Operation Pathways Inc

Analysis

Operation Pathways Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Operation Pathways Inc reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.4m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.1m to $1.9m (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Operation Pathways Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lord S Pantry of Downingtown ($1.9m), Rehaciendo Comunidades Con Esparanza Inc ($1.9m) and Rising Generations Early Learning Center Inc ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 50% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $498k against liabilities of $635k, net assets of -$137k.