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HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA
HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,084,718 to it, the largest being AREAWIDE COUNCIL ON AGING OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ($12,150,239). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Human Services Network Inc Meals on Wheels South Florida does
Mission
Principal activities human services network, inc. D/b/a meals on wheels south florida (the "organization") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization and was incorporated on september 17, 1984, under the laws of the state of florida. The organization was established to secure funding to serve seniors in broward county through the older americans act (oaa), as managed by the area agency on aging of broward county (aaabc). Recognizing the vulnerability of single-source funding dependency, leadership implemented strategic financial diversification through program expansion. By 2022, the organization had successfully reduced its federal funding dependency from 100% to approximately 60%.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Home delivered meals: provided at no cost to homebound clients aged 60+, living near the poverty line, with limited family support.
$542,316 spent53% of program spendingEmergency meals: provides recently hospitalized seniors (60+) with dinner and breakfast for a 14-day recovery period. Initially funded through the jim moran foundation, this program is expanding through additional funding sources.
$126,216 spent12% of program spendingT"grocery shopping assistance: serves seniors who can afford groceries but cannot shop independently. Vetted volunteers handle shopping lists, purchasing, delivery, and unpacking, providing peace of mind to clients and their families. "cost share program: an innovative sustainability approach where meal costs are shared between the organization and clients, ensuring service continuity while promoting client dignity through participation. "broward county hurricane meal kit distribution: in partnership with florida power & light company (fpl) and the florida council on aging (fcoa), provides hurricane preparedness kits delivered directly to clients' homes. "companion pet program: delivers monthly pet food to homebound seniors enrolled in our meal program who need assistance caring for their animals. Additional services include veterinary care, medications, flea/tick treatments through our mobile vet service, and mobile grooming services. "claris companion program: funded through meals on wheels america and the caesars foundation, provides seniors with tablets specifically designed for older adults. Features include large buttons/text, verizon 4g lte connectivity, protective casing,…
$361,177 spent35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,029,709.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $9.2M to $8.0M (−12%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 40% · 2021 79% · 2022 71% · 2023 47% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Samir Rajpal
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $83k → $1.5M.
10 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 68% · 2019 43% · 2020 96% · 2021 51% · 2022 96% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
63% of HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $2.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA: 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 HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA?
- HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,084,718 to it, the largest being AREAWIDE COUNCIL ON AGING OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ($12,150,239). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $17,084,718 in grants to HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA?
- AREAWIDE COUNCIL ON AGING OF BROWARD COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,150,239 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK INC MEALS ON WHEELS SOUTH FLORIDA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 16 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing