Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Stanford, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 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 2022, Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc reported income of $839k and spending of $640k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $765k to $839k (+9.6%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Friends of the Good Samaritans Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downstairs Cabaret ($839k), Global Fund for Widows Inc ($839k) and Irish Immigration Pastoral Center of the Bay Area ($839k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $40k (6.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $18k. At year end it held assets of $146k against liabilities of $5,449, net assets of $140k. It reported 5 employees.