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The Samaritans Inc at a glance

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The Samaritans Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$68kHuman Services$24kYouth Development$19kRecreation & Sports$13kInternational$12kEducation$9kHousing & Shelter$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,708
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THRONE OF GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH$3,416
A CHOICE FOR LIFE INC$1,708
PRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC$1,708
BARREN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTER INC$1,689
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%PRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 4%HOPEFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%THE PRISONERS HOPE: $3k → 15%THE PRISONERS HOPE: $3k → 15%LOVE CITY: $5k → 15%LOVE CITY: $5k → 15%LOVE CITY: $2k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IN
OH
CO
MO
KY
NM
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90k · 14 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +230% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$90k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+230%
+52%

Still filing today

43%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’23
Human ServicesReligionEducationInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LC
    Love City Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $12k · revenue +83%
  • ND
    NEW DAY MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $11k · revenue +873%
  • PS
    PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +230%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • MJ
    MANHOOD JOURNEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +58%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pursue Ministries

Pursue Ministries has the mission to pursue an eternal impact by introducing others to Jesus Christ, teaching the Bible and training disciples through one-on-one meetings, small groups, resources, retreats and seminars.

Religion
2
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
3
House of Hope Ministry Inc

Church organization

Religion
4
Face to Faith Ministry

Our mission is to make disciples of jesus christ by engaging indigenous pastors around the world. our vision is to train pastors and their congregants to share the gospel in a friendly, non-denominational approach across all ethnicities,…

Religion
5
Dozen Ministries

Religious

Religion
6
Follow Him Media Inc
Religion
7
Jesus Ministries International

Promote christian religion through conferences and group meetings.

Religion
8
Praveen Evangelisitc Ministries

Ministries church

Religion
9
Jesus in Vietnam Ministries
Religion
10
Complete in Christ Ministries

Ministry & teaching

Religion
11
International Christian Partners Llc

Childrens Home and Ministry in India

Religion
12
Hope Alive Inc

Christ-based ministry with the mission of bringing hope and encouragement with christ-like love to emotionally hurting people through mental health counseling and transitonal housing for homeless women with mental illness.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Purdue Christian Campus House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Children of the Americas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELLOWSHIP-CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $8,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP-CHRISTIAN ATHLETESCLUB BEYOND: $7,500 · OtherCLUB BEYONDTHE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL: $6,600 · OtherTHE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICALA CHOICE FOR LIFE INC: $6,508 · OtherA CHOICE FOR LIFE INCSEED LOUISVILLE INC: $6,500 · OtherSEED LOUISVILLE INCURBAN MINISTRY CENTER: $5,500 · OtherURBAN MINISTRY CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTHEAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY INC: $4,200 · OtherCAMPUS OUTREACH - LEXINGTON: $4,100 · OtherCITY SCHOOLHOUSE: $4,000 · OtherSOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $3,500 · OtherTHRONE OF GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $3,416 · OtherTHRONE OF GRACE COMMUNITY: $3,200 · Other+13 more: $24,089 · Other+13 moreLove City Inc: $11,600 · Human ServicesLove City IncTHE PRISONERS HOPE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE PRISONERS HOP…HOPEFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesHOPEFUL HEARTS FO…HOSEAS HOUSE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesHOSEAS HOUSE INCPRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC: $1,708 · Human ServicesPRODIGAL MINISTRI…PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC: $10,000 · ReligionPRACTICAL SHEP…Bethel Ministries International: $4,600 · ReligionBethel Ministr…MANHOOD JOURNEY INC: $4,500 · ReligionMANHOOD JOURNE…LOAVES AND FISHES INC: $1,000 · Religion+1 more: $200 · ReligionNEW DAY MINISTRIES INC: $11,000 · EducationCHRISTIAN EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · EducationCHILDREN OF THE AMERICAS INC: $4,000 · InternationalFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$92,113Human Services$24,308Religion$20,300Education$12,000International$4,000Youth Development$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLove City Inc: $11,600 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNEW DAY MINISTRIES INC: $11,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetA CHOICE FOR LIFE INC: $6,508 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PRISONERS HOPE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBethel Ministries International: $4,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMANHOOD JOURNEY INC: $4,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN OF THE AMERICAS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetHOSEAS HOUSE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLOVE THY NEIGHBORHOOD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC: $1,708 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBARREN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTER INC: $1,689 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPURDUE CHRISTIAN CAMPUS HOUSE INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFURTHER STILL MINISTRIES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Love City Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW DAY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRACTICAL SHEPHERDING INC ↗
  • Who funds A CHOICE FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PRISONERS HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Bethel Ministries International ↗
  • Who funds MANHOOD JOURNEY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSEAS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE THY NEIGHBORHOOD ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds PRODIGAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BARREN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN RETREAT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds PURDUE CHRISTIAN CAMPUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FURTHER STILL MINISTRIES INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Price Foundation IncElite Homes Charitabl…Cralle Foundation IncThe Gheens Foundation…The Independent Chari…Honorable Order of Ke…Blue Grass Community …Baird Foundation Inc
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY39× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Price Foundation Inc · Elite Homes Charitable Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Samaritans Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Samaritans Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to The Samaritans Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Samaritans Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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