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As a non-profit organization, Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego relies on support from the community and not on government funding. Approximately 40% of our revenue is from fees for service, with the remaining 60% donated by various constituencies in the community. Funding sources include individual donations, foundation and corporate grants, Community Development Block Grant funds, and special events. Financial support from the community is crucial to our ongoing success.
View our most recent 990 and 2007 audited financial statement.
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Ways to Give:
Giving for Operating Support, Specific Projects or Equipment
Memorial Giving
Giving through a Will or Trust
Giving of Stock
In-Kind Donations
Corporate Sponsorships
Route Sponsorships
Workplace Campaigns & Matching Gifts
Vehicle Donations
Project Re-cell
HOW ARE DONATIONS ALLOCATED?
Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization. All donations are appreciated and tax deductible. When you make a donation to Meals-on-Wheels, 83 cents of every dollar goes directly toward providing meals and other services to seniors.
Giving for Operational Support, Specific Project or Equipment
Although seniors pay a maximum fee of $7.00 per day for delivery of two meals, the fees do not cover our costs to provide the meals. The full cost of the program is subsidized for 100% of our seniors, most of whom live on a fixed income. Because we believe that food is one of life’s most basic necessities and no one should ever have to go hungry, fees may be further reduced for seniors who cannot afford $7.00 per day. Gifts made for general operating support help to ensure ongoing meal delivery to seniors.
$200.00 provides the needed funding for 120 meals.
$100.00 provides the needed funding for 60 meals.
$ 50.00 provides the needed funding for 30 meals.
Meals-on-Wheels often seeks support of a specific project or to purchase equipment, such as thermal bags to keep meals at appropriate temperature during delivery, and is currently in need of donations to support purchase of the following items:
New Delivery Vans click here
Thermal Meal Delivery Bags $100 each
Coolers $30 each
Memorial Giving
Memorial Giving provides you, the donor, the opportunity to remember special individuals with a memorial or tribute gift. Gifts may be made “In Memory of” an individual to commemorate a loved one’s life, or “In Honor of” an individual who is special in your life. Gifts may also be made in honor of special occasions, such as birthdays and anniversaries.
At your request, Meals-on-Wheels will send a hand-written card to the individual whom you designate to notify them of your gift. The amount will not be disclosed.
Giving through a Will or Trust
Leave your legacy by making a gift from your estate to benefit seniors in San Diego County both now and into the future. If you would like to include our organization in your will or trust, we highly recommend you consult an attorney. The following statements may be helpful in directing a future gift to Meals-on-Wheels:
“I hereby give to Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc., Federal Tax I.D. number 95-2660509, located at 2254 San Diego Ave., Suite 200, San Diego, California 92110-2944, the sum of $____ to be used as its Board of Directors deem advisable for the benefit of seniors in San Diego County.”
OR
“I hereby give to Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc., Federal Tax I.D. number 95-2660509, located at 2254 San Diego Ave., Suite 200, San Diego, California 92110-2944, ____% of my estate to be used as its Board of Directors deem advisable for the benefit of seniors in San Diego County.”
OR
“I hereby give to Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc., Federal Tax I.D. number 95-2660509, located at 2254 San Diego Ave., Suite 200, San Diego, California 92110-2944, the property herein described to be used as its Board of Directors deem advisable for the benefit of seniors in San Diego County.”
Current and future estate gifts may also be restricted to our Endowment Fund, legally designated as the Hattie Brooks Endowment Fund.
Many people also choose to hold all their assets in a living trust of which they are trustees. While more complicated to establish, the asset transfer from this vehicle is immediate. In a will or trust, individuals may provide for charity by indicating a specific amount, a percentage of or the residue of their estate.
The information on this site is not intended as legal, tax or investment advice. For such advice, please contact an attorney, tax professional or investment professional.
Giving of Stock
To make a gift of stock, contact Matt Topper, Fiscal Director, e-mail or 619-260-6110. .
In-Kind Donations
Meals-on-Wheels regularly seeks donations of products and services to help meet the needs of seniors. In-kind donations are also needed for raffle or auction at our annual events.
Wish List:
New Copier for South County Service Center
Children’s Art for delivery to seniors
We Care Packages
Corporate Sponsorships
By supporting Meals-on-Wheels, you join an elite group of companies, organizations, service clubs and individuals who are demonstrating their commitment to make the San Diego community better for us all. Meals-on-Wheels holds several events throughout the year, March for Meals, an annual gala and annual holiday concert. Sponsorship of these events ensures that proceeds go directly to benefit San Diego County seniors. To see a list of event sponsors and information for each event, click here.
