIO GONZALEZ (PRESIDENT & CHAIR)
- MEL PACE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MEL PACE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $105,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Out metrowest builds communities where lgbtq+ youth thrive.
What it reported doing in 2024
Out metrowest offers free programs for lgbtq+ and allied youth ages pre-k through age 29. Our programs connect youth with supportive peers and lgbtq+ role models. Our programs are held outside of school hours and provide social connection, emotional support, and resources that meet the unique needs of lgbtq+ youth. Youth may join our programs at any time during the year. Some of our offerings include: shine: our program for gender expansive children ages pre-k through grade 5.glow: our program for lgbtq+ children ages pre-k through grade 5.drop-in: our casual hangout time before scheduled programs, for lgbtq+ youth in grades 6-12.satellites: programs located at local libraries and universities throughout metrowest, for lgbtq+ youth in grades 6-12.nexus: our first-in-the-state program for lgbtq+ youth in grades 6-8.umbrella: our trans-facilitated program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning youth in grades 9-12.prism: our flagship program (previously known as wagly) for lgbtq+ youth in grades 9-12.nova: our program for lgbtq+ young adults, ages 19-29.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% 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
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.5%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 36
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.5% of revenue deployed · 36.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $219K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.