Good Samaritan Service

Analysis

Good Samaritan Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellaire, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Good Samaritan Service reported income of $187k and spending of $191k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $261k to $187k (-28%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Good Samaritan Service sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 56th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eritrean Orthdox Church of St Mary in Chicago ($187k), World Buddhism Association ($187k) and Relevant International Missions Inc ($187k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8,225 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $8,225.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.