Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC
MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,616 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($191,691). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $657k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County Inc does
Mission
We enhance the wellness and independence of adults, who are primarily homebound, by providing nutritious meals and other supportive services.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Meals on wheels of lehigh county delivers nutritiously balanced meals and provides grocery shopping to homebound adults who are unable to shop or prepare meals for themselves due to advanced age, illness or disability. The service supports these individuals so they can remain healthy and independent in their homes for as long as possible. Volunteers deliver meals weekdays at lunchtime and provide a daily well-being check. In 2017, 945 volunteers delivered 168,414 meals to 890 unduplicated clients. By donating 45,358 hours and 161,145 miles using their own cars, the volunteers provide $554,082 of in-kind services. 65% of the people we serve are 75 years of age or older. 96% need part of their meals costs subsidized by the agency
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 13 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $185k → $10k.
1 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC’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
MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
39% 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 MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 42% · 2019 47% · 2020 71% · 2021 50% · 2022 92% · 2023 100% — 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
6% of MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
55% of MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC: 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 MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC?
- MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,616 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($191,691). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $656,616 in grants to MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $191,691 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 17 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