Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc

Analysis

Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1980, 46 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, Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $3.2m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.8m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 178%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hawaii Meals on Wheels 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 HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness ($2.8m), Smarter Tomorrow Foundation Inc ($2.8m) and Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $192k (6.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $845k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $254k, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 32 employees.