Meals on Wheels of Arlington

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Arlington is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1984, 42 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Meals on Wheels of Arlington reported income of $224k and spending of $96k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $20k to $224k (+998%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 425%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Meals on Wheels of Arlington sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watertown Historical Society ($224k), Hale Makua Foundation ($224k) and Jasper Band Parents Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $302k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $302k.