Route 66 Project

Analysis

Route 66 Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Edmond, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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, Route 66 Project reported income of $554k and spending of $531k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $990k to $554k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Route 66 Project sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include George Washington Carver Community ($554k), Clay County Day Care Center Inc ($554k) and Reins to Recovery Inc ($554k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $113k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $237k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 5 employees.