Metropolitan Ministries Inc

“The completed form 990 is emailed to each board member individually and reviewed by the audit committee of the board of directors. The audit committee of the board of directors must accept and approve the completed form 990.”

“The organization enforces the conflict of interest policy by having each board member sign an acknowledgement and disclosure form each year in which they are acknowledging the policy and disclosing any potential conflicts. The organization's president and cfo sign a disclosure form each year identifying any potential conflicts, such as transactions with board members or their affiliates, known to them.any known or reasonably foreseeable actual or potential conflict of interest shall be disclosed to the board of directors, or its committee designee, by the interested person whose interests are, or may appear to be, in conflict with the organization. When any such conflict of interest is relevant to a matter requiring action by the board of directors or any committee of the board, the interested person shall disclose such conflict to the board of directors or such committee, and such interested person shall not vote on the matter. Further, the interested person shall retire from the room in which the board or the committee is meeting and shall not participate in any deliberation or decision regarding the matter under consideration. However,that interested person shall provide the board or committee, upon request,with all information relevant to the matter under consideration. The minutes of the meeting of the board or committee shall reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during any discussion of the matter and did not vote on the matter.when there is doubt as to whether a conflict of interest exists, the matter shall be resolved by a vote of the board of directors or the committee, as the case may be, excluding the interested person concerning whom the matter has arisen.”

“Compensation for the ceo and his direct reports was received by a committee of independent board members and compared to relevant competitve salary data. Compensation committee then determined compensation levels for all these employees.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Metropolitan ministries provides answers for poor and homeless families, faithfully. This has been the cornerstone of the ministries' approach since its founding. Over the past 53 years, as the number of homeless families and hungry people has increased, the ministries has remained committed to reaching out and providing services that help prevent homelessness, ease hunger and offer homeless people life-changing solutions leading to self-sufficiency.”

“Street outreach: metropolitan ministries' street outreach team, the brigaide, focuses on engaging adult homeless individuals to provide wrap around services resulting in a transition to shelter or housing. Services were provided to 2407 households in hillsborough, pasco, and pinellas county in the year that ended june 30, 2025. Hunger relief: metropolitan ministries meets the needs of hunger in our community through prepared meals served at community partner locations, meals for residents, food boxes distributed through community partners, food pantry items distributed through the metro market and holiday tent. Metropolitan ministries provided food equivalent to 2,630,694 meals to the tampa bay community in the year ended june 30, 2025. Homeless prevention programs: the family support centers operate and strive to provide resources to prevent homelessness or alleviate suffering throughout tampa bay. The family support centers are located in downtown tampa, central tampa, and east and west pasco county. Services include providing emergency food, clothing, rent and utility assistance, connection to community resources, and system navigation services. 3,118 families were provided with rent or utility assistance to prevent homelessness in the year ended june 30, 2025. Outreach and prevention services program expenses totaled approximately $20,697,000 for the year ended june 30, 2025.”

“Miracle place residential programs: metropolitan ministries provides emergency housing and support services for families and single women. Typically, households stay between 3 to 6 months. Throughout their stay, residents receive case management and support services designed to address barriers to housing stability. The tampa campus resided 79 households and the pasco campus resided 48 households daily. Two (2) households also resided in an offsite apartment in hillsborough county while participating in the emergency shelter program. Families have the option to continue staying on campus after completing the emergency housing program in a "kitchenette" unit. Families renting kitchenette units can access the same support services while paying a low rental fee, which helps families rebuild credit, complete education plans, practice putting income toward rent, and build savings. Families utilized 22 rooms daily as "kitchenette" units (20 in tampa, 2 in pasco). During the year ended june 30, 2025, 394 households were served. In fiscal year 2026, metropolitan ministries will be expanding their residential program into pinellas and expect to serve 68 families in 39 units (29 emergency shelters and 10 kitchenettes). Uplift hall: provides transitional housing and life skills programs for families and single women who need more intensive long-term services. Hope hall: provides emergency short-term housing and life skills programs to families and single women who face homelessness due to unemployment and need help to get back on their feet. Health and wellness: the ministries provides nutritious healthy well-balanced meals and snacks each day for all residents and head start children. The ministries also provides health and wellness resources and increased access to medical care to resident homeless families and single women. The program utilizes a comprehensive health assessment to determine residents' health and wellness needs. The gym is utilized to provide physical fitness activities for all ages. Access to medical care is provided on site through partnerships with a medical provider and mobile clinic services. Community-based case management programs: metropolitan ministries provides community-based case management programs to families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. The following community-based case management programs are conducted in hillsborough county: first hug, rapid rehousing, up and out, and pathways to hope. Neighborhope operates in hillsborough, pinellas, and pasco counties. These mobile programs provide wrap-around support services to households in their homes or at a location convenient for them, helping families experiencing homelessness stabilize, work towards self-sufficiency, address children's needs, and promote overall family well-being. When funds are available, families may also receive homeless prevention services including rental assistance to participating households. During the year ended june 30, 2025, 1653 families were served. Residential and offsite program expenses totaled approximately $15,149,000 for the year ended june 30, 2025.”

“Childhood education: the ministries offers its accredited promiseland early childhood education program and additional head start program services in partnership with hillsborough county. A new larger partnership school building was opened august 2015, with capacity to serve 150 students. The hillsborough county school district operates the kindergarten to fifth grade partnership school for the ministries' current and former resident children. The school district provides curriculum and pays for all school administrative and teaching staff, equipment, and supplies. C.r.e.a.t.e.: the children's recreation educational arts therapeutic experience provides out of school time services with therapeutic and behavior support to children living in miracle place tampa, miracles for pasco, or attending patricia sullivan elementary and mango elementary. Additionally, children receive academic assistance and participate in steam activities. Parents also participate in parenting workshops and family engagement activities. Programming is delivered separately for elementary and teens. 522 children were served across children's education programs for the year ending on june 30, 2025. Adult education: through collaborative community partnerships, adult residents participate in comprehensive adult literacy, ged, english as a second language, culinary training, and other education classes that provides them with the skills and training they need to be self-sufficient. Employment services: the ministries offers a continuum of employment services, from job readiness to job placement and long-term training. Job readiness preparation is a key element including assessment, counseling, learning and demonstrating "soft skills" such as punctuality, on-task behavior and time management. For residents who have completed the readiness preparation or already have the skills and experience to move forward, the ministries assists them in accessing job placement services and long-term training programs in the community. Pasco campus expansion: in fiscal year 2022, metropolitan ministries solicited and received funding to expand the pasco campus. An architect and engineering firm was engaged for planning purposes. The expansion included 24 additional residential units, an early childcare facility, and an outreach/welcome center. The outreach/welcome center opened in june 2024, the residential units opened in august 2024, and the early childcare facility is scheduled to open in august 2025. Childhood and adult education services program expenses totaled approximately $6,999,000 for the year ended june 30, 2025.”

“The process for oversight of the audit has not changed from the prior year.”