Meals From the Heartland

Analysis

Meals From the Heartland is a registered charity in United States, based in WDM, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2009, 17 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 From the Heartland reported income of $2.9m and spending of $3.3m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $2.9m (+3.0%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals From the Heartland sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neighborhood Industries ($2.9m), Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence ($2.9m) and Community Food Clubs ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $125k, net assets of $3.2m.