Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$21,299,001

Total expenses

$20,830,752

Contributions and grants received

$19,439,682

Grants paid

$6,727,816

Program service revenue

$2,405,558

Investment income

-$564,577

Other revenue

$18,338

Total assets, end of year

$36,789,535

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,431,929

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$32,357,606

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$14,443,958

Management and general expenses

$2,239,748

Fundraising expenses

$4,147,046

Program service expenses (Part III)

$14,443,958

Program services were 69.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• STRATEGY AND IMPACT - THE MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA STRATEGY AND IMPACT TEAM PROVIDES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH AND DATA, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING AND TOOLS, AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO AID LOCAL PROGRAMS IN EXTENDING THEIR REACH AND IMPACT. THE TEAM LEVERAGES BEST PRACTICES AND EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN THE FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE SENIORS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY: NUTRITION, SOCIALIZATION, SAFETY AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS. EXAMPLES OF SUCH INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE WORK OF MEALS ON WHEELS HEALTH THAT BRINGS TOGETHER OUR NATIONWIDE NETWORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND PAYERS THAT IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE QUALITY OF CARE, WHILE LOWERING COSTS OF HEALTHCARE'S HIGH-RISK, SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION. THE TRUST MEALS ON WHEELS HAS BUILT OVER DECADES OF SUPPORTING SENIORS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES MEANS OUR PROGRAMS ARE INVITED INTO THE HOMES OF THEIR CLIENTS DAILY, AND THEREFORE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY THREATENING CHANGES IN THEIR CONDITION OR HOME SAFETY HAZARDS THAT NEED ATTENTION. AS SUCH, MEALS ON WHEELS IS ALSO GROWING ITS ROLE IN THE HEALTHCARE CONTINUUM, PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE SUPPORT TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE OLDER AMERICANS THAT HELPS AVERT HEALTH CRISES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN AND TO SUPPORT TRANSITIONS OUT OF HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES AND REHAB CENTERS BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.IN 2020, AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND A DOUBLING OF DEMAND FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS THAT WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE 40 YEARS TO MATERIALIZE, MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA WENT INTO OVERDRIVE, ESTABLISHING TWO FUNDS, ONE IN 2020 EARMARKED FOR IMMEDIATE "RESPONSE AND AS THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED FULL THROTTLE IN 2021, A FUND EARMARKED FOR "RECOVERY" TO SUPPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION'S NATIONAL AND LOCAL MEMBER PROGRAMS. THE ASSOCIATION WAS THEREBY ABLE TO INCREASE ITS MEMBER GRANTMAKING ACTIVITIES TO UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS IN ALL THREE YEARS, 2020-2022. IN ADDITION, THE ASSOCIATION CONTINUED IN 2022 IMPLEMENTING SEVERAL OTHER MEMBER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, BEGUN IN 2020, AND AIMED AT MEETING THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW PARADIGM WE FIND OURSELVES IN. IN ADDITION, THE STRATEGY AND IMPACT TEAM:-ENGAGES IN RESEARCH TO DEMONSTRATE THE IMPACT AND VALUE THAT MEALS ON WHEELS HAS IN ADDRESSING HUNGER, MALNUTRITION, ISOLATION AND LONELINESS AMONG MILLIONS OF SENIORS EACH YEAR. -SUPPORTED THE 2021-2022 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRTION'S EFFORTS TO BOOST COVID-19 VACCINATION RATES AMONG OLDER AMERICANS BY LEVERAGING OUR NETWORK IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE VACCINE AWARENESS AMONG THIS HIGH-RISK POPULATION.-DEEPENED OUR INVESTMENT IN A RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT AUGMENT THE CORE NUTRITION COMPONENT OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS SERVICE MODEL THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE: -THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION IN AN INITIATIVE THAT ENABLED HOME REPAIRS AND SAFETY MODIFICATIONS (SUCH AS INSTALLING RAMPS AND GRAB BARS) TO BE MADE BY LOCAL PROGRAMS TO KEEP SENIORS SAFE AND REDUCE FALL RISKS. TOGETHER, WE COMPLETED THE 2,000TH CRITICAL HOME REPAIR FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES SERVED BY MEALS ON WHEELS MEMBER PROGRAMS IN EIGHT STATES. -PETSMART CHARITIES WHICH UNDERWROTE OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY AND LOCAL GRANTMAKING TO HELP SENIORS KEEP AND CARE FOR THEIR BELOVED PETS. TOGETHER, WE FUNDED MORE THAT 100,000 POUNDS OF EMERGENCY PET FOOD, ACCELERATED ACCESS TO VETERINARY CARE IN 25 STATES AND SERVED THOUSANDS OF THE FURRY COMPANIONS OF MEALS ON WHEELS CLIENTS. -CAESARS FOUNDATION WHICH INVESTED IN ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CONNECTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE SENIOR ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. THIS INCLUDED LAUNCHING SOCIALIZATION PILOTS IN MULTIPLE MARKETS, WITH PLANS TO REFINE AND SCALE EFFECTIVE SOCIALIZATION PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE MEALS ON WHEELS NETWORK IN THE COMING YEARS. AS MORE THAN 12,000 AMERICANS TURN 60 EVERY DAY, THIS WORK SUPPORTS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS HAVE THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SERVICES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $9,176,974 · Grants $5,296,351 · Revenue $809,347

