What Minot Commission On Aging does

Minot Commission On Aging is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1973 and headquartered at 21 1st Ave SE in Minot, North Dakota. It delivers a coordinated suite of senior care services to older adults in Minot and the surrounding area, with the explicit mission of helping seniors remain in their own homes. The organization operates the Parker Senior Center as its primary community hub and runs four core service lines: Meals on Wheels (home-delivered and frozen meals brought to seniors' doors by volunteer drivers Monday through Friday at 11am), Congregate Meals (group dining at the Parker Center), Health Services (yoga, exercise classes, foot clinics, nutrition education), and Prairie Rose Home Services (in-home housekeeping, errands, respite care, and personal care). Supporting offerings include the Parker Center Coffee Shop, a public cafe open Monday through Friday 7:30 AM to 2 PM, and the Parker Center Newsletter. The organization employs 11-50 staff and is supported by an entirely volunteer-operated Meals on Wheels delivery network.

The underlying technology footprint is modest: a Squarespace-hosted website (minotcoa.com) used for service information, donation collection, volunteer recruitment, newsletter signup, and event calendar publication. No mobile application, API, or proprietary technology stack is disclosed. Service delivery is fundamentally labor-based and physical, with the volunteer Meals on Wheels routes forming a structural backbone of the operation.

The business model is a federal-anchored nonprofit hybrid. Many core services fall under the federal Title III Older Americans Act program, which restricts fee-based charging and allows only donation requests to offset costs; no one is denied services due to inability or unwillingness to pay. The organization supplements Title III allocations (which it states are not fully funded) with state, county, and local government dollars, grants, and charitable contributions. The Coffee Shop functions as a modest unrestricted-revenue retail channel, and the newsletter supports donor and volunteer recruitment. Pricing is donation-based at roughly $6.64 per meal, framed against the comparison that one year of meals costs roughly the same as one day in a hospital.

Name

Minot Commission On Aging

Legal name

Minot Commission On Aging

Website

https://minotcoa.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Minot Commission On Aging is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Minot, North Dakota, providing home-delivered meals, congregate meals, health services, and homemaker support to seniors in Minot and the surrounding area, funded by federal Title III dollars, grants, and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Meals, Nutrition & Congregate Dining Day Programs (HSABANAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community-Based Senior Centers with Adult Day Services (HLADAIAJ), Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF), Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK)

Keywords

• Senior services
• Aging services
• Meals on wheels
• Senior nutrition
• In-home care

Headquarters

HQ city

Minot

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Primary revenue model relies on donations from individuals and organizations. Title III services cannot be charged for per federal law; only donations are requested to offset costs. The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that also supplements federal funding with state, county, local dollars and grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Minot Commission On Aging is a nonprofit community organization that helps older adults in Minot, North Dakota remain in their own homes. It delivers Meals on Wheels (home-delivered and frozen meals) and Congregate Meals at the Parker Senior Center, and it provides Health Services such as yoga, exercise classes, foot clinics, and nutrition education. Through its Prairie Rose Home Services line, it offers in-home homemaker support including housekeeping, errands, respite care, and personal care, supplemented by a public coffee shop and community volunteer engagement.

Product overview

Minot Commission On Aging operates The Parker Center as its primary service hub, offering a coordinated suite of senior care services. The core offerings include Meals on Wheels (home-delivered meals), Congregate Meals (group dining at the Center), Health Services (wellness programs including yoga and foot clinics), and Prairie Rose Home Services (in-home personal care and homemaking). Supporting services include The Parker Center Coffee Shop (a public café), a newsletter program, and volunteer-driven meal delivery. Services are funded through a combination of federal Title III programs, state/county/local dollars, and charitable donations, with no one denied services due to inability to pay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Parker Center: The Parker Center (also referred to as Parker Senior Center) is the facility operated by the organization where congregate meals, health services, and activities are provided.
• Prairie Rose Home Services

Products and services

• Parker Center Coffee Shop
• Parker Center Newsletter
• Meals on Wheels Home-delivered and frozen meals brought to seniors' doors by volunteers on routes operating Monday through Friday at 11am, providing nutritious food and regular in-person check-ins for older adults in Minot and the surrounding area.
• Congregate Meals
• Health Services
• Prairie Rose Home Services
• Volunteer Meal Delivery Program

Quantifiable outcome

• $6.64 provides one meal to a senior; one year of meals costs roughly equivalent to one day in hospital

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Meals on Wheels America: National umbrella organization for the Meals on Wheels network. Directly comparable because the Minot Commission's core home-delivery program operates under the Meals on Wheels brand/model and is funded in part through the same federal Older Americans Act Title III framework.
• Visiting Angels: National non-medical home care franchise whose service lines (personal care, respite, homemaking) directly overlap with Prairie Rose Home Services. Compares on the in-home personal care component of the Minot Commission's offering, though it is private-pay rather than donation-funded.
• Home Instead: Large national home care franchise providing personal care, companionship, and homemaker services to seniors. Comparable to Prairie Rose Home Services on the in-home senior support offering, with broader geographic reach and a private-pay model.
• Comfort Keepers: National provider of in-home senior care including personal care, respite, and homemaker services. Comparable to Prairie Rose Home Services on core in-home support functions, though operating on a private-pay franchise model.
• AARP Foundation: Large national nonprofit addressing senior hunger and isolation through programs like Connect2Affect and Drive to End Hunger. Comparable in mission around senior nutrition and isolation, and a potential grant/donor peer rather than a direct service competitor.

Regional players

• Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health (Burleigh County Senior Services): Comparable North Dakota local-government senior services program offering congregate meals, home-delivered meals, and in-home support. Functions as a regional peer serving a different North Dakota population center with the same Title III-funded operating model.
• Fargo Cass Public Health Aging Services: Larger North Dakota municipal senior services division delivering Meals on Wheels, congregate dining, and case management. Closely comparable in service mix and funding structure, with the difference being scale and an urban vs. small-city setting.
• Great Plains Food Bank: Regional food bank serving North Dakota including the Minot area; a likely upstream supplier/partner to the Meals on Wheels program. Comparable in addressing senior food insecurity in the same regional food system.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/minot-commission-on-aging-inc

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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