Mobile Meals Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341109890
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Akron, OH, USA
Phone
3303767717
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Meals on Wheels

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,659,442
Expenses
$3,784,312
Assets
$727,095
Liabilities
$725,187

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BLAKE BABCOCK (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • LORIE TRAVAGLINO (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LORIE TRAVAGLINO (PRESIDENT/CEO): $82,764 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of mobile meals, inc. Is to provide quality meals and nutritional services to individuals of all ages who are at nutritional risk. We are dedicated to providing services needed to contribute to an individual's health and well-being, including the provision of food, nutritional information, social contact, and a connection to other community organizations.

What it reported doing in 2014

Provided home delivered/agency delivered meals (517,180), congregate meals (23,509), home delivered nutritional supplements (39,449) to senior citizens, disabled individuals, and distributor clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -3.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $83K · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.