Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans

Analysis

Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans is a registered charity in United States, based in Cincinnati, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $688k to $1.2m (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wiphan Care Ministries Inc ($1.2m), Odisha Society of the Americas ($1.2m) and In Deed and Truth Ministries ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $75k (6.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $380k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $520k, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 15 employees.