Meals on Wheels

Analysis

Meals on Wheels is a registered charity in United States, based in Norman, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1972, 54 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 reported income of $918k and spending of $822k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $643k to $918k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals on Wheels sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westport Weston Family YMCA Foundation Inc ($918k), Innovative Health Care Services ($918k) and Pillar & Vine Inc ($917k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $228k. At year end it held assets of $958k against liabilities of $5,404, net assets of $953k. It reported 4 employees.