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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,654,783
Total expenses
$30,004,327
Contributions and grants received
$31,902,994
Grants paid
$19,520,435
Program service revenue
$560,835
Investment income
$2,102,179
Other revenue
-$911,225
Total assets, end of year
$89,351,194
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,853,375
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$83,497,819
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$22,773,949
Management and general expenses
$3,708,875
Fundraising expenses
$3,521,503
Program service expenses (Part III)
$22,773,949

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,548,750

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,436,493

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,917,751

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,050,675

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WHOLESALE READY-TO-EAT PACKAGES

    total $560,835 · related or exempt $560,835

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,192,062 · unrelated business $961 · excluded $1,191,101

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $24,030,508

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $23,120,391

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $910,117

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $910,117 · excluded $910,117

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $236,150

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $3,548,750

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,147,375

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$911,225 · excluded -$911,225

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $10,738,666 · program services $10,738,666

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,781,769 · program services $8,781,769

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,130,476 · program services $988,535 · management and general $310,029 · fundraising $831,912

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,466,692 · program services $869,480 · management and general $1,102,470 · fundraising $494,742

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $106,666 · program services $33,577 · management and general $52,854 · fundraising $20,235

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $314,465 · program services $122,397 · management and general $168,789 · fundraising $23,279

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $338,958 · program services $133,543 · management and general $109,827 · fundraising $95,588

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $91,712 · management and general $91,712

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $182,714 · fundraising $182,714

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $201,285 · management and general $201,285

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,535,251 · program services $479,916 · management and general $879,099 · fundraising $176,236

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $664,316 · program services $52,073 · management and general $103,460 · fundraising $508,783

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $185,829 · program services $12,391 · management and general $144,688 · fundraising $28,750

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $643,900 · program services $212,413 · management and general $273,073 · fundraising $158,414

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,643 · program services $11,203 · management and general $9,306 · fundraising $8,134

  • 20 · Interest

    total $44,092 · program services $44,092

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $207,809 · program services $201,195 · management and general $6,614

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $81,121 · program services $31,790 · management and general $31,279 · fundraising $18,052

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINT,PHOTO,LIST RENTAL

    total $1,018,477 · program services $7,072 · management and general $83,853 · fundraising $927,552

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAINING/MISC

    total $213,440 · program services $53,837 · management and general $112,491 · fundraising $47,112

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL/MAINT.

    total $28,046 · management and general $28,046

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,611,452 · end of year $14,191,083

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,337,044 · end of year $221,136

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $846,458 · end of year $325,926

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,630,139 · end of year $2,927,092

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $14,754,685

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,350,837

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,477,284 · end of year $12,403,848

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $34,968,843 · end of year $43,255,158

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $10,989,242 · end of year $11,462,082

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,639,179 · end of year $4,561,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $188,280 · end of year $243,950

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $421,522 · end of year $788,460

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,645 · end of year $52,820

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $3,298,726

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,833,950 · end of year $4,768,145

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $72,823,176 · end of year $81,277,803

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,916,342 · end of year $2,220,016

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS PROVIDES A CONTINUOUS LIFELINE OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND HUMAN COMPANY TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY NEW YORKERS, HELPING THEM LIVE WITH DIGNITY IN THEIR OWN FAMILIAR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. 100% OF ALL PUBLIC DONATIONS ARE USED FOR THE PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE A LIFELINE OF NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND HUMAN COMPANY TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY NEW YORKERS.

  • WEEKEND HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM SERVED 881,868 MEALS. CITYMEALS PROVIDES FUNDING TO 31 MEAL CENTERS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY THAT PREPARE, PACKAGE, AND DELIVER NUTRITIOUS MEALS FOR EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY WHO DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO SHOP AND PREPARE ADEQUATE FOOD. GOVERNMENT FUNDING IS ONLY AVAILABLE DURING NON-HOLIDAY WEEKDAYS, 250 DAYS A YEAR. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR MEALS ON THE WEEKENDS.

    Expenses $10,289,670 · Grants $8,819,677

  • CITYMEALS HOME-DELIVERED 608,605 WEEKEND MEALS TO ELIGIBLE HOMEBOUND MEAL RECIPIENTS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

    Expenses $6,540,613 · Grants $5,606,213

  • THE EMERGENCY FOOD PACKAGES PROGRAM SERVED 273,460 MEALS. IN TIME FOR THE COLD WEATHER, CITYMEALS DISTRIBUTES TO EACH ELDERLY MEAL RECIPIENT (22,000) TWO EFP BOXES (CONTAINING 4 MEALS EACH) OF NON-PERISHABLE FOOD TO ENSURE THE ELDERLY ARE PREPARED AND STOCKED FOR WINTER OR OTHER EMERGENCIES WHEN THE CLIENT'S REGULAR DELIVERIES MIGHT BE DELAYED. CITYMEALS DELIVERED 31,346 EMERGENCY PACKAGES TO CURRENT MEAL RECIPIENTS AND DELIVERED 49,265 3-7 MEALS OF EXTRA EMERGENCY BAGS.

    Expenses $2,860,960 · Grants $2,452,240

  • THE HOLIDAY FOOD PACKAGE PROGRAM SERVED 142,286 MEALS. CITYMEALS PROVIDES FOOD FOR HOMEBOUND ELDERLY NEW YORKERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR RELIGIOUS OR NATIONAL HOLIDAYS WHEN THE LOCAL MEALS CENTERS ARE CLOSED. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES 1-4 SHELF-STABLE MEALS DELIVERING 84,161 BOXES.

