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← MEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,775,641
Total expenses
$4,920,939
Contributions and grants received
$1,368,868
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,198,202
Investment income
$189,626
Other revenue
$18,945
Total assets, end of year
$5,341,252
Total liabilities, end of year
$378,386
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,962,866
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,005,637
Management and general expenses
$593,153
Fundraising expenses
$322,149
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,005,637

Program services were 81.4% 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

    $183,265

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,185,603

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $47,814

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEAL PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $3,198,202 · related or exempt $3,198,202

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $54,927 · excluded $54,927

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $134,699

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $134,699

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $134,699 · excluded $134,699

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $57,090

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

    $183,265

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,328

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,238 · excluded -$3,238

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $22,183 · related or exempt $22,183

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22,183

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $156,641 · program services $119,019 · management and general $37,622

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,771,042 · program services $1,199,547 · management and general $385,843 · fundraising $185,652

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,805 · program services $15,310 · management and general $6,295 · fundraising $1,200

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $223,153 · program services $168,964 · management and general $37,047 · fundraising $17,142

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $151,484 · program services $105,692 · management and general $30,944 · fundraising $14,848

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,550 · management and general $2,550

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,514 · management and general $15,514

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,745 · management and general $4,745

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,500 · program services $22,713 · management and general $4,066 · fundraising $6,721

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,299 · program services $50,210 · fundraising $39,089

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $92,470 · program services $66,988 · management and general $11,976 · fundraising $13,506

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $78,269 · program services $44,293 · management and general $14,661 · fundraising $19,315

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,662 · program services $63,424 · management and general $8,160 · fundraising $6,078

  • 17 · Travel

    total $81,136 · program services $77,640 · management and general $951 · fundraising $2,545

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,200 · program services $2,593 · management and general $1,700 · fundraising $1,907

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,076 · program services $9,862 · management and general $1,269 · fundraising $945

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $234,910 · program services $222,551 · management and general $7,083 · fundraising $5,276

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $100,794 · program services $93,924 · management and general $3,937 · fundraising $2,933

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF MEALS

    total $1,338,497 · program services $1,338,224 · management and general $0 · fundraising $273

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD CONTAINERS AND PAC

    total $207,675 · program services $207,675 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $96,493 · program services $92,840 · management and general $2,094 · fundraising $1,559

  • 24d · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSSES

    total $32,984 · program services $32,984 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $91,040 · program services $71,184 · management and general $16,696 · fundraising $3,160

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,734 · end of year $128,843

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,805,968 · end of year $1,489,357

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $301,250 · end of year $99,385

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $667,036 · end of year $685,926

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $68,701 · end of year $61,450

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $58,808 · end of year $49,606

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

    $4,486,292

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

    $2,235,428

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,067,086 · end of year $2,250,864

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $534,944 · end of year $516,794

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,117 · end of year $59,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $96,979 · end of year $71,816

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $22,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $316,086 · end of year $284,070

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,811,018 · end of year $4,745,448

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $289,561 · end of year $217,418

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE PREPARE AND DELIVER ESSENTIAL NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO OUR COMMUNITY, PROMOTING HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND INDEPENDENCE OF ALL, WITH THE SUPPORT OF A DIVERSE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY NETWORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DELIVER NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

  • PROVIDING MEALS OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST INDIANA. APPROXIMATELY 1,932 UNDUPLICATED PERSONS UTILIZED THIS SERVICE, RECEIVING 519,249 MEALS.

    Expenses $4,005,637 · Revenue $3,220,385

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amy Blaker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • April Gordon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jack Mix

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Katona

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lashung Willis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachael Wright

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Verne P Seehausen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Victoria Blink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Warren Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claudia Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacqueline Weber

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Culp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gina Fezler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Elinkowski

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,641
    From this org
    $156,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,625
    Bonus
    $1,250
    Other
    $11,766
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $156,641

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 survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
FOR THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES MAKE A SALARY/WAGE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING SAID SALARY/WAGE. THE CEO, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE PRESENT A PROSPECTIVE PERCENTAGE OF WAGE INCREASES TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. ONCE THE PERCENTAGE IS APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES ALLOCATE WAGE INCREASES BASED ON COMPA-RATIOS AND JOB PERFORMANCE.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
24 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632109349300143

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