The Samaritan Counseling Center of Southwestern Michigan

Analysis

The Samaritan Counseling Center of Southwestern Michigan is a registered charity in United States, based in Benton Harbor, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, The Samaritan Counseling Center of Southwestern Michigan reported income of $457k and spending of $509k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $305k to $457k (+50%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Samaritan Counseling Center of Southwestern Michigan sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newsong Counseling Center Inc ($457k), Lighthouse of Tallapoosa County Inc ($457k) and Uhphealth Inc ($457k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $346k. At year end it held assets of $383k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $367k. It reported 12 employees.

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.