Meals on Wheels of Greenville Inc

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Greenville Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1971, 55 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 on Wheels of Greenville Inc reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.1m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $3.3m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Greenville Inc 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 92nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wesleyan Foundation for Health and Aging Inc ($3.3m), Young Mens Christian Association of Sumter S C ($3.3m) and Neighborhood Center of West Volusia Inc ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $115k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $180k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 36 employees.