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← MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,537,597
Total expenses
$3,549,233
Contributions and grants received
$3,521,028
Grants paid
$2,176,593
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$29,128
Other revenue
-$12,559
Total assets, end of year
$4,003,409
Total liabilities, end of year
$275,484
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,727,925
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,961,847
Management and general expenses
$302,525
Fundraising expenses
$284,861
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,961,847

Program services were 83.5% 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

    $227,420

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,293,608

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $35,258

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,225 · excluded $29,225

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,066

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

    securities $17,163

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$97

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$97 · excluded -$97

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,362

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

    $227,420

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $36,921

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$12,559

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,176,593 · program services $2,176,593

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $103,566 · program services $56,961 · management and general $36,248 · fundraising $10,357

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $727,963 · program services $394,561 · management and general $158,497 · fundraising $174,905

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,908 · program services $6,323 · management and general $2,179 · fundraising $2,406

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,829 · program services $31,880 · management and general $10,457 · fundraising $12,492

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $57,601 · program services $33,321 · management and general $11,849 · fundraising $12,431

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,422 · management and general $24,422

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,000 · management and general $15,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,218 · program services $324 · fundraising $894

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,783 · program services $13,479 · management and general $5,364 · fundraising $57,940

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,744 · program services $8,872 · management and general $4,436 · fundraising $4,436

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,528 · program services $16,675 · management and general $1,853

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,374 · program services $11,556 · fundraising $1,818

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,447 · program services $48,285 · management and general $5,162

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,791 · program services $22,344 · management and general $6,851 · fundraising $596

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $34,975 · program services $34,272 · management and general $703

  • 24b · Other expenses: 9/11 DAY

    total $25,296 · program services $25,296

  • 24c · Other expenses: WAREHOUSING

    total $23,490 · program services $23,490

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL ADMIN

    total $23,173 · program services $13,405 · management and general $4,767 · fundraising $5,001

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $60,532 · program services $44,210 · management and general $14,737 · fundraising $1,585

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,045 · end of year $72,881

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,084,184 · end of year $1,152,328

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $195,949 · end of year $235,706

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $379,298 · end of year $293,659

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $35,849 · end of year $43,783

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

    $2,675,694

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

    $952,666

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,770,844 · end of year $1,723,028

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $63,699

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $1,473

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $354,430 · end of year $416,852

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $54,091 · end of year $96,717

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $131,073 · end of year $113,595

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $65,172

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,228,539 · end of year $3,251,978

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $420,896 · end of year $475,947

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

DEVELOP AND CARRY OUT A COMREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE MEALS TO PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SUPPORT THEMSELVES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS WILL BE TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY TO PREPARE PACKAGED FOOD PACKETS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE HUNGRY AROUND THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SAVE STARVING CHILDREN.

  • MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND IS COMMITTED TO ITS MISSION OF EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO SAVE STARVING CHILDREN. ONE HALF OF THIS MISSION INVOLVES THE FOOD THAT IS PACKAGED YEAR AROUND IN VOLUNTEER EVENTS. THE OTHER HALF OF THIS MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS BY PROVIDING A POSITIVE TEAM AND COMMUNITY BUILDING EXPERIENCE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THESE EVENTS. THESE EVENTS WERE HELD AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT IOWA AS WELL AS AT OUR OWN LOCATION. DURING 2025, APPROXIMATELY 52 THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN THESE EVENTS AND PREPARED OVER 21 MILLION MEALS. MEALS ARE SHIPPED OUT NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY BY OUR DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS TO ON-THE-GROUND ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE CONTINUALLY ASSESSING AND IDENTIFYING NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $2,961,847 · Grants $2,176,593

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chuck Current

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $91,813
    From this org
    $8,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,975
    Hours/week
    40

  • Greg Dehaai Retired January 2025

    PAST EXEC. D

    Total calculated
    $11,752
    From this org
    $10,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,585
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jerry Armstrong

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Austin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Beals

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Bradley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jamie Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Ferin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ahmed Ibrahim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Rinehart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Wittry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Koestner

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Bill Lowe

    VICE CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Doug Shelton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jesse Bunney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
9 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202632659349300018

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