Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie is a registered charity in United States, based in Patchogue, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2024, Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie reported income of $89k and spending of $97k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2024, income fell from $398k to $89k (-78%), an average of -53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals on Wheels of Greater Poughkeepsie sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Justices of the Peace & Constables Assoc of Dallas County Flag Fund ($89k), Cultivate Local Food Connections ($89k) and Significant Revelation Ministries Inc ($89k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $422k against liabilities of $1,615, net assets of $421k.