Railroad Street Youth Project

Analysis

Railroad Street Youth Project is a registered charity in United States, based in GT Barrington, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending August 2023, Railroad Street Youth Project reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.7m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2023, income grew from $885k to $1.8m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Railroad Street Youth Project sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys & Girls Club of Rochester ($1.8m), Teammates Mentoring Program ($1.8m) and Wilson Youth United ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $897k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $126k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 44 employees.