• MEMBERSHIP AND ADVOCACY - THE MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA MEMBERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TEAMS PROVIDE DIRECT MEMBER SUPPORT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT INCLUDE ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PROGRAM AND CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. THE MEMBERSHIP TEAM PROVIDES GRANTS AND REVENUE DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING, AND A DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS SAVINGS ON THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED NUTRITION ORGANIZATIONS RELY ON TO RUN THEIR OPERATIONS. THEY ALSO PRODUCE AND PROVIDE TRAINING PROGRAMS AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM STAFF THROUGH A NATIONAL CONFERENCE, STATE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WEBINARS, INFORMATION SHARING THROUGH ONLINE PLATFORMS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE TOOLS AND RESOURCES. THE ADVOCACY TEAM IS ALSO ENGAGED IN ONGOING INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES AIMED AT DRIVING SUBSTANTIAL REVENUE FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE GROWING PROBLEMS OF SENIOR HUNGER AND ISOLATION. TO THAT END, WE WORK TO BUILD SUPPORT ON CAPITOL HILL AND WITHIN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION TO ADVANCE LEGISLATION AND POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN HOME-DELIVERED AND GROUP SETTING (CONGREGATE) PROGRAMS, THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THEM HAPPEN AND THE SENIORS THEY SERVE.

  Expenses $3,496,856 · Grants $1,431,465 · Revenue $1,596,211

• MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS - THE MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM RAISES VISIBILITY OF THE HIDDEN AND GROWING NATIONWIDE EPIDEMICS OF SENIOR HUNGER AND ISOLATION AND THE VALUE/IMPACT OF MEALS ON WHEELS. AS SUCH, THE TEAM WORKS TO STRENGTHEN AND LEVERAGE THE MEALS ON WHEELS BRAND ACROSS AMERICA THROUGH VARIOUS THOUGHT-LEADERSHIP EFFORTS, PAID AND DONATED MEDIA AND DIGITAL MARKETING INITIATIVES. THIS WORK IS DESIGNED TO GARNER MORE FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR THIS CRITICAL, YET UNDER-RESOURCED WORK, BY ENGAGING KEY INFLUENCERS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS, THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS, WITH A SIMPLE CALL TO ACTION TO VOLUNTEER, ADVOCATE AND/OR DONATE SO THAT NO SENIOR IS FORGOTTEN. IN ADDITION, THIS TEAM SUPPORTS THE COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS OF OUR HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES, MEMBERSHIP, AND ADVOCACY TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT THE NATIONAL NETWORK IS INFORMED, ENGAGED, AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE FUTURE ON BEHALF OF AMERICA'S OLDER ADULTS.

  Expenses $1,770,128

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• MEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS

  $650,120

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING

  $168,500

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• MEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND

  $165,102

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• SENIOR NEIGHBORS INC

  $150,072

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• LIFECARE ALLIANCE

  $134,938

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• CHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING

  $94,920

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER

  $87,485

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• NORTH STAR COUNCIL ON AGING

  $84,000

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• COUNCIL ON AGING INC (WYOMING COUNTY)

  $81,500

  PROJECT SUPPORT

• MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING

  $66,952

  PROJECT SUPPORT

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

7 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202302209349300200

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