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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2026 Expires: September 2028

Miami Valley Meals

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

428 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd.
Dayton, OH, 45402

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Miami Valley Meals meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
Miami Valley Meals seeks to combat food insecurity through advocacy and programs that support and improve local efforts while reducing waste and providing nutritious chef-prepared meals, culinary job training and offering education to improve the entire service network.

Year, State Incorporated:
2015, OH

Miami Valley Meals is a chef-led organization that recovers donated food and transforms it into prepared meals for distribution through
a network of nonprofits serving the hungry, free of charge. It attests that food, as a basic human need, can open the door to more
opportunities to make progress, and by supporting its partner organizations in this way, we are able to lessen their strain and free up
resources for further social service outreach.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, Miami Valley Meals's program expenses were:

Prepared Meals, Recovery and Composting $918,969
Total Program Expenses $918,969

Chief Executive
Amanda DeLotelle, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Ricia Ballas

Board Size
14

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Grant proposals, Planned giving arrangements, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Miami Valley Meals's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Grants $795,397
Contributions $230,138
Donated Food and Packaging Materials $211,605
Fundraising Event Income $32,766
Interest Income $26,508
Social Enterprise Income $1,791
Other Revenue $301
Gain on Sale of Assets $4
Total Income $1,298,510

Programs: 85% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $1,298,510
Total expenses: $1,084,679
  Program expenses $918,969
  Fundraising expenses $45,816
  Administrative expenses $119,894
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $213,831
Beginning Net Assets $2,086,178
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $2,300,009
Total Liabilities $57,501
Total Assets $2,357,510

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Report completed by:
BBB of Dayton and Miami Valley