Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation

Analysis

Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sioux Falls, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2023, 3 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, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation reported income of $6.0m and spending of $8.0m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.3m to $6.0m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ambassadors for Christ Inc ($6.0m), Abundant Rain Ministries Inc ($6.0m) and Christian Foundation of America ($6.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% of the total. At year end it held assets of $94.7m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $93.0m.