Shelby County Meals on Wheels Inc

Analysis

Shelby County Meals on Wheels Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Shelbyville, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1977, 49 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, Shelby County Meals on Wheels Inc reported income of $88k and spending of $77k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $74k to $88k (+18%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shelby County Meals on Wheels Inc sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 31st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Way Alliance Inc ($88k), United Helpers Residence Inc ($88k) and Gathering Hope ($87k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 35% and program service revenue 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $80k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $80k.