Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa Inc

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinez, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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 June 2024, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa Inc reported income of $2.7m and spending of $921k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $3.0m to $2.7m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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 Contra Costa Inc sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gracelyn Group ($2.7m), Family Counseling Center of Mobile Inc ($2.7m) and Northeastern Child Care Services ($2.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $832k, net assets of $4.1m.