SAMARITANS PURSE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X20

Classification

7000

Street

PO BOX 3000

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD (OCC): SAMARITAN'S PURSE COLLECTS AND DELIVERS GIFT-FILLED SHOEBOXES TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. WE DO THIS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE, GAIN A HEARING FOR THE GOSPEL, AND SHARE THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS-THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS TOLD US, "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS" (MATTHEW 28:19). IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 12.2 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS WERE PRAYERFULLY PACKED FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ALL OVER THE WORLD BY PEOPLE FROM 11 COUNTRIES. SINCE 1993, MORE THAN 244 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN OVER 170 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. NATIONAL COLLECTION WEEK IN 2026 WILL BE NOV. 16-23 AT THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $483,110,957 · Grants $351,705,832

• NORTH AMERICAN DISASTER RELIEF & U.S. REBUILD: IN 2025, WE RESPONDED TO 15 DISASTERS AND THANK GOD FOR THE MORE THAN 16,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN JESUS' NAME. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY HELPED RESIDENTS OF THE EATON AND PALISADES FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIFT THROUGH ASHES TO RECOVER PERSONAL BELONGINGS. IN KERR COUNTY AND SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, OUR TEAMS ASSISTED HOMEOWNERS WITH MUD-OUTS, DEBRIS REMOVAL, AND RECOVERY EFFORTS WHILE SHARING THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO HELP REBUILD AFTER DISASTERS. OUR TEAMS REPAIRED, REBUILT, OR REPLACED 144 HOMES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE HELENE. WE ALSO REBUILT HOMES IN HAWAII, TEXAS, AND KENTUCKY. IN 2025, WE DEDICATED 186 HOMES FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. SALVATIONS REPORTED DURING DEPLOYMENTS TOTALED 624.

  Expenses $184,741,686 · Grants $72,060,615

• SOUTH SUDAN RELIEF: IN 2025, SAMARITAN'S PURSE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOUTH SUDAN. WE DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 40 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO MORE THAN 302,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE RECEIVED HELP THROUGH OUR WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED DRILLING AND REHABILITATING WELLS. "I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD; I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK; I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN" (MATTHEW 25:35). OUR MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO OVER 54,600 PEOPLE. WE COACHED CHURCH LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS ON DISCIPLESHIP, EVANGELISM, AND TRAUMA RECOVERY. THROUGH OUR LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMS, WE CONDUCTED TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, DISTRIBUTED GOATS, AND PROVIDED ITEMS SUCH AS SEED PACKAGES AND GARDENING TOOLS.

  Expenses $61,329,506 · Grants $1,371,508

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $406,860,786 · Grants $97,609,307 · Revenue $3,699,497

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,615,288,885

  Expenses

  $1,319,588,593

  Contributions

  $1,520,743,356

  Grants paid

  $522,747,262

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,201,910,256

  Expenses

  $1,037,513,821

  Contributions

  $1,149,814,059

  Grants paid

  $381,902,222

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,312,445,801

  Expenses

  $981,485,381

  Contributions

  $1,292,757,468

  Grants paid

  $375,101,508

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2025 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,007,561,903

  Expenses

  $706,354,317

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,306,550,863

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $894,308,893

  Expenses

  $669,969,794

  Assets (EOY)

  $994,004,205

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $734,112,873

  Expenses

  $689,127,369

  Assets (EOY)

  $766,644,176

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $699,753,719

  Expenses

  $672,172,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $708,302,578

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $699,753,719

  Expenses

  $672,172,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $708,302,578

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $784,717,154

  Expenses

  $595,259,892

  Assets (EOY)

  $678,210,329

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $622,862,108

  Expenses

  $569,298,741

  Assets (EOY)

  $489,986,730

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period

1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Principal officer

Ethridge Darlene

Mailing address

3000Boone NC 28607

Website

Www.samaritanspurse.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

• ASHEVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC

  $8,574,328

  2025 · EMERGENCY RELIEF

• DEFENDER GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC

  $7,751,585

  2022 · EMERGENCY RELIEF

• THE ROSSER FOUNDATION

  $6,500,000

  2025 · MISSIONARY ASSIST.

• MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP

  $3,644,495

  2025 · MISSIONARY ASSIST.

• ADVENT CHRISTIAN VILLAGE INC

  $3,033,729

  2025 · EMERGENCY RELIEF

• THE MAILBOX CLUB INC

  $3,000,000

  2025 · MISSIONARY ASSIST.

• THE MAILBOX CLUB INC

  $3,000,000

  2022 · MISSIONARY ASSIST.

• SERVINGHIM HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL

  $2,880,251

  2023 · EMERGENCY RELIEF

• KINGDOM OVERFLOW MINISTRIES

  $2,591,332

  2025 · EMERGENCY RELIEF

• LIFE OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

  $2,000,000

  2025 · MISSIONARY ASSIST.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $40,635,552

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $33,113,728

  2022 · POVERTY

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $30,996,269

  2024 · HUMANITARIAN AID AND DEVELOPMENT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $25,614,675

  2024 · RELIGION RELATED

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $18,935,995

  2023 · POVERTY

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,647,687

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,409,567

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $8,850,780

  2023 · RELIGION RELATED

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,720,596

  2022 · RELIGION RELATED

• NATIONAL CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT INC

  $5,000,000

  2023 · GENERAL CHARITABLE USE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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