Meals on Wheels of Eastern Onondaga County Inc

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Eastern Onondaga County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Manlius, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1976, 50 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 December 2023, Meals on Wheels of Eastern Onondaga County Inc reported income of $685k and spending of $603k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $332k to $685k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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 Eastern Onondaga County 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 Haven House Inc ($685k), Childcare Matters Inc ($685k) and Columbia Childrens Center ($685k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $55k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $180k. At year end it held assets of $828k against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $787k. It reported 7 employees.