Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1992.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
63 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Beth Shapiro’s $377K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $10–100M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Shapiro | $377,462 | $369,030 | $363,652 | $356,902 | $339,898 | $294,732 |
| Shannon Snead | $282,838 | $272,145 | $108,913 | — | — | — |
| Rachel Sherrow | $231,861 | $217,439 | $218,690 | $212,863 | $206,248 | $178,223 |
| Lis Goris | $229,662 | $218,050 | $220,168 | $216,521 | $208,028 | $179,940 |
| Malcolm Murray | — | — | $122,931 | $141,016 | $134,652 | $113,102 |
| Susan Latham | — | — | — | — | $137,911 | — |
| Andrea Weyhing | $132,350 | $121,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Alana Kulig | $125,614 | $121,381 | $115,155 | $111,483 | $104,714 | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Citymeals-On-Wheels executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Delivers nutritious meals and friendly companionship to homebound elderly New Yorkers, ensuring they have food security and support during winters and emergencies.
Questions for Citymeals-On-Wheels
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Weekend home delivered meals program served 1,417,451 meals. Citymeals provides funding to 26 meal centers throughout new york city that prepare, package, and deliver nutritious meals for every saturday and sunday to homebound elderly who do not have the means to shop and prepare adequate food.
The breakfast box is the equivalent of 30 meals, including shelf stable and frozen food, and eight pounds of produce, procured, packaged, and delivered directly to homebound older adults by the distribution center monthly. Delivered 381,480 meals.
The emergency food packages program served 250,146 meals. In time for the cold weather, citymeals distributes to each elderly meal recipient (22,000) two efp boxes (containing 4 meals each) of non-perishable food to ensure the elderly are prepared and stocked for winter or other emergencies when the client's regular deliveries might be…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $74K | $222K | $228K | $226K | $243K |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $186K | $11K | $13K | $28K | $19K |
| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $14.2M | $2.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $54.7M | $63.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $12.4M | $12.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $89.4M | $85.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $5.9M | $2.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $83.5M | $83.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $15.2M | $15.2M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $8.3M | $8.3M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.3M | $827K | $171K | $348K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $3.3M | $916K | $1.2M | $1.1M |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $169K | $47K | $78K | $43K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $554K | $170K | $201K | $183K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $344K | $125K | $110K | $109K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $81K | $81K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $234K | $234K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $250K | $250K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.8M | $562K | $1.1M | $189K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $511K | $22K | $104K | $386K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $236K | $36K | $197K | $3K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $599K | $202K | $225K | $171K |
| TravelLn 17 | $37K | $10K | $13K | $14K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $254K | $238K | $17K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $97K | $39K | $36K | $22K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.3M | $50K | $236K | $1.0M |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $34.7M | $26.8M | $4.1M | $3.8M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 16, 2026 | $33.3M | $34.7M | −$1.4M | $83.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 31, 2025 | $33.7M | $30.0M | $3.7M | $83.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 10, 2024 | $31.5M | $27.1M | $4.4M | $76.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 5, 2023 | $33.0M | $24.8M | $8.2M | $70.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 22, 2022 | $35.4M | $28.6M | $6.8M | $69.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 13, 2021 | $44.6M | $23.4M | $21.1M | $58.3M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $33,300,419 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 48 of 48 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $33,300,419 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $34,689,627 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $85,787,759 assets, 19 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $83,599,020 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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