South Dakota · Nonprofit
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,377 to it, the largest being CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($10,077). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $101M
What The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Foundation does
Mission
To inspire philanthropic investment in the health and well-being of seniors served by the society and exempt entities. With foundation expenses covered by sanford health, 100% of donor funds advance health care, medical and educational services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation is helping transform the aging experience by inspiring and facilitating philanthropic investment and community engagement around the society, the nation's largest nonprofit provider of senior housing and services. 100% of every dollar raised supports local priorities of society locations, such as staff education, health and wellness equipment and technology, and services that enhance the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of people as they age.
$9,260,617 spentof which $9,260,617 as grants97% of program spendingAdditional donations support continuing education for staff and research programs to drive innovation and the highest standards of senior care.
$246,393 spentof which $246,393 as grants3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,507,010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $70M to $93M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
41% of THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Lauris Molbert
Trustee, chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300 → $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society). These are real filings, and they are not money THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 32 states
Part of a family of 41 related entities
- Adams County Good Samaritan Housing Gp Inc · exempt
- Arlington Good Samaritan Housing Inc · exempt
- Boise Good Samaritan Housing Inc · exempt
- Collister Drive Housing Gp Inc · exempt
- F-M Ambulance Service Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION?
- THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,377 to it, the largest being CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ($10,077). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,377 in grants to THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION?
- CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,077 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing