Sisters of the Road

Analysis

Sisters of the Road is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1981, 45 years ago. 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 June 2023, Sisters of the Road reported income of $1.0m and spending of $891k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $1.0m (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Sisters of the Road sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Companions of the Cross ($1.0m), Habitat for Humanity International Inc ($1.0m) and Transcribing Mariners ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $408k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 12 employees.