Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc

Analysis

Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Atlanta Inc reported income of $10.1m and spending of $9.7m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.0m to $10.1m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Living Association ($10.1m), Shaohannahs Hope Inc ($10.1m) and Tillamook Family Counseling Center ($10.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $222k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. It paid $28k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $7.5m. It reported 37 employees.