Good Samaritan Alliance

Analysis

Good Samaritan Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Easley, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 Alliance reported income of $50k and spending of $64k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $81k to $50k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Good Samaritan Alliance sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership ($50k), American Society of Heating Refrigerating & A-C Engineers ($50k) and Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($50k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 4.8% and program service revenue 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $545k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $545k.