Cass County Meals on Wheels

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237303458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Atlantic, IA, USA
Phone
7122500036
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,805
Expenses
$13,017
Assets
$21,814
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARB STRAND (DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEB LAMB (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHARON CRANE (DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY)
  • PAM JEPPERSON (DIRECTOR)
  • MARCIA LOWERS (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Meal delivery to sr citizens and disable

What it reported doing in 2025

Obtained and delivered meals to senior citizens and disabled individuals five days a week utilizing volunteer drivers. Served around 45 individuals each week

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.5%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.