Amherst Meals on Wheels Inc

Analysis

Amherst Meals on Wheels Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherst, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 December 2023, Amherst Meals on Wheels Inc reported income of $724k and spending of $565k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $691k to $724k (+4.7%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Amherst Meals on Wheels Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shepherds Arms Rescue Mission Inc ($724k), New Markets Lab ($724k) and Dothan Rescue Mission ($724k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $95k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $159k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $53k, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 8 employees.