Highlands Area Meals on Wheels

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251587567
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Sarver, PA, USA
Phone
4126076241
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$9
Expenses
$44,577
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • KAREN VECCHI (SECRETARY-TR)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Highlands area meals on wheels mission is to provide prepared and delivered meals to the sick, aged, infirmed and others in the servicing area who are not capable of providing meals for themselves.

What it reported doing in 2023

Enlist individuals in the community to purchase, prepare & deliver meals to the sick, aged, infirmed and others not capable of providng meals for themselves. The funds necessary to accomplish this purpose are solicited through churches and local groups in the local area, together with monies collected from program recipients of the meals provided should they be able to pay a minimal charge. Highlands area meals on wheels discontinued the above operation in july 2022 due to lack of volunteers to carry out the operation. All remaining funds were contributed to section 501(c)(3) organizations in 2023, as described in schedule n.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: -495,200%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.