FORT BEND SENIOR CITIZENS MEALS ON WHEELS & MUCH MUCH MORE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P81Z

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 1488

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

• HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM - FORT BEND AND WALLER COUNTY: Fort Bend Seniors' (FBS) goal is to promote better health for eligible homebound older adults by providing nutritious home-delivered meals.See Schedule OClients must be 60 years of age or older and score a minimum of 20 on the Department of Aging and Disabilities Assessment. Eligibility is based on an assessment of impairment in the ability to perform activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living; frequency of a person leaving their home or needing assistance to do so; ability to prepare nutritious meals and shop for food, their nutritional risk, and financial resources available to the senior. Services are provided at no cost to the client.CASE MANAGEMENT - FBS provides individual assessments by a trained and degreed case manager to determine seniors' needs in the areas of social services, nutrition, and health care. Once an assessment is completed, FBS staff arrange for the appropriate services to be delivered and provide follow-up reviews to ensure needs are being met. Through case management, participants are assessed for the following services: home-delivered meals, nutrition education, needs assessment, and appropriate referral to other services.HOME DELIVERED MEALS - The meals meet at least 1/3 of the recommended daily allowance of nutrients required by adults. Since the pandemic began, FBS has provided seven meals per week, which include up to four hot, nutritious meals on Monday through Thursday, and three frozen meals delivered on Thursday for the meals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. FBS also provides homebound clients with a frozen holiday meal on or before the actual day of the holiday. Depending on the client's needs for medical appointments or geographic location, specific clients receive a once-a-week delivery with one hot meal and the remainder frozen. These clients are contacted a minimum of two additional times per week to ensure they are healthy, consuming their meals, and have access to a microwave to heat their meals properly. Seniors interested in receiving services can contact Fort Bend Seniors' headquarters toll-free at 1-800-643-9654.EMERGENCY SHELF STABLE MEALS - Emergency shelf stable meals are meals with a shelf life of one year that are delivered to seniors for use when home delivery is unavailable due to emergency weather conditions. FBS provides five emergency shelf meals for each client to use during inclement weather when the agency is unable to deliver to clients safely. VOLUNTEERS - Volunteers, part-time staff drivers, and site coordinators are responsible for the daily delivery of the meals. When volunteers deliver the meals, it reduces the operational cost for meal delivery, enabling us to purchase more meals to serve seniors. Meals are delivered directly to the participants or an authorized caregiver. The Meals on Wheels program is more than just a meal delivery. Through our trained staff and volunteers, a homebound senior receives a warm smile, a safety check to help ensure they are well, and any other needs that are identified, such as nutritional education, may be addressed.HOME DELIVERED OUTCOMES: In 2024, FBS delivered 370,787 meals to 1,721 homebound eligible senior citizens in Fort Bend and Waller Counties. Each week, Fort Bend Seniors welcomed new clients to the program. Of the 1,721 home-delivered clients served over the course of 2024, 60 percent lived alone or with their elderly spouse; 18 percent were veterans or surviving spouses of veterans; and 66 percent represented minority populations, primarily African American and Hispanic. Through our annual satisfaction survey of the Home Delivered Meal Clients, we have confirmed that the Meals on Wheels program 1) promotes better health for homebound elderly through improved nutrition and 2) alleviates the isolation and improves the mental health of the homebound elderly through the daily visits during meal delivery.

