Meals on Wheels at the Crossroads

Analysis

Meals on Wheels at the Crossroads is a registered charity in United States, based in Canonsburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2008, 18 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 December 2023, Meals on Wheels at the Crossroads reported income of $320k and spending of $342k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $280k to $320k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals on Wheels at the Crossroads sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blessed Hands Catering to the Aging Disability Inc ($320k), Inspiring Futures Inc ($320k) and New Mexico AIDS Services Inc ($320k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 51% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $125k. At year end it held assets of $615k against liabilities of $303k, net assets of $312k. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.