South Carolina · Nonprofit
PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC
PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $776,211 to it, the largest being THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($238,418). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $776k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc does
Mission
The organization provides hot, noontime meals delivered to the homes of senior citizens living in pickens county, south carolina who are unable to prepare and provide the meals for themselves as well as providing senior living experiences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization provided hot, noontime meals delivered to home bound senior citizens living in pickens county, south carolina. The meals are delivered to the senior citizen homes by volunteers. In 2020 a program was continued which also provided noontime meals in a congregate setting in facilities provided by the organization. A program for daytime activities for seniors was continued at the center as well. The organization continued its operations into a second location in central south carolina to better serve the senior citizens in that area.the organization provides respiteservices at their central sc location. Senior health services were provided based on government title 3d grant obtained.
$962,530 spent$1,191,603 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $962,530.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $2.9M (+20%).
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 31% · 2018 44% · 2019 42% · 2020 61% · 2021 55% · 2022 49% · 2023 42% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Kim Valentin
Executive director
Board chair
Lucas Durham
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $62k → $68k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS 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
PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
78% 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 PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 49% · 2019 46% · 2020 47% · 2021 39% · 2022 63% · 2023 62% — 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
29% of PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
77% of PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $108k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC
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In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS 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 PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC?
- PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $776,211 to it, the largest being THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($238,418). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $776,211 in grants to PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC?
- THE RESERVE AT LAKE KEOWEE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $238,418 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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