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SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIORS

EIN 94-1725204 SAN LEANDRO, CA

Revenue 2023
$9,234,042
Expenses 2023
$7,359,304

Program services were 82.1% 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
2235 POLVOROSA AVE STE 280

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 · 2023

Mission

WE FOSTER THE INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY OF OLDER ADULTS BY REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY AND ISOLATION, WITH DAILY NUTRITIOUS MEALS, FRIENDLY VISITS, AND CONNECTION TO SUPPORT SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DELIVERS ONE NUTRITIOUS MEAL AND A WELLNESS CHECK TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS 60 YEARS AND OLDER.

  • THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM SERVED APPROX. 567,000 MEALS TO 3,000 UNDUPLICATED HOMEBOUND SENIORS DURING FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024. NUTRITIOUS BALANCED MEALS WERE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO QUALIFIED HOMEBOUND SENIOR CITIZENS FIVE DAYS A WEEK. COLD AND FROZEN MEALS WERE DELIVERED ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS FOR THE WEEKEND. A WELLNESS CHECK OF THE HOMEBOUND SENIOR WAS NOTED BY THE DRIVERS AT THE TIME OF THE MEAL DELIVERY. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SERVCICES IN THE COMMUNITIES OF OAKLAND, HAYWARD, SAN LEANDRO, SAN LORENZO, CASTRO VALLEY, FREMONT, NEWARK, AND UNION CITY.

    Expenses $6,038,365 · Revenue $522,543

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Blake Spears

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Friedman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Heil

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Louise Zernicke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrien Abuyen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nick Brady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Judy Chen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Dunn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Arash Ghassemi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Krista Lucchesi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nate Offenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Pcyeta Stroud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ladonna Toliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlie Deterline

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,442
    From this org
    $174,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,593
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,849
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,343
    Filer's total
    $187,442

  • Cadre Mandy

    OPERATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,039
    From this org
    $110,262
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,777
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,234,042
    Expenses
    $7,359,304
    Contributions
    $8,454,387
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,682,300
    Expenses
    $6,176,583
    Contributions
    $6,444,826
    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
    $7,026,415
    Expenses
    $6,416,529
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,850,077

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,586,020
    Expenses
    $5,836,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,364,176

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,931,207
    Expenses
    $4,332,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,456,726

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,124,326
    Expenses
    $3,855,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,773,423

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,644,091
    Expenses
    $3,129,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,507,838

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,201,784
    Expenses
    $3,077,059
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,063,194

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,704,723
    Expenses
    $2,677,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $919,479

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.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.