Meals On Wheels at a Glance

Meals On Wheels of San Francisco was established in 1970
We purchased our building in 1995 in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. It houses our offices and kitchen.

Our Services

Home Delivered Meals - 2 meals per day city wide seven days a week – We offer low sodium, diabetic, and mechanically softened meals to seniors with special dietary needs.

We provide 1,060 hours of Nutrition Counseling each year

We provide Social Work assessment and referrals for all clients

We provide intensive Case Management to over 200 clients per year

More than 400 Volunteers support our program by grocery shopping for clients, providing friendly visits, running errands for seniors and assisting with special events

The Home Safety Program provides grab bars, railings, smoke detectors, and other items to improve safety in the home

Emergency Client Needs Program provides items such as microwaves, bath mats, shower chairs, bath mats, medicine organizers and bed linens

Our Clients

We currently serve over 1,465 homebound seniors
62% live alone
65% are on modified diets – low sodium, diabetic, or mechanically softened

Income — Over 96% of our clients are considered low income and live on fixed incomes.

Our Meals

We serve 16,000 home-delivered meals per week
Last fiscal year 2008-2009, we served 851,632 meals to over 2,200 unduplicated clients

The Budget

Approximately $5.6 million operating budget
½ of our budget is funded by City of San Francisco contracts
½ of our budget is raised from individuals, corporations, and foundations
82% of MOW income dollars goes directly to meal delivery & services for clients
The cost of providing meals for one senior per year is $3,650 - approximately the cost of a one day stay in the hospital