Good Samaritan Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381887347
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Holland, MI, United States
- Phone
- 616-392-7159
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,586,089
- Expenses
- $2,747,618
- Assets
- $4,479,549
- Liabilities
- $425,258
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DERRELL JACKSON (PRESIDENT)
- GARY BEYER (PAST PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW WIEBE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN DE VOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- BRIAN DE VOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $107,464 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Good Samaritan is committed to ending poverty and homelessness, in partnership with our community, by leading the way in providing affordable housing solutions and supportive services. Since then, we have grown and evolved to collaborate with countless organizations to support our community through housing initiatives and programs that support stability for individuals in need. Good-Samaritan-History Continuing to Innovate. Since 1969, we have effectively partnered and collaborated with businesses, local governments, faith-based organizations and other nonprofits. We know that community decisions are better made together, so we leverage community resources and expertise to provide the most effective response to specific needs. Vision We envision a community that stands as a pillar of excellence, where housing and financial stability are lasting standards for generations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Good samaritan ministries and lakeshore habitat for humanity are joint owners of a four plex of affordable rentals. Good samaritan ministries has 75% ownership of the development and is responsible for all property management. The site is located on 96th street north of the city of zeeland, Michigan. Occupancy began in january 2019. The project name is state street town homes and third coast homes is the umbrella name of the joint tenancy arrangement with lakeshore habitat for humanity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.