Homebound Meals INC

Tax-deductible

Fort Wayne, IN501(c)(3)Since 1990EIN 35-1186741Revenue $481K in FY2026

On file with the IRS611 W Berry St, 46802-2105 · Fort Wayne, INTax-exempt since Feb 1972Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Organization's mission is to assist shut-ins, usually the elderly, by delivering hot, nutritious and low-cost meals to them in their homes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2026 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2026
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2026, this tax year; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $5K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $6K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$83K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$481K
-18% vs prior year
Spent
$575K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$711K
By yearFY2021–FY2026
Revenue
$481K
FY2026▼ -18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$476K
FY2022$433K
FY2023$469K
FY2024$492K
FY2025$584K
FY2026$481K
Expenses
$575K
FY2026▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$458K
FY2022$463K
FY2023$465K
FY2024$498K
FY2025$506K
FY2026$575K
Net assets
$711K
FY2026▼ -12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$715K
FY2022$715K
FY2023$678K
FY2024$729K
FY2025$805K
FY2026$711K

From the FY2026 Form 990 (year ending March 2026) · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026. IRS ruling in Feb 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $534K Management & general 6% · $36K Fundraising 1% · $5K

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

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2025); the FY2026 filing did not itemize Part VII
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Barb Umber$47,996$47,996

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.

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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 meals to homebound individuals.

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3 programs · $534K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The organization delivers meals to an average of 147 individuals daily. The meals are purchased by the organization from local hospital cafeterias and then sold to the consumers, as the consumers are able to pay.

$534Kprogram expense
02

The organization employs an executive director and staff who are primarily responsible for coordinating the efforts of numerous volunteers, the intake on the organization's consumers, the acquisition of goods to provide to the consumers, other aspects related to the management of the organization and the development of funds which allow…

Pt IX · col B
03

The Organization Serves Its Clients

who are not able to independently leave their homes to obtain meals - by delivering the meals to the clients at their home. Volunteers drive in excess of 40,000 miles in delivering such meals.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$6K
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By the numbers

The FY2026 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$481K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$206K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$204K
Investment incomeLn 3$71K
Money outPt IX
$575K
Ln 25
Programscol B$534K
Managementcol C$36K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$711K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$51K
Total assetsLn 16$794K
LiabilitiesLn 26$83K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$206K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$204K
Investment incomeLn 3$71K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$1K
Total revenueLn 12$481K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$51K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$51K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$710K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$794K
LiabilitiesLn 26$83K
Net assetsLn 32$711K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderMarch
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY26End FY26
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$138K$51K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$665K$710K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K$10K
Total assetsLn 16$833K$794K
LiabilitiesLn 26$28K$83K
Net assetsLn 32$805K$711K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$126K$126K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$14K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$17K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$14K$14K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$356K$350K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$25K$19K$1K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$575K$534K$36K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest Viewing $481K$575K−$94K$711K 990 PDF
FY2025 $584K$506K$78K$805K 990 PDF
FY2024 $492K$498K−$6K$729K 990 PDF
FY2023 $469K$465K$3K$678K 990 PDF
FY2022 $433K$463K−$30K$715K 990 PDF
FY2021 $476K$458K$18K$715K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2026 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $480,606 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $281,427$205,722
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $277,638$203,531
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $24,979$71,353
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $584,044$480,606
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $126,102$139,467
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $379,617$435,195
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $505,719$574,662
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $78,325−$94,056
Part VI · Governance 8 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $480,606 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$205,722
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$205,722
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $203,531$203,531
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $72,758$72,758
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$1,405−$1,405
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $274,884$480,606
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $574,662 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $125,570$125,570
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,897$13,897
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $6,657$6,657
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,697$7,697
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $17,497$17,497
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $4,361$4,361
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $14,110$14,110
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $3,605$3,605
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $349,690 · Management $6,098$355,788
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $19,475 · Management $1,080 · Fundraising $4,925$25,480
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $533,826 · Management $35,911 · Fundraising $4,925$574,662
Part X · Balance sheet $794,019 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $138,130$51,269
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $17,353$22,754
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,169$10,317
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $664,660$709,679
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $833,312$794,019
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $21,559$80,637
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,793$2,478
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $28,352$83,115
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $804,960$710,904
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $833,312$794,019
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $710,904 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$480,606
XI-2 Total expenses$574,662
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$94,056
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$804,960
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$710,904

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