SAMARITAS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P200

Classification

7000

Street

8131 E JEFFERSON AVE

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (EIN 41-1568278). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SAMARITAS SENIOR LIVING OFFERS RETIREMENT LIVING FOR SENIORS WITH FIVE COMMUNITIES IN MICHIGAN. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE INDEPENDENT LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING, SKILLED NURSING, MEMORY SUPPORT, AND REHABILITATION THERAPY OR HOME CARE SERVICES. OUR EXPERT CLINICAL TEAMS WILL HELP EVALUATE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO DETERMINE WHAT PROGRAM WILL BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHILE ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE MOST INDEPENDENCE POSSIBLE. AS NEEDS CHANGE, SAMARITAS SENIOR LIVING HELPS GUIDE RESIDENTS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS OF CARE. OUR INDEPENDENT APARTMENTS IN GRAND RAPIDS GIVE EVERY SENIOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE BEST OF EVERY DAY, FIND INSPIRATION IN AN ART OR MUSIC CLASS, ENJOY A COMPETITIVE GAME OF CARDS, GAIN NEW INSIGHT FROM A VISITING LECTURER, OR ENJOY A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN WITH NEIGHBORS. OUR RESIDENTS LIVE LIFE ON THEIR TERMS, ENJOYING WHAT THEY WANT, WHEN THEY WANT AT SAMARITAS SENIOR LIVING. WHEN OUR RESIDENTS NEED INCREASED SUPPORTS, CATERED LIVING PROVIDES THE SERVICES OF ASSISTED LIVING IN OUR RESIDENTS' APARTMENT ALLOWING OUR RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOME BUT HAVE THE SECURITY OF 24-HOUR CARE. SAMARITAS SENIOR LIVING OFFERS ONE COMMUNITY FOR ASSISTED LIVING IN GRAND RAPIDS. THIS COMMUNITY PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE, PERSONALIZED CARE TAILORED TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL ABILITIES. SAMARITAS ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITIES ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU MAXIMIZE YOUR INDEPENDENCE. WHETHER YOU NEED HELP WITH MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, BATHING, DRESSING OR TRANSPORTATION, OUR CARING TEAMS ARE THERE TO LEND A HAND. SAMARITAS SENIOR LIVING HAS THREE STATE-LICENSED SKILLED CARE COMMUNITIES, LOCATED IN CADILLAC AND GRAND RAPIDS. EACH COMMUNITY FOCUSES ITS SERVICES IN THESE MAIN AREAS: SKILLED NURSING, MEMORY CARE, INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION AND RESPITE CARE. RESIDENTS AT THESE COMMUNITIES RECEIVE 24-HOUR CARE SERVICES TAILORED TO THEIR NEEDS. WHETHER THE GOAL IS TO RETURN HOME FOLLOWING A REHABILITATION STAY OR TO HAVE PERMANENT RESIDENCE, SAMARITAS SKILLED CARE COMMUNITIES WILL DEVELOP A TREATMENT PLAN CUSTOM FOR OUR RESIDENTS. FOR SENIORS WHO REQUIRE CONTINUOUS NURSING CARE, OUR SKILLED NURSES IN GRAND RAPIDS AND CADILLAC PROVIDE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT. RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO BE AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE ASSURANCE OF CARE FROM OUR LICENSED STAFF MEMBERS. SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, THE HARBOR PROVIDES A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE LODGE. THE HARBOR HAS SPECIALIZED CAREGIVERS WHO ARE TRAINED TO WORK WITH ONE OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. REHABILITATION