Opportunities to sponsor our fleet of delivery vans are also available.
Route Sponsorships
 Underwriting a delivery route for one year is a great way to support Meals-on-Wheels. We currently have more than 100 delivery routes throughout San Diego County. Route sponsorships are $1,000 per route for one full year. Please consider sponsoring one or more delivery routes in your local business area. Your company's name or logo will appear on a magnetized sign while the volunteer is delivering on your route. Click here to learn more. If you are interested in sponsoring a route, please complete our Route Sponsorship Agreement and email or fax to the attention of Dorthy Petrich, Assistant Development Director.
Workplace Campaigns & Matching Gifts
Many companies have a Corporate Matching Gift program and will match your monetary and/or volunteer contribution with a corporate gift. Check with your employer to find out if they offer this great way to increase the value of your giving.
Our organization is one of the many that benefits from your participation in the United Way or Combined Federal Campaign held in your workplace. Thank you for your participation!
Vehicle Donations
While Meals-on-Wheels is unable to accept vehicle donations directly, you can designate our organization as a beneficiary of your vehicle donation through Cars 4 Causes.
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Fleet Campaign
Fleet Angels
$25,000 from Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Ledford
$25,000 from John E. Parker
$25,000 from Grossmont Healthcare District
$25,000 from Nancy D. & Robert E. Kronemyer
$25,000 from Cruising with the Chefs Gala in Memory of Patricia DeMarce
$25,000 from QUALCOMM Incorporated
  
The Need
Meals-on-Wheels Greater San Diego, Inc. has seven trucks that are part of a unique delivery system designed to provide meals to an average of 1,000 seniors a day throughout San Diego County. The trucks bring meals and equipment to seventeen sites around San Diego County. These seventeen sites are where volunteers gather to pick up meals for delivery to clients.
The trucks are approximately eight years old and at various stages of nearing the end of their useful life. As the truck fleet ages, we are incurring increasing maintenance and repair costs. Some of the older trucks are in and out of the repair shop on a regular basis. Additionally, the trucks are not fuel efficient. Between rising maintenance/repair costs and increasingly higher gas prices, keeping the trucks in service is putting a strain on the agency’s operating budget. Meals-on-Wheels has identified a more economic option to meet our current operational needs. Each truck will be replaced with extended cargo vans.
Why Vans?
- The replacement cost for the delivery trucks is currently estimated at $40,000 each. The present estimated cost of a van is $25,000 each, a $15,000 difference per vehicle. Replacing all seven trucks with vans will save $105,000 in initial replacement costs.
- The extended cargo vans can carry the same amount of equipment as the delivery trucks.
- The vans get better gas mileage than the delivery trucks.
- New vans mean less immediate costs in repairs. Also, service and parts for the vans will cost less than for the trucks over the life of the vehicles.
- The vans are air conditioned, which helps maintain cold meal temperatures. This is particularly important on the East County and inland North County delivery routes where temperatures in the summer can exceed 100 degrees.
- The vans offer more flexibility of use. Occasionally, our truck drivers must deliver a route that does not have a volunteer. The trucks are not able to enter some neighborhood areas (motor home parks, senior living complexes, etc.). The vans will allow our delivery drivers better access to individual routes as necessary.
- Because the cargo vans are more “driver-friendly,” it will be easier for Meals-on-Wheels to recruit and retain drivers.
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Project RE-cell
MEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO, INC. has teamed up with Project RE-cell to RAISE FUNDS FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY SENIORS by recycling cell phones, palm pilots and cell phone accessories. Please consider donating any of these items you have that you are not currently using. Your used cell phone(s) may be tax deductible and will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or refurbished. 100% of the proceeds will help seniors in San Diego County remain independent through the home delivery of nutritious meals. Please see the list below of locations throughout the County where items may be dropped off. You may also call us for the location nearest you, (619) 260-6110, or simply drop them in the mail, 2254 San Diego Ave., Suite 200, San Diego 92110.
Drop Sites
ADMINISTRATION CENTER
2254 San Diego Ave., Ste. 200
San Diego, CA 92110
MEAL CENTER
3555 India, Suite A
San Diego, CA 92103
METRO SAN DIEGO SERVICE CENTER
2254 San Diego Ave., Ste. 100
San Diego, CA 92110
EAST COUNTY SERVICE CENTER
1488 Pioneer Way, #4
El Cajon, CA 92020
SOUTH COUNTY SERVICE CENTER
270 F. Street, Ste. 22
Chula Vista, CA 91910
NORTH COUNTY SERVICE CENTER
930 Boardwalk Street, Unit C
San Marcos, CA 92078
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