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Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc

Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $488,707 to it, the largest being MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ($254,085). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$816k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$489k
Net assets
$268k
8/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc does

Mission

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals to 216 clients. We are mission-focused growth-oriented and committed to serving our community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Two fresh healthy delicious prepared meals delivered with a smile every weekday; an additional 14 shelf-stable meals for snow days delivered each year for 216 unique clients.

    $519,440 spent$724,226 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Vaccination Drive: Offered mobile van administration to client homes and onsite opportunity at kitchen for staff and volunteers; offered choice of 8 different vaccinations in partnership with Giant Pharmacy

    $12,000 spent$12,000 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  3. Community Leadership and Collaboration Takoma Providers Council County MOW Program convenings. Highly successful gatherings initiated to strengthen community; plan to reach out to other MOW Programs across the state in 2025.

    $15,000 spent$15,000 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  4. Fan Club: Delivery of fans in the summer and heaters in the winter to clients that indicate need; provide client welcome kits with handmade lap quilts at joining.

    $17,500 spent$17,500 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  5. Kids Connect! Visited all 4th grade classes at local public school plus one preschool class to educate students about different types of people who live in our community and what they can do to help.

    $12,000 spent$12,000 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $575,940.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($146k) Expenses 100 ($124k) Net assets 100 ($102k)2019 Revenue 112 ($164k) Expenses 154 ($190k) Net assets 95 ($96k)2020 Revenue 296 ($433k) Expenses 234 ($289k) Net assets 250 ($254k)2021 Revenue 260 ($380k) Expenses 324 ($401k) Net assets 219 ($223k)2022 Revenue 375 ($549k) Expenses 478 ($590k) Net assets 176 ($179k)2023 Revenue 467 ($683k) Expenses 510 ($630k) Net assets 228 ($232k)2024 Revenue 558 ($816k) Expenses 632 ($781k) Net assets 263 ($268k)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (558)Expenses (632)Net assets (263)

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 $96k to $254k (+164%).

$102k
$96k
$254k
$223k
$179k
$233k
$268k
2017201920202021202220232024
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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 44% · 2020 51% · 2021 45% · 2022 66% · 2023 3% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$23k
’17
−$26k
’19
$144k
’20
−$21k
’21
−$42k
’22
$53k
’23
$36k
’24
4.0
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

Ruth Masterson

President and Executive Director

Board chair

Daniel Adams

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201720202021202220232024
Listed985766
Joined··+1+4+0+1
No longer listed··4211
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $32k → $77k.

4 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 Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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

Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

67% 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 Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc.

52%
largest funder
73%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 64% · 2021 33% · 2022 55% · 2023 35% — 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

25% of Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states in all.

PA
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc

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 Maryland

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 21%Fundraising 5%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc?
Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $488,707 to it, the largest being MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ($254,085). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $488,707 in grants to Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc?
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $254,085 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Washington DC Meals on Wheels Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 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