Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Providing meals and resources to older adults and persons with disabilities.
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
EIN: 36-4461669
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Our programs
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Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois
The Meals on Wheels program delivers meals to home bound older adults in suburban Cook, Kendall and Grundy counties. The congregate dining programs provide meals to active older adults in a cafe setting.
Home-delivered meals
For those who are immobile or not mobile enough to get to sources of food or who have no means of transportation, hot nutritious meals are delivered by volunteers during the week. Self-stable emergency meals to be used when severe weather makes delivery impossible, weekend, and evening meals are provided by trained volunteers who also conduct a daily wellness check and summon help when needed.
Cafe sites
Meals are provided at nine café locations in Suburban Cook Grundy and Kendall Counties for those seniors who can travel to receive them.
The related problems of food insecurity and depression related to loneliness, are well-documented for the at-risk population of older Americans we serve. We offer socialization and health and wellness education programs at our cafés and person-to-person greetings when delivering meals to homes.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of program sites
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
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Cafe sites
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Over 450,000 seniors in Illinois are threatened by hunger. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Kendall County had 18,037 residents aged 60+ in 2021, and of these, American Community Survey’s 2021 1-Year Estimates gauges that 5% are 100% below poverty level, 32.7% live alone, and 25% are person with disabilities. Our programs in Kendall County ensure that homebound and medically fragile seniors can get the nutrition they need: 57.09% of our clients in Kendall County live alone, 36.22% are low income, and 77.56% are categorized as frail. The same survey estimates that Cook County had 1,132,020 residents aged 60+ in 2021. Of these, 12.9% are estimated to be 100% below the poverty line, 44.1% live alone, and 27.4% are persons with disabilities. In Grundy County, it was estimated that 10,358 residents are aged 60+. Of these older adults, 5.7 % are estimated to be 100% below the poverty line, 41.1% live alone, and 22.4% are persons with disabilities. Lastly, American Community Survey’s 2021 1-year Estimates gauges that 139,458 residents in Will County are aged 60+. Of these residents, it is estimated that 6.7% are 100% below the poverty line, 35.6% live alone, and 24.5% are persons with disabilities.
The Meals on Wheels program helps delay the need for older adults or persons with disabilities to be in a long-term care or assisted living facility which can be very costly to our participants. Being enrolled in the Meals on Wheels program keeps older adults and persons with disabilities healthier and more independent in their own surroundings. The cost of a full year of Home Delivered Meals is about the same cost as staying in a nursing home, assisted living facility or a hospital for just one.
–To keep people healthy and safely living in their homes and out of nursing homes and hospitals.
–To better serve all seniors in our service area by strategically growing our programs, using market research and strategic planning.
Long Term baseline (What is the current level of care?)
–Mental Health Improvement Goal:
–The consulting firm CBWhite is currently doing programming market research. We will be resuming strategic planning and brand strategy in spring 2023.
Long Term Outcomes (Changes that will occur as a result of your work)
–We anticipate that participation in our home delivery programs will cause lower levels of depression and anxiety, reduced sense of loneliness and isolation, improvements in self-reported health, increased feelings of safety, increased ability to remain in home, reduction in self-reported hospitalization, and reduction in number of falls as compared to individuals with demographics similar to our clients who are not enrolled in a Meals on Wheels program. As described by our responses to the question involving program evaluation, we use research conducted by Meals on Wheels America to understand the long-term outcomes of our work.
–Understanding our next steps for growth; growth planning incorporated into our strategic plan.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
123.21
Months of cash in 2022 info
31.5
Fringe rate in 2022 info
0%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitionsFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
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Business model indicators
Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$75,711 | $74,114 | $598,564 | $1,223,379 | $410,974 |
As % of expenses | -6.5% | 7.2% | 57.2% | 85.8% | 30.9% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$85,428 | $64,377 | $588,826 | $1,213,642 | $403,678 |
As % of expenses | -7.2% | 6.2% | 55.7% | 84.5% | 30.2% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,094,297 | $1,105,338 | $1,680,584 | $2,687,877 | $1,742,566 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 1.7% | 1.0% | 52.0% | 59.9% | -35.2% |
Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 99.9% | 99.2% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.6% |
Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $1,171,247 | $1,033,128 | $1,047,271 | $1,426,247 | $1,331,444 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 9.8% | -11.8% | 1.4% | 36.2% | -6.6% |
Personnel | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Professional fees | 16.1% | 17.7% | 33.3% | 23.0% | 31.1% |
Occupancy | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 52.9% | 47.3% | 46.9% | 53.9% | 39.3% |
All other expenses | 29.3% | 34.4% | 19.9% | 23.1% | 29.4% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,180,964 | $1,042,865 | $1,057,009 | $1,435,984 | $1,338,740 |
One month of savings | $97,604 | $86,094 | $87,273 | $118,854 | $110,954 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $24,284 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $1,302,852 | $1,128,959 | $1,144,282 | $1,554,838 | $1,449,694 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Months of cash | 12.4 | 15.5 | 22.9 | 28.5 | 31.5 |
Months of cash and investments | 12.4 | 15.5 | 22.9 | 28.5 | 31.5 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 14.7 | 17.6 | 24.2 | 28.1 | 33.8 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Cash | $1,211,976 | $1,333,487 | $2,001,774 | $3,388,778 | $3,495,942 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $0 | $179 | $0 | $44,250 | $38,250 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $93,433 | $62,321 | $62,321 | $62,321 | $62,321 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 58.3% | 53.1% | 68.8% | 84.4% | 96.1% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 0.7% |
Unrestricted net assets | $1,477,048 | $1,541,425 | $2,130,251 | $3,343,893 | $3,747,571 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $35,000 | $74,452 | $27,437 |
Total net assets | $1,477,048 | $1,541,425 | $2,165,251 | $3,418,345 | $3,775,008 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CEO
Lauren Doherty
Lauren is a mission-driven social service executive with a degree in foods and nutritional sciences and is a graduate of the Didactic Program of Dietetics with a minor in Business Administration and coursework in International Studies with additional coursework in nonprofit management and senior services. She has been a committed volunteer since age 12 primarily with agencies working to end youth homelessness and was a Meals on Wheels volunteer in San Diego before moving to Chicago. The former Director of Operations, she served as Acting Administrator before being named CEO in 2017.
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Meals On Wheels Foundation Of Northern Illinois
Board of directorsas of 06/30/2023
Board of directors data
Michael Seng
John Marshall Law School
Michael P. Seng
Professor - John Marshall Law School
Brian Gilbert
CFO - Ragan Communications
Caroline Kwiatkowski
Nykole Hanna
George Shea
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.