Good Samaritan Shipping Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811336028
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Fleming Island, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9043023392
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,217
- Expenses
- $92,668
- Assets
- $13,086
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James Downs (President)
- Shawna Downs (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- James Downs (President)
- Shawna Downs (Vice President)
- Emma Downs (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
GSSM exists to provide nonprofit shipping and support solutions for other NGO's, ministries, and disaster relief organizations working in areas impacted by natural disasters in poverty. We are motivated by the heart to be Jesus' hands and feet in a broken and hurting world, showing up in practical ways when people are hurting. Whether that means shipping the materials to rebuild devastated homes or delivering critical medical supplies, food, and water in the immediate days after a disaster, we aim to support those who are caring for and serving others. We also work alongside those we serve to muck houses, do debris removal, build temporary solutions, and then stick around for the rebuilding. We aim to be obediently available for wherever a need is found - locally, across the southeastern US, and abroad. In addition to relief work, we aim to serve in similar capacities locally, brining hope to those hurting right next door.
What it reported doing in 2024
Project 58, and Local Outreach: As we wrap up international relief efforts and focus more on local ministry and outreach. Project 58 is our primary arm of what is typically considered charitable giving and tithes. Through word of mouth within the disaster relief community, local partnerships, and individual relationships built working in the various neighborhoods, we are able to identify individuals who have financial, physical, and other limitations affecting their ability to repair their homes, rebuild after disaster, purchase basic necessities, or just need someone to show up and let them know they are "seen." Because most of the year was spent locally while we worked on scrapping the boat, we were able to support multiple widows with various repairs and daily survival needs, did weekly "Sunday Lunch" for our homeless and indigent neighbors (feeding 75+ folks each week), assisted more than a dozen single parent households with daily needs, supported several families battling financial loss and facing homelessness, assisted with medical and dental bills, purchased and completed automotive and home repairs, and sponsored several international service projects.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.5%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 53
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -22.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 61.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.5% of revenue deployed · 52.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.