Bismarck Meals on Wheels Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450317787
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Bismarck, ND, USA
Phone
7013903705
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$-824
Expenses
$46,835
Assets
$7,170

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERA ELSTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CODY NIELSON (DIRECTOR)
  • CATHY TRAHAN (TREASURER)
  • SUE SOLSETH (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

Meals on wheels is a community-based service that provides fresh, nutritious meals delivered directly to the homes of seniors and individuals with disabilities throughout the city. In addition to regularly providing healthy foods, caring volunteers provide a social connection that helps meal recipients remain living independently in their own homes. With the help of meals on wheels programs, seniors and people with disabilities get the nourishment and human connection needed to support daily activites, while reducing the need for medical support. For some recipients, these daily meals are the differnce bwween living in their own homes and moving to a nursing home.

What it reported doing in 2024

At the core of the meals on wheels service is a nutritious meal, companionship and a watchful eye on the health and safety of our seniors. For those who have trouble getting around, we bring the service to them. For those who can still venture out into their communities, we serve in gathering places, such as senior centers and community facilities. No meals were served in the fiscal year ending 6/30/25.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5,783.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.