Meals on Wheels of Greater St Louis

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Greater St Louis is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1994, 32 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 December 2021, Meals on Wheels of Greater St Louis reported income of $514k and spending of $392k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $278k to $514k (+85%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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 Greater St Louis sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 68th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berlin Community Day Care ($513k), Operation Hope of Greater Florida Inc ($514k) and Optometry Cares-The Aoa Foundation ($513k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.3m.