Meals on Wheels of Central Alabama

Analysis

Meals on Wheels of Central Alabama is a registered charity in United States, based in Birmingham, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2018, 8 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 Central Alabama reported income of $543k and spending of $634k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $341k to $543k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 285%. 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 of Central Alabama sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 74th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fort Smith Childrens Emergency Shelter Foundation ($542k), Blind Service Association Inc ($543k) and Washington Street Community Center ($542k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $313k. At year end it held assets of $422k against liabilities of $68k, net assets of $354k.