Michigan · Nonprofit
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,594,110 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($558,775). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.2M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What Meals on Wheels Western Michigan does
Mission
To provide quality nutrition services in a supportive environment to promote the health and independence of older adults.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The home delivered meals program provides a packaged, freshly prepared, dinner-type meal delivered around the noon hour to homebound seniors throughout west michigan. A lighter second meal is available to those homebound who need it, which is also delivered around the noon hour. These meals follow one-third rda and meet or exceed michigan standards for senior meal programs. This program serves senior citizens unable to prepare nutritious meals for themselves, and who are unable to leave their homes without assistance. Seniors who are participating in this program receive semi-annual visits from mowwm assessment personnel who assess the client for continued eligibility and provide information and referrals about other services. 532,819 meals were delivered, including those provided through the medicaid waiver program.
$4,558,640 spent$882,558 earned by the program70% of program spendingThe congregate meals program provides freshly prepared and hot noon meals at 15 community or senior centers throughout kent and allegan counties to anyone over the age of 60. The centers offer seniors a meal as well as social, recreational, and educational activities. All food is prepared in the mowwm central kitchen and follows one-third rda in its offerings. 94,656 meals were served.
$1,269,792 spent$142,834 earned by the program19% of program spendingThe pantry program provides food help to low-income seniors who are 60 years of age and older who live in kent county. The food pantry is a client choice pantry where seniors can come once every other week to shop for a variety of grocery items. The pantry offers fresh fruits and vegetables along with staple grocery items and follows one-third rda in its offerings. The pantry received 24,689 visits.
$681,000 spent$12,997 earned by the program10% of program spendingAll other program services, including emergency and private meals.
$35,086 spent$304,087 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,544,518.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $5.7M to $7.5M (+31%).
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: 2017 72% · 2018 66% · 2019 67% · 2021 68% · 2022 64% · 2023 65% · 2024 64% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Wideman
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $120k → $256k.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 WESTERN MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% 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
66% 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 WESTERN MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 59% · 2019 97% · 2020 36% · 2021 36% · 2022 27% · 2023 40% — 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
84% of MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $244k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN
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 Michigan
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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN?
- MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,594,110 to it, the largest being HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY ($558,775). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $1,594,110 in grants to MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN?
- HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $558,775 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEALS ON WHEELS WESTERN MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 42 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