The Good Samaritan Inc

Analysis

The Good Samaritan Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1939, 87 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type ii) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, The Good Samaritan Inc reported income of $200k and spending of $61k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $454k to $200k (-56%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Good Samaritan Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amazing Grace Evangelical International Ministries Inc ($200k), Meca Wisconsin Police Canine Vest Foundation Inc ($200k) and Washington Academy for International Medical Graduates ($200k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $8.8m against liabilities of $4,591, net assets of $8.8m.