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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2025 Expires: July 2026

Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(970) 484-6325
1217 E Elizabeth St Ste 11
Fort Collins, CO, 80524
https://www.mealsonwheelsfc.org
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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

Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
The mission of Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins is to support the dignity, well-being and independence of primarily homebound older adults and eligible clients in our community with a hot, nutritious meal and social interaction for up to 5 days of a week.

Year, State Incorporated:
1971, CO

Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins (MOW-FC) was established in 1969 to provide home-delivered meal services to homebound persons in need in the Fort Collins area.  Poudre Valley Hospitals (PVH) dietary staff has been planning and preparing our meals for over 49 years, ensuring optimum nutrition for our clients. It incorporates the following three characteristics found in virtually all meals on wheels programs: 1) Home-delivered, hot meals prepared according to nutritional guidelines, 2) Conversation and social contact with friendly and compassionate volunteers, and 3) Safety and well-being assessments performed with each delivery.
Elderly and disabled adults who are homebound often experience limitations such as reduced abilities to shop for food and prepare meals due to aging, disability or mental illness.  Such limitations can create new or exacerbate existing nutrition related risk factors, increasing the likelihood of hospital stays and permanent placement in assisted living facilities.  Risk factors related to malnutrition include the following: food insecurity, poverty, inadequate food intake, social isolation, dementia, depression, dependency, functional disability, presence of diet related acute or chronic diseases or conditions, medication side effects, advanced age, minority status, rural geographic areas and living alone.  Since its beginning, it has been MOW-FCs mission to provide home-delivered, nutritionally balanced meals in order to help homebound adults remain in their own homes living independently.

For the year ended June 30, 2024, Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins's program expenses were:

Programs $721,284
Total Program Expenses $721,284

Chief Executive
Glenda Shayne, Executive Director

Compensation*
$95,371

Chair of the Board
Gordan Thibedeau

Board Size
10

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Internet, 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 Meals on Wheels for Fort Collins's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Source of Funds
Program Revenue $363,842
Contributions $166,663
Grants $151,374
Change in Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Community Foundation $122,333
In-Kind Contributions $122,126
Special Events $39,314
Other Income $6,215
Total Income $971,867

Programs: 84% Fundraising: 6% Administrative: 10%

Total Income $971,867
Total expenses: $861,359
  Program expenses $721,284
  Fundraising expenses $55,416
  Administrative expenses $84,659
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $110,508
Beginning Net Assets $1,131,269
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $1,241,777
Total Liabilities $117,763
Total Assets $1,359,540

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