    Expenses $1,415,821 · Grants $1,213,555

  • ON SPECIAL HOLIDAYS, DETERMINED BY MEAL CENTERS, HOT NUTRITIOUS AND FESTIVE HOLIDAY MEALS ARE PREPARED AND DELIVERED TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEW YORK. HOLIDAYS INCLUDE INDEPENDENCE DAY, THANKSGIVING, HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S DAY, LUNAR NEW YEAR, AND MOTHER'S DAY.

    Expenses $646,064 · Grants $553,767

  • CITYMEALS STARTED THE WHOLESALE PILOT IN SEPTEMBER 2022. IN FY24, THE PROGRAM SOLD 76,938 READY-TO-EAT MEALS FROM THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO CONTINUE THE MISSION OF CITYMEALS OF MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS AS THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION INCREASES BEYOND ALL OTHER AGE GROUPS.

    Expenses $574,051 · Grants $492,041 · Revenue $560,835

  • THE MAJORITY OF CITYMEALS' RECIPIENTS SUBSIST ON LOW INCOMES. ABOUT 14% REPORT TRYING TO STRETCH THE ONE DAILY MEAL THEY RECEIVE TO LAST UNTIL THE NEXT DELIVERY. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR MEALS RECIPIENTS LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE FOOD AND HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY. CITYMEALS PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD DELIVERIES TO HOMEBOUND ELDERLY WHO HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR EXTRA FOOD TO MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH.

    Expenses $291,539 · Grants $249,889

  • CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS BEGAN ITS FRESH FRUIT AND PRODUCE PILOT PROGRAM WITH HOMEBOUND CLIENTS, MOSTLY POOR MINORITIES RESIDING IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN EAST HARLEM. THESE MEAL RECIPIENTS RECEIVE FRESH FRUITS AND PRODUCE ALONG WITH THEIR REGULAR DAILY DELIVERED MEALS. THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR CLIENTS WHO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LACK GOOD ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE AND HEALTHY FRESH FRUITS. THE PROGRAM NOW SERVES CLIENTS IN EAST HARLEM AND QUEENS. SUPPLEMENTAL MEALS DELIVERED 42,220.

    Expenses $120,913 · Grants $103,639

  • THE NON-MEALS ASSISTANCE ITS A PROGRAM CREATED TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FROM PROVIDERS FOR NONFOOD ITEMS INCLUDING SMALL EQUIPMENT FOR THE PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS, AND OTHER SMALL NECESSITIES.

    Expenses $19,769 · Grants $16,944

  • THIS PROGRAM SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS AT CONGREGATE SITES (OLDER ADULT CENTERS) AND HOME-DELIVERED MEALS RECIPIENTS WITH ADDITIONAL FOOD AND MUSIC TO HELP WITH NUTRITION AND SOCIALIZATION.

    Expenses $14,549 · Grants $12,470

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Byron C Athans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel D Bartfeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aliyyah Baylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Albert P Behler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Derek Blasberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alison Lohrfink Blood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Samantha Boardman MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Giusy Bounfantino

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gerry Byrne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Diana Carone

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Daum

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mathew Glazier Esq

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane Gol

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan R Grossman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Guarnaschelli

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yusi Gurrera

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Gusinov

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 08/15/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joshua Kazam

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard Krawiec

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kenneth Lane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Drew Nieporent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Palmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claire Paull

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard E Piluso

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Pomerantz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Roberts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Rockwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Janet K Rodgers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Shapiro

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Soutendijk

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William T Speck MD

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 03/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Galia Meiri Stawski

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/05/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcia Stein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Steinbrenner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Tarmy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Teri Volpert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Wexler MD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph M Cohen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Daniel Boulud

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Colleen Goggins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Robert S Grimes

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Suri Kasirer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Margo Macnabb Nederlander

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Rosenblum

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth S Tisch

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aaron M Goldman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne E Cohen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Beth Shapiro

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $419,153
    From this org
    $369,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,430
    Bonus
    $39,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,723
    Filer's total
    $419,153
  • Shannon Snead

    SR. VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $296,495
    From this org
    $272,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,545
    Bonus
    $15,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,350
    Filer's total
    $296,495
  • Lis Goris

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $262,890
    From this org
    $218,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,840
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,050
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,840
    Filer's total
    $262,890
  • Rachel Sherrow

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $258,537
    From this org
    $217,439
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,098
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,089
    Bonus
    $20,350
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,199
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,899
    Filer's total
    $258,537
  • Jonathan Ettinger

    SR. DIR. OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $159,430
    From this org
    $110,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,736
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $98,844
    Bonus
    $11,850
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,820
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,916
    Filer's total
    $159,430
  • Alana Kulig

    SR. DIR. OF EVENTS & PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $146,380
    From this org
    $121,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,999
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeanette Estima

    DIR. OF POLICY & ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $140,303
    From this org
    $117,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,123
    Hours/week
    40
  • Marla Trugerman

    DIR. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $124,903
    From this org
    $123,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,353
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrea Weyhing

    DIR. OF DIRECT RESPONSE MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $124,616
    From this org
    $121,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,116
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS LISTED IN PART VII RECEIVED NON-FIXED PAYMENTS IN THE FORM OF A BONUS DURING THE YEAR: BETH SHAPIRO - $39,600 SHANNON SNEAD - $15,600 LIS GORIS - $20,000 RACHEL SHERROW - $20,350 JONATHAN ETTINGER - $11,850 ALANA KULIG - $11,000 JEANETTE ESTIMA - $10,000 MARLA TRUGERMAN - $11,000 ANDREA WEYHING - $9,650

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS PROPERTY LLC

    REAL ESTATE · NY · income $2,466,341 · assets $16,348,955

    Directly controlled by CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
31 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540909349301254

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