Good Samaritan Society of America

Analysis

Good Samaritan Society of America is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Paul, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Society of America reported income of $56k and spending of $55k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $68k to $56k (-18%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Samaritan Society of America sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 18th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Central Indiana Woodworkers Inc ($56k), Welcome Home Heroes Foundation ($56k) and Coon Lake Community & Senior Center Inc ($56k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $23k against liabilities of $775, net assets of $22k.