Samaritan Fellowship

Analysis

Samaritan Fellowship is a registered charity in United States, based in Carlisle, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1986, 40 years ago. 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 Fellowship reported income of $180k and spending of $237k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $236k to $180k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Samaritan Fellowship sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 49th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cody Cupboard of Cody Wyoming ($180k), Dorothy Day Hospitality House Inc ($180k) and Santa Rosa Youth Football Incorporated ($180k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m.