Meals on Wheels of Sedalia

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Sedalia is a registered charity in United States, based in Sedalia, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1975, 51 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 Sedalia reported income of $102k and spending of $102k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $61k to $102k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Sedalia sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Food4kidz ($102k), Central Virginia Farm Workers Initiative Inc ($102k) and St Josephs Foundation of Buckhannon Inc ($102k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $31k. At year end it held assets of $81k against liabilities of $1,926, net assets of $79k. It reported 2 employees.