Free Meals on Wheels

Analysis

Free Meals on Wheels is a registered charity in United States, based in San Jose, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2020, 6 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Free Meals on Wheels reported income of $128k and spending of $135k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $120k to $128k (+6.8%), an average of +6.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Free Meals on Wheels sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Families Working Together Inc ($128k), Stonewall County Senior Citizens Inc ($128k) and Stepping Stones Foundation of Hope ($128k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $24k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $24k.