Maryland · Nonprofit
WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC
WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,242 to it, the largest being JUDI & STEVEN B FADER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($103,416). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $60k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $238
What Wheels for Change Inc does
Mission
Wheels for change is dedicated to the needs of non-profit organizations that serve the mid atlantic community and is committed to providing relief to those organizations who struggle with transportation issues. Wheels for change provides a resource and an opportunity to secure suitable, reliable, and affordable vehicles to meet their transit needs for the safety, comfort, and dignity of the clients they serve. Wheels for change will help develop a maintenance schedule and provide training classes to help the non-profit assume responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the vehicle to keep it safe and extend its life.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Wheels for change recognizes that there are non-profits who augment their services by providing transportation for individuals, both children and adults, with disabilities, illnesses or other limitations who do not have personal transportation or are not able to ride public transportation.wheels for change seeks to partner with non-profit entities that provide health and human services, educational programming, youth mentoring, developmental sports programs, as well other service-driven organizations whose mission it is to serve the predominately underprivileged, where reliable transportation is an obstacle or a challenge.in a partnership with wheels for change, we provide a monetary match toward the purchase of a vehicle suited to fulfill the organization's mission. Wheels for change also provides consulting to ensure that the right vehicle, including specialty equipment customization, aligns with the non-profit's mobility needs. Wheels for change will find and negotiate with the best vendor to build or provide the vehicle. Wheels for change also provides maintenance training to the organization to ensure efficient ongoing operation and safety of the vehicle.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
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.
100% of WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $103k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of WHEELS FOR CHANGE 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
WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC's revenue fell 42% between 2020 and 2021.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,080 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like WHEELS FOR CHANGE 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WHEELS FOR CHANGE 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 WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC?
- WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,242 to it, the largest being JUDI & STEVEN B FADER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($103,416). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $133,242 in grants to WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHEELS FOR CHANGE INC?
- JUDI & STEVEN B FADER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $103,416 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHEELS FOR CHANGE 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 FY2021 (financials across 2020–2021), and the filings of 2 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