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TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER

TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER (South Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,788 to it, the largest being LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION ($14,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$142k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$23k
Net assets
$212k
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Tri-County Good Samaritan Center does

Mission

Operate a relief agency for people who need help.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provide free food for individuals & families who need help in Spink, Hand, & Faulk Counties. We helped 563 families, 1,612 individuals. Grants amount is the cost of food purchased ($29,977). We also receive food donations (est. value of $37,435) which were given away & are included in Part I, Line 1.

    $42,172 spentof which $29,977 as grants
    50% of program spending
  2. Operate a Thrift Store with donated clothing & household items sold at rummage sale prices, most priced $2 or less. Grants is est. value of items given to Salvation Army, Goodwill, or local Hutterite Colony for rags, or to make rugs. Grant amt. is included in Line 1. We served 4,322 people. Nothing is purchased for resale.

    $21,798 spentof which $997 as grants
    26% of program spending
  3. Provide funds for Emergency & Special Needs of families like utilities, rent, gasoline, & medical needs ($1,243). Also provide free school supplies & Christmas gifts for children ($7,507). 67 children in 9 schools received school supplies. 132 received Christmas gifts, and 10 people had Special Needs.

    $20,604 spentof which $8,750 as grants
    24% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $84,574.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($161k) Expenses 100 ($116k) Net assets 100 ($133k)2022 Revenue 107 ($174k) Expenses 132 ($153k) Net assets 116 ($154k)2023 Revenue 91 ($146k) Expenses 102 ($118k) Net assets 137 ($183k)2024 Revenue 90 ($145k) Expenses 122 ($141k) Net assets 140 ($187k)2025 Revenue 88 ($142k) Expenses 106 ($123k) Net assets 159 ($212k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (88)Expenses (106)Net assets (159)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $154k to $183k (+18%).

$134k
$154k
$183k
$187k
$212k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

77% of TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’21
$21k
’22
$28k
’23
$4k
’24
$19k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Pastor Adrian Timmons

Board President

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $402 → $7k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$3k
funders
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3

From the IRS filings of TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER’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

TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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

63%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 90% · 2022 89% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.

“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

TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside South Dakota, across 3 states in all.

MT
MN
SD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
South Dakota out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

77%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER?
TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER (South Dakota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,788 to it, the largest being LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION ($14,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $22,788 in grants to TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER?
LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRI-COUNTY GOOD SAMARITAN CENTER 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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