Meals on Wheels and Senior Services

Analysis

Meals on Wheels and Senior Services is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockwall, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 September 2023, Meals on Wheels and Senior Services reported income of $3.6m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $757k to $3.6m (+371%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals on Wheels and Senior Services sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Senior Community Services Inc ($3.6m), Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc ($3.6m) and Elevate Community Services Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $91k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $407k. It paid $64k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $70k, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 5 employees.