Good Samaritan Center Inc

Analysis

Good Samaritan Center Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jackson, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Good Samaritan Center Inc reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.7m to $1.1m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Samaritan Center Inc sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camp Laurel Foundation ($1.1m), Fannin County Family Connection ($1.1m) and Training Institute for Leadership Enrichment ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $96k (7.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $687k. At year end it held assets of $611k against liabilities of $422k, net assets of $189k. It reported 85 employees.