Samaritan House

Analysis

Samaritan House is a registered charity in United States, based in Orangeburg, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2002, 24 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, Samaritan House reported income of $715k and spending of $455k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $277k to $715k (+158%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Samaritan House sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Building Hope Inc ($715k), Bella House Inc ($715k) and Rosas Child Development Center ($715k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $226k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 22 employees.