Meals in the Meantime

Analysis

Meals in the Meantime is a registered charity in United States, based in Matteson, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2022, 4 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, Meals in the Meantime reported income of $62k and spending of $56k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $40k to $62k (+58%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Meals in the Meantime sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cascade Seniors ($62k), Noah Project Foundation ($62k) and This Is Noteworthy ($62k).

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 $16k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $16k.