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COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE

COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,026 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC ($33,510). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$0
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$54k
Net assets
$14k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Columbia County Senior Meal Service does

Mission

Columbia County Senior Meal Services, inc. Will provid meals and nourishment to arkansans who are eligible under the older americans act, and to other individuals who meet the qualifications of this entity and the grants which fund the same. These meals will be provided at a location where the individuals may "dine in" in certain situations and will be delivered to those individuals who qualify. In addtion the organization will provide physical activities, social activities and other recreational activities too those individuals partaking in this program, along with such other activities which may be incidental thereto.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

Provide meals to arkansans who are eligible under the older americans act,and others meeting the qualifications of the organization

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($232k) Expenses 100 ($242k) Net assets 100 ($97k)2018 Revenue 97 ($225k) Expenses 95 ($230k) Net assets 95 ($92k)2019 Revenue 344 ($798k) Expenses 302 ($731k) Net assets 163 ($159k)2020 Revenue 109 ($253k) Expenses 158 ($382k) Net assets 30 ($30k)2021 Revenue 1 ($2k) Expenses 7 ($17k) Net assets 15 ($14k)2022 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 0 ($683) Net assets 14 ($14k)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (0)Expenses (0)Net assets (14)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $285k to $30k (−90%).

$100k
$216k
$285k
$30k
$14k
$14k
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 73% · 2019 79% · 2020 135%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’17
−$5k
’18
$67k
’19
−$129k
’20
−$15k
’21
−$683
’22
242
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201720182019202020212022
Listed556666
Joined·+0+5+0+0+0
No longer listed·04000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $33k → $0.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
3
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

62% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE.

62%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 52% · 2019 61% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

62% of COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.

AR
NC
MS

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
Arkansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Arkansas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE?
COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,026 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC ($33,510). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $54,026 in grants to COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE?
UNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $33,510 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLUMBIA COUNTY SENIOR MEAL SERVICE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing