Charity profile · Historical source record

Meals on Wheels Central Texas

EIN 23-7202594Human Services Texas Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Compassion in action

Meals on Wheels and More (MOWAM ) seeks to nourish and enrich the lives of the homebound and other people in need through programs that promote dignity and independent living. MOWAM began in 1972 as an East Austin-based, grassroots organization staffed by only eight volunteers. What began serving 29 seniors has now expanded into a multi-service organization of 5,000 volunteers serving almost 2,500 elderly and disabled persons each day. Aside from preparing an average of 936,009 meals in 2008 year, MOWAM also offers many other programs designed to keep people healthy and living in their own homes.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

92.61Overall score
out of 100

90.00Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$13,797,212

Total expenses · USD$12,220,703

Program expenses

$10,534,245.99 recorded amount

86.2%

Fundraising expenses

$928,773.43 recorded amount

7.6%

Administrative expenses

$745,462.88 recorded amount

6.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.17 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dan Pruett
Recorded compensation: $217,239.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.77%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Meals on Wheels Central Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Meals on Wheels and More (MOWAM ) seeks to nourish and enrich the lives of the homebound and other people in need through programs that promote dignity and independent living. MOWAM began in 1972 as an East Austin-based, grassroots organization staffed by only eight volunteers. What began serving 29 seniors has now expanded into a multi-service organization of 5,000 volunteers serving almost 2,500 elderly and disabled persons each day. Aside from preparing an average of 936,009 meals in 2008 year, MOWAM also offers many other programs designed to keep people healthy and living in their own homes.
`ein` EIN	23-7202594
`tot_exp` Total expenses	12220703.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.061
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.17
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.076
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.862
`fscore` Financial score	90.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Dan Pruett
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	217239.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0177
`motto` Tagline	Compassion in action
`name` Charity name	Meals on Wheels Central Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	13797212.0
`score` Overall score	92.61
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	10534245.986
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	928773.428
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	745462.883

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 23-7202594
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Social Services
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.