Bear Valley Meals on Wheels

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953874297
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Big Bear Lake, CA, USA
Phone
9098665233
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,803
Expenses
$79,950
Assets
$81,984

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Becki Wheeler (Vice President)
  • Candy Halstead (President)

People named in this filing

  • Becki Wheeler (Vice President)
  • Candy Halstead (President)
  • Kelly Satterfield (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We serve meals to shut-ins.

What it reported doing in 2024

We provide free and discounted meals to shut-ins due to age, health, disability, and economic disadvantage for which we receive assistance from individuals, organizations, and businesses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $74K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.