Samaritan Homeless Interim Program

Analysis

Samaritan Homeless Interim Program is a registered charity in United States, based in Somerville, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Samaritan Homeless Interim Program reported income of $370k and spending of $425k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $466k to $370k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Samaritan Homeless Interim Program sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountain Homeless Coalition ($370k), Golden Gate Adult Rehabililition Minestry ($371k) and Open Arms Shelter ($370k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $210k. At year end it held assets of $539k against liabilities of $37k, net assets of $502k. It reported 7 employees.