Make the Road States Inc

Analysis

Make the Road States Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brooklyn, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2020, 6 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, Make the Road States Inc reported income of $16.2m and spending of $12.3m, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $8.0m to $16.2m (+103%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Make the Road States Inc sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growth Works Inc ($16.2m), Starvista ($16.3m) and Eprine Community Services Inc ($16.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $177k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $6.3m. At year end it held assets of $16.6m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $14.0m. It reported 171 employees.