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SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY

SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,960 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$301k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$144k
Net assets
$276k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Senior Services Consortium of Ramsey County does

Mission

Our mission is to sustain a strong collaborative of community-based organizations that are dedicated to helping people maintain their independence and improve the quality of their lives through good nutrition.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Since 1975, the Senior Services Consortium of Ramsey County (meals on wheels of ramsey county) has led a meals on wheels collaboration focused on cost-effective solutions to provide nutritious home-delivered meals and wellness checks to older adults living at home throughout ramsey county. Ramsey county is the second-most populous county in minnesota while being the smallest geographically, therefore being the most densely populated county in the state. Ramsey county is also the most racially and ethnically diverse county in the state. Ramsey county is experiencing exponential growth in the population of older adults, which is expected to double in the next 15-20 years. With the rapid expansion in the number of older adults and considering the average life expectancy of 79.9 years in ramsey county, this is leaving more and more older adult residents at risk of hunger and isolation. By formally engaging a network of well-respected east metro community-based organizations and school districts, uniform and accessible service is available throughout the county and beyond. The consortium network ensures an effective, economical, and streamlined meal delivery system that is…

    $254,380 spentof which $128,880 as grants$245,000 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $254,380.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($259k) Expenses 100 ($272k) Net assets 100 ($142k)2018 Revenue 98 ($253k) Expenses 91 ($249k) Net assets 103 ($146k)2019 Revenue 98 ($254k) Expenses 92 ($251k) Net assets 105 ($149k)2020 Revenue 261 ($675k) Expenses 234 ($638k) Net assets 131 ($186k)2021 Revenue 191 ($493k) Expenses 168 ($458k) Net assets 156 ($221k)2022 Revenue 112 ($289k) Expenses 97 ($265k) Net assets 173 ($245k)2023 Revenue 131 ($339k) Expenses 106 ($289k) Net assets 208 ($295k)2024 Revenue 116 ($301k) Expenses 118 ($320k) Net assets 195 ($276k)
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Revenue (116)Expenses (118)Net assets (195)Peer revenue range

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 $187k to $479k (+156%).

$181k
$186k
$187k
$479k
$293k
$289k
$341k
$317k
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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
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

18% of SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$14k
’17
$4k
’18
$3k
’19
$37k
’20
$35k
’21
$24k
’22
$50k
’23
−$19k
’24
12
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.

Chief executive

Denise Wickiser

Executive director

Board chair

Karl Brown

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Joined·+1+2+0+2+1+1+0
No longer listed·1202011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $43k → $67k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$45k
funders
3
3
2
3
2
1

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY’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

SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

57% 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 SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY.

42%
largest funder
99%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 81% · 2021 51% · 2022 99% · 2023 89% — 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.

Where its funders are

SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 3 states in all.

MN
VA
FL

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

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’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve11.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 19%Fundraising 2%

Governance

8
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.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY?
SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,960 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $143,960 in grants to SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY?
OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SENIOR SERVICES CONSORTIUM OF RAMSEY COUNTY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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 6 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