Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Allentown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1972, 54 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc reported income of $4.5m and spending of $4.4m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $3.3m to $4.5m (+35%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Laurel House ($4.5m), Avenue of Life Inc ($4.5m) and Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging Inc ($4.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $209k (4.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $10.4m against liabilities of $152k, net assets of $10.2m. It reported 47 employees.