Good Samaritan Foundation - Dayton

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237296923
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dayton, OH, USA
Phone
9374999942
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,385,682
Expenses
$1,810,174
Assets
$13,667,705
Liabilities
$799,163

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNY M LEWIS (PRESIDENT/SYS VP OF PHILAN)

Highest reported compensation

  • J MICHAEL SIMS (BOARD TREASURER): $686,420 total reported compensation
  • JENNY M LEWIS (PRESIDENT/SYS VP OF PHILAN): $460,831 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTINA E KNOWLES (DIR-DEVELOPMENT): $159,380 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Inspire philanthropy to enhance the health and well-being of the greater dayton communities and the healthcare professionals who care for them.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community paramedicine programsince 2019, good samaritan foundation-dayton has been instrumental in supporting the community paramedicine program, a collaboration between premier health, the largest comprehensive health care system in southwest Ohio, and the city of dayton fire department. The program provides in-home care to patients with limited access to healthcare services, addressing the needs of high-risk dayton residents prone to hospital readmissions, frequent emergency department visits, and recurrent emergency interventions. The program aims to reduce preventable health issues by addressing clinical and social needs at home. Referrals primarily originate from hospitals and emergency services. The team, comprised of a dayton fire department paramedic and emt, conducts home visits that include health and home assessments, health education, and referrals to wraparound services. In 2024, with grant support from montgomery county board of county commissioners, the program was able to implement an expansion for residents over the age of 60. This expansion included offering stepping on fall prevention classes, community outreach, and home assessments for seniors residing in the city of dayton. The program, which is funded by gifts from good samaritan foundation-dayton donors, engaged with 774 citizens through classes and vitals clinics. The team made 588 calls and 174 home and site visits to citizens enrolled in the program

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98%; rating input score 98; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.55; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $686K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 28 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 36 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.