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MEALS ON WHEELS OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC

EIN 56-1115597 ASHEVILLE, NC

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Revenue 2024
$2,203,782
Expenses 2024
$1,328,869

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K36Z
Classification
1000
Street
146 VICTORIA RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health, safety, and independence of homebound older adults by providing nutritious, home-delivered meals and meaningful moments of human connection.

  • Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County (MOWABC) operates Monday through Friday with a Board of Directors, 16-member staff and a network of over 300 volunteers. Meal delivery is available each weekday to Buncombe County seniors age 60 and older who are homebound, without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or ability to pay. MOWABC received 13% of its funding through local, county, and state agencies. Approximately 87% of our support came through private donations from individuals, businesses, faith based groups, and foundations, as well as annual fundraising events and program income.

    Expenses $1,140,474 · Revenue $373,808

  • In FY 2024/2025 MOWABC served 146,428 meals to 1,155 unduplicated senior clients throughtout Buncombe County. These meals included hot meals, frozen meals, snow boxes, and pantry bags. In addition to nutritional support, regular meal deliveries provide vital social contact, and wellness checks that help reduce isolation and ensure the ongoing well-being of older adults living alone.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Debbie Sprouse

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $95,497
    From this org
    $80,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,343
    Hours/week
    40
  • Donna Mann Belt

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Belinda Moss

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pam Kellam

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rich Fellrath

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cynthia Allman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Baughman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marilyn Held

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Eveland

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marcus Goodkind

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Cheryl Jefferson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Norman Leonard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Grant Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,203,782
    Expenses
    $1,328,869
    Contributions
    $1,767,119
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,443,374
    Expenses
    $1,317,950
    Contributions
    $942,060
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,368,383
    Expenses
    $1,199,458
    Contributions
    $840,775
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,303,669
    Expenses
    $1,042,611
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,939,020
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,312,315
    Expenses
    $903,533
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,814,825
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $975,652
    Expenses
    $818,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,398,478
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $773,626
    Expenses
    $804,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,209,537
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $687,006
    Expenses
    $802,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,203,652
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $751,453
    Expenses
    $786,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,260,201
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $801,368
    Expenses
    $855,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,317,492
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $664,640
    Expenses
    $830,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,385,219
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $814,092
    Expenses
    $825,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,493,068
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $843,357
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,537,078

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.