The Road Information Program INC

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Washington, DC501(c)(6)Since 1971Mutual / membership EIN 52-0941402Revenue $1.1M in FY2025Latest return filed Aug 11, 2026

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To research, evaluate, and distribute economic and technical data on highway transportation issues.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
61¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$654K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
The IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $4K a year · 0.4% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
61%
of spending
61% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$654K
to officers and key staff · 59% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 59% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
2.3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
2.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $222K
7 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$141K
11% of total assets
Liabilities are 11% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
118
of 118 voting members
118 of 118 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.1M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
61%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2025<0.01%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1972.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

61 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 61% · $680K Management & general 16% · $174K Fundraising 23% · $257K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

122 people listed on the 990; $654K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$213,935Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Policy and Research
$198,571Pt VII · Sec A
Controller and Director of Operations
$122,508Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Communications and Research
$118,494Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Kearby$213,935$201,898$201,023$202,240——
Frank Moretti$198,571—————
David Kerby————$182,273$169,779
Georgina Onofre$122,508—————
Carolyn Kelly$118,494—————
William Wilkins—————$114,935

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Researches and distributes economic and technical data on highway safety, bridge conditions, and transportation infrastructure to inform the public and policymakers.

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1 program · $680K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Studying the remaining life and safety of bridges in the highway system and researching significant deterioration of major highways.

$680Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$50K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$680K
Managementcol C$174K
Fundraisingcol D$257K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$210K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$141K
PeoplePt VI, VII
122
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a118
IndependentVI 1b118
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$50K
Gains on assetsLn 7$27K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$210K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$210K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$54K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$24K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Other assetsLn 15$120
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$141K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$266K$210K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$898K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$165K$141K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$211K$95K$21K$95K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$554K$352K$100K$101K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$51K$30K$8K$13K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$97K$57K$15K$25K
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$35K$10K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Office expensesLn 13$27K$16K$4K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$4K$2K$589$948
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$74K$74K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$801$468$128$205
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$680K$174K$257K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 11, 2026 $1.1M$1.1M−$3K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 6, 2025 $1.1M$1.1M−$31K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 30, 2024 $1.1M$1.1M$24K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 15, 2023 $1.0M$1.0M−$32K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Sep 6, 2022 $1.1M$1.0M$74K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 14, 2021 $1.1M$1.2M−$58K$1.2M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

B · Donors D · Assets and endowments J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $1,109,098 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,044,750$1,058,600
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $36,105$50,498
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,080,855$1,109,098
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $995,848$972,932
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $115,850$138,845
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,111,698$1,111,777
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$30,843−$2,679
Part VI · Governance 118 of 118 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body118
VI-1b Independent voting members118
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,109,098 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,058,600
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,058,600
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $23,796$23,796
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $26,702$26,702
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $50,498$1,109,098
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,111,777 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $94,739 · Management $21,053 · Fundraising $94,739$210,531
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $352,039 · Management $100,492 · Fundraising $101,056$553,587
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,030 · Management $8,170 · Fundraising $13,160$51,360
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $56,702 · Management $15,426 · Fundraising $24,848$96,976
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $35,359 · Management $9,622 · Fundraising $15,497$60,478
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,500$14,500
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,555 · Management $4,235 · Fundraising $6,817$26,607
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,163 · Management $589 · Fundraising $948$3,700
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $73,783$73,783
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $468 · Management $128 · Fundraising $205$801
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $19,454$19,454
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $680,292 · Management $174,215 · Fundraising $257,270$1,111,777
Part X · Balance sheet $1,297,766 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $266,125$210,455
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $66,050$54,013
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,385$24,050
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,328$3,464
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $897,763$1,005,664
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $107$120
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,256,758$1,297,766
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $80,556$60,939
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $84,000$80,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $164,556$140,939
X-29 Capital stock or trust principalStart of year $0$0
X-30 Paid-in or capital surplusStart of year $0$0
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $1,092,202$1,156,827
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,092,202$1,156,827
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,256,758$1,297,766
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,156,827 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,109,098
XI-2 Total expenses$1,111,777
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,679
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,092,202
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$67,304
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,156,827

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