Metro-Erie Meals on Wheels Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510200640
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Erie, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8144526930
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $780,916
- Expenses
- $733,274
- Assets
- $2,587,563
- Liabilities
- $130,332
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brian Sheridan (President)
- Jacob Bartko (Vice President)
- Jennifer Hoffman (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Dylanna Grasinger (Director)
- Kristen Karrfalt (Director)
- Lisa Graff (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Since 1971, we have continuously served Erie's seniors through a legion of caring volunteers, delivering meals from only a few days to over 45 years. Our network of volunteers and staff members are helping to achieve the goal of eliminating senior hunger by delivering nutritious meals and building personal and community connections every day. We enable people to age at home with dignity by providing a compassionate check-in, nutritious meals, and grocery delivery
What it reported doing in 2024
A total of 6,249 meals were delivered free-of-charge to a daily average of 27 clients who are disabled and under the age of 60. This program is provided through the Erie County Department of Human Services & Erie County Department of Planning/COVID relief. Intake and follow-up visits in the home are conducted by our staff. Our caring volunteers provide the daily contact and drop-off of meals. Service is provided M-F.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.53; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $595K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.