  Expenses $2,400,787 · Grants $1,594,215

• SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER PROGRAM - FORT BEND AND WALLER COUNTY: Fort Bend Seniors' (FBS) senior activity centers promote better mental and physical health for older people through both nutritious meals and socialization. The senior center nutrition service operates as part of a comprehensive system of services designed to promote independent living for the elderly, serving as a focal point for these services.See Schedule OClient Participants must be 60 years of age or older. When a client enters the program, an Intake and Nutritional Risk Screening is completed to determine the participant's nutritional risk and needs, enabling staff to assist in improving their health. The participant is eligible to choose to participate in all the following services at no cost to the client:SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER MEALS Senior activity center meals include one hot meal daily that meets at least 1/3 of the recommended daily allowance of all nutrients required by adults, provided in a group setting. An integral part of the Meals on Wheels program, Fort Bend Seniors provides congregate meals five days per week at 7 locations in Fort Bend and Waller counties. The seven site locations providing services, Monday through Friday, are open from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. Seniors interested in receiving services can visit the Fort Bend Seniors' site nearest them or contact Fort Bend Seniors' headquarters toll-free at 1-800-643-9654. RECREATION: FBS provides daily recreational opportunities for seniors attending the congregate meal program. A monthly calendar of events is offered to seniors outlining upcoming recreational and social programs. Activities include field trips, arts and crafts, bingo, exercise, dancing, and holiday events, providing seniors with opportunities to socialize with their peers on a regular basis. HEALTH SCREENINGS/NUTRITION EDUCATION - FBS provides vital health screenings for seniors at their congregate sites. The program includes annual screenings for hearing, vision, depression, and other senior-related health issues. Nutrition education programs are also provided through this program. These services are provided by volunteers who are professionals in health screenings and nutritional counseling. INFORMATION AND REFERRAL - FBS maintains a database relating to senior clients and their needs. Critical information is provided to seniors who require additional services, and referrals to collaborative agencies are coordinated by FBS staff.EMERGENCY SHELF STABLE MEALS - Emergency shelf stable meals are meals with a shelf life of one year that are delivered to seniors for use when sites are closed due to emergency weather conditions. FBS provides five emergency shelf meals to each client for use during inclement weather when the agency is unable to operate senior activity centers safely.ACTIVITY CENTER OUTCOMES: In 2024, Fort Bend Seniors provided 57,013 meals to 515 clients in Fort Bend and Waller Counties. Of the 515 senior center clients served in 2024, 65 percent lived alone or with their elderly spouse; 14 percent were veterans or surviving spouses of veterans; 82 percent represented minority populations, primarily African American and Hispanic.TRANSPORTATION - FORT BEND AND WALLER COUNTY: Fort Bend Seniors (FBS) contracts with Fort Bend County Public Transportation to provide transportation for our participants in the Congregate Program. The vehicles are air-conditioned, handicapped accessible vans. The service is door-to-door, transporting the client from their home to the nearest senior center and then returning them to their home after program activities. These rides were only available to participants from Fort Bend County centers. Waller County service is provided through Colorado Valley Transit Services at no cost to the client or to FBS.

  Expenses $540,181 · Grants $252,749

• TRANSPORTATION CLIENTS: Includes older adults 60 years of age and participating in one of the senior activity center meal programs in Fort Bend County. FBS maintains files containing information that identifies regular participants, documents eligibility, and provides information on emergency contacts.UNIT OF SERVICE: A unit of service is a one-way trip provided to an eligible person from one location to another. Each client is eligible for two units of service per day. The service is provided five days per week (Monday-Friday). See Schedule OTRANSPORTATION OUTCOMES: In 2024, FBS provided 19,041 rides to senior participants to and from congregate senior centers under the contract with Fort Bend County. This was a 1 percent increase in rides over the prior year. Participants who required transport for various other personal needs were also able to book on-demand transport separate from FBS.

  Expenses $90,316 · Grants $54,779

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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

  $3,967,998

  Expenses

  $3,911,328

  Contributions

  $3,820,645

  Grants paid

  $1,901,743

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,032,447

  Expenses

  $3,555,219

  Contributions

  $3,954,758

  Grants paid

  $1,699,541

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,469,845

  Expenses

  $3,282,603

  Contributions

  $3,456,092

  Grants paid

  $1,432,708

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

  $3,433,503

  Expenses

  $3,021,963

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,713,166

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,847,515

  Expenses

  $3,060,402

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,644,954

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,013,906

  Expenses

  $3,136,137

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,690,060

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,957,740

  Expenses

  $3,185,482

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,926,445

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,736,909

  Expenses

  $3,010,755

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,291,481

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,858,533

  Expenses

  $2,864,532

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,226,358

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,762,144

  Expenses

  $2,456,512

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,964,844

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,991,857

  Expenses

  $2,394,334

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,926,030

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,168,503

  Expenses

  $2,145,418

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,175,146

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,250,857

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,161,687

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

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $246,486

  2023 · Basic Needs

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $246,486

  2022 · Basic Needs

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON

  $210,000

  2024 · Basic Needs

• DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

  $50,000

  2023 · Health

• DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITABLE SERVICE TRUST

  $50,000

  2022 · Health

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $29,300

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA

  $28,325

  2023 · PROJECT SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $27,276

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $25,500

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,224

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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