Roads to Independence

Analysis

Roads to Independence is a registered charity in United States, based in Ogden, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2001, 25 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 June 2023, Roads to Independence reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.2m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $791k to $1.5m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Roads to Independence sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank ($1.5m), The Human Impact ($1.5m) and Flint Fresh ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $763k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $574k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 33 employees.