Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,615,397

Total expenses

$1,480,856

Contributions and grants received

$1,681,492

Grants paid

$614,587

Program service revenue

$127,204

Investment income

-$193,299

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,950,314

Total liabilities, end of year

$924,248

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,026,066

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,166,407

Management and general expenses

$251,497

Fundraising expenses

$62,952

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,166,407

Program services were 78.8% 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 · 2024

• WVS IS THE LARGER OF TWO FOOD SHELVES IN WINONA COUNTY. IN 2024, WE AVERAGED 1,088 VISITS TO THE FOOD SHELF EACH MONTH, A 22% INCREASE FROM 2023. FIRST TIME HOUSEHOLDS TOTALED 687 WHICH IS 39% MORE NEW HOUSEHOLDS THAN IN 2023.QUALIFYING HOUSEHOLDS HAVE INCOMES UP TO 300% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES. FOR EXAMPLE, A SINGLE-PERSON HOUSEHOLD MAKING $45,180 ANNUALLY ($21.72 AN HOUR OR LESS) OR A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKING $93,600 ANNUALLY IS INCOME-ELIGIBLE TO USE THE FOOD SHELF.THANKS TO 6,915 VOLUNTEER HOURS, WE DISTRIBUTED 685,292 POUNDS OF FOOD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 81,037 MORE POUNDS THAN IN 2023. THAT IS ROUGHLY 52.5 POUNDS OF FOOD PER VISIT. OF THE 654,738 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT CAME INTO THE FOOD SHELF, 63% WERE PURCHASED & TEFAP PRODUCTS FROM CHANNEL ONE FOOD BANK, 21% WAS RESCUED FOOD, 12% WERE COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND 4% WAS PURCHASED FROM OTHER VENDORS. OF THE 137,760 POUNDS OF FOOD RESCUED, 30% WALMART (41,645)) 19% TARGET (25,807)) 16% HY-VEE (21,658) 11% KWIK TRIP 15,272)) 10% MIDTOWN (13,212)) 9% BLUFF COUNTRY CO-OP (12,099) 5% ALDI (7,767)

  Expenses $811,769 · Grants $573,901

• HOME DELIVERED MEALS BEGAN LOCALLY IN 1971 AND SERVES QUALIFYING RESIDENTS OF THE CITIES OF WINONA AND GOODVIEW. VOLUNTEERS DELIVER MID-MORNING MEALS TO APPROXIMATELY 92 HOMEBOUND AND CONVALESCING ADULTS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, YEAR-ROUND. 95 INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS, 10 BUSINESSES AND 11 CONGREGATIONS COVER THE ELEVEN ROUTES. CLIENTS EITHER PAY FOR THEIR OWN MEAL AT $6.25 OR $6.75 WITH MILK OR ARE ON A WAIVER THROUGH THE COUNTY IN WHICH THEIR INSURANCE PAYS FOR THEIR MEALS. THE CLIENT SERVICES COORDINATOR QUALIFIES INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS PROGRAM, MONITORS THEIR MEAL REQUESTS, AND RECONCILES THE MONTHLY BILLING WITH INSURERS AND STEAK SHOP CATERING. OUR BOOKKEEPER SENDS THE RECONCILED BILLS TO THE CLIENTS. OUR PROGRAM IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERY SERVICE, WHICH IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, COORDINATED BY SEMCAC AND SERVES PEOPLE IN GREATER WINONA COUNTY.

  Expenses $163,699

• OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES, WVS DEVELOPED THE COORDINATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR PARTNERS- THE LOCAL CHURCHES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS- TELL ANYONE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE THAT WVS IS THE ONE-STOP-SHOP IN WINONA COUNTY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR CLIENT SERVICES COORDINATOR UTILIZES A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO MAKE APPROPRIATE REFERRALS OR ISSUE VOUCHERS ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. SINCE WINONA HAS ABUNDANT RESOURCES, REFERRING INDIVIDUALS TO OUR CENTRALIZED HUB SAVES EVERYONE TIME, MAKES GETTING HELP SIMPLER, AND ULTIMATELY REDUCES DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. WVS IS ALSO FORTUNATE THAT A SPECIALIZED FUND FROM THE WINONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLOWS US TO ISSUE VOUCHERS FOR GASOLINE, BUS TICKETS, LODGING, DIAPERS, CAB RIDES, CLOTHING, RENT, DENTAL SERVICES AND ID'S, ETC. BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S CHALLENGING SITUATIONS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, 510 VOUCHERS WERE ISSUED TO 429 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS TOTALING $40,400 IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. ADDITIONALLY, $1,121 FREE CLOTHING VOUCHERS WERE ISSUED TO INDIVIDUALS FOR CLOTHES SHOP. STAFF MADE 588 INTENTIONAL REFERRALS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES.OUR NUTRITION EDUCATOR HELPS PEOPLE ACQUIRE THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THEIR NUTRITIONAL WELLBEING. SHE TALKS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THE FOOD SHELF AND ON THE TELEPHONE ABOUT THE MEALS THEY PREPARE WITH THE FOOD SHELF ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE MONITORS THE FOOD INVENTORY BY PLACING WEEKLY ORDERS WITH OUR CHANNEL ONE FOOD BANK AND COORDINATES THE "GROCERIES ON THE GO" PROGRAM.

  Expenses $111,085 · Grants $40,687

• THE CLOTHES SHOPTHE CLOTHES SHOP REOPENED ON JULY 1, 2024. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, VOLUNTEERS GAVE 2,743 HOURS SELLING 18,196 ITEMS TOTALING $77,520 IN SALES TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS. THE CLOTHES SHOP PROVIDES LOW-COST, HIGH QUALITY CLOTHING TO TRENDSETTERS, BARGAIN HUNTERS, THE ECO-FRIENDLY AND ANYONE LOOKING FOR A GREAT DEAL 4,076 PARCELS WERE DONATED, SORTED, AND PUT OUT FOR SALE DURING THE SHORT TIME WE WERE OPEN.HOLIDAY PROJECTSWVS STAFF COORDINATES THE FREE CONGREGATE EASTER DINNER, COMPLIMENTS OF CHARTWELLS DINING SERVICE OUT OF ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY. NINETEEN VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED 384 MEALS TO WINONA RESIDENTS ON EASTER SUNDAY. THE LION'S CLUB AND THE ELIZABETH CALLENDER KING FOUNDATION DONATED 500 HAM MEALS INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE.

  Expenses $79,854

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

31 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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