Good Samaritan Ministries

Analysis

Good Samaritan Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Beaverton, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1982, 44 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, Good Samaritan Ministries reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.8m to $1.7m (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Good Samaritan Ministries sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farm Stew International ($1.7m), Fill a Heart 4 Kids Inc ($1.7m) and Hip Hop Public Health Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $242k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 11 employees.