Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd

Analysis

Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd reported income of $590k and spending of $564k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $700k to $590k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 69th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Access Monterey Peninsula Inc ($590k), New School of Music Inc ($590k) and Frontier Days Inc ($590k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $48k (8.4% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $450k, net assets of $805k. It reported 54 employees.