  Expenses $31,213,758 · Revenue $21,975,931

• SAMARITAS HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SINCE 1934. WE ARE THE LARGEST PRIVATE FOSTER CARE ORGANIZATION IN MICHIGAN, WITH 11 REGIONAL CENTERS IN THE LOWER PENINSULA. FOSTER CARE IS A SERVICE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 18 WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF RISK OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE. FOSTER FAMILIES PROVIDE 24-HOUR CARE TO CHILDREN AND HELP BIRTH PARENTS AND CHILDREN WORK TOWARDS FAMILY REUNIFICATION. SAMARITAS STAFF PROVIDESUPPORT, AND THE LOCAL FAMILY COURT REVIEWS PROGRESS REGULARLY. OUR EXPERIENCED STAFF ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO HELP FOSTER FAMILIES CREATE A BETTER LIFE FOR THE CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM DETAILS)IN 2024, SAMARITAS SERVED 2,067 DOMESTIC YOUTH IN OUR FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. 83% OF OUR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE HAD 2 OR FEWER PLACEMENTS IN FOSTER HOMES. IN ADDITION TO DOMESTIC FOSTER CARE, THROUGH SAMARITAS' FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS, WE SEEK TO GUIDE PARENTS TOWARD CREATING A SATISFYING, NURTURING HOME LIFE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO KEEP CHILDREN IN THEIR NATURAL SETTING WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. SAMARITAS PROVIDES A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THROUGH OUR FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAMS. FOCUSED ON THE STRENGTHS OF THE FAMILY, WE GUIDE FAMILIES TOWARD KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOME. 547 FAMILIES WERE SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS IN 2024, OF WHICH 98% OF CHILDREN REMAINED IN THEIR HOME OR A RELATIVE PLACEMENT FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AFTER THE INTERVENTION. THROUGH SAMARITAS' ADOPTION PROGRAM, LUTHERAN ADOPTION SERVICES (LAS), WE HELP CHILDREN FIND A "LIFELONG LOVING FAMILY." EVERY CHILD NEEDS LOVE, SHELTER AND GUIDANCE. THESE MOST BASIC OF PROVISIONS ARE MISSING FOR SOME CHILDREN, AND THE OLDER THE CHILD, THE DIRER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME FROM AN ABUSIVE OR NEGLECTFUL SITUATION. IN 2024, LAS FACILITATED ADOPTIONS FOR 196 YOUTH.

  Expenses $27,530,256 · Grants $9,020,412 · Revenue $17,325,953

• SAMARITAS' NEW AMERICAN SERVICES HELP NEWLY ARRIVED REFUGEES NAVIGATE THEIR CONFUSING AND SOMETIMES SCARY FIRST MONTHS IN THE UNITED STATES. AS THE LARGEST REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE AND FOURTH LARGEST IN THE NATION, SAMARITAS HAS RESETTLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM DOZENS OF COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. SAMARITAS HAS BEEN THE MICHIGAN AFFILIATE OF LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE (LIRS) SINCE THE 1950S. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S RECEPTION AND PLACEMENT (R&P) PROGRAM, SAMARITAS PROVIDES NEWLY ARRIVED REFUGEES WITH THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO BEGIN TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES AND TAKE STEPS TOWARD BECOMING U.S. CITIZENS. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAM DETAILS)SAMARITAS PROVIDES EACH REFUGEE WITH THE SUPPORT TO OBTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND BECOME CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY WITHIN ONE YEAR OF ARRIVAL. OUR NEW AMERICAN PROGRAM SERVICES PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP OF REFUGEES AND ASSISTANCE WITH RESETTLEMENT AND JOB PLACEMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIRS. RESETTLEMENT SERVICES PROVIDE CORE SERVICES SUCH AS RECEPTION, HOUSING PLACEMENT, CULTURAL ORIENTATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT, AND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR 90 DAYS. AFTER RESETTLEMENT, THE FOCUS IS TO ACHIEVE SELFSUFFICIENCY AT 180 DAYS WITH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP NEWLY ARRIVED REFUGEES FIND THEIR FIRST JOB AND RETAIN IT, THROUGH THE FEDERAL MATCH GRANT PROGRAM. IN 2024, SAMARITAS SETTLED 1032 REFUGEES AND SERVED A TOTAL OF 6,951 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR NEW AMERICAN SERVICES. SAMARITAS' REFUGEE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM SERVES YOUTH WHO FLEE FROM WAR, VIOLENCE OR PERSECUTION IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES. BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THE UNITED STATES, THEY'VE BEEN SEPARATED FROM AND OFTEN LOST CONTACT WITH PARENTS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO CAN CARE FOR THEM AND HAVE OFTEN SUFFERED GREAT TRAUMAS AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN 18 YEARS OLD. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES FOR REFUGEE YOUTH. MOST YOUTH ARE PLACED IN LOCAL FOSTER HOMES TO PROVIDE THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT THAT IS IDEAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. AS YOUTH MATURE AND GAIN INDEPENDENCE, THEY OFTEN GRADUATE TO A "RENT-AROOM" HOME, PROVIDING LESS SUPERVISION AND MORE GENERAL GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW TO LIVE ON THEIR OWN. MANY YOUTH IN THE PROGRAM MAY BE MATCHED WITH A MENTOR, WHO WILL BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND HELP THEM ADJUST TO THE CUSTOMS AND CULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES. MANY YOUTH ALSO HAVE A TUTOR WHO HELPS THEM LEARN IN A NEW EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND DEVELOP POSITIVE STUDY HABITS. IN 2024, SAMARITAS SERVED 318 INDIVIDUALS IN REFUGEE AND FOSTER AND TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE.

  Expenses $21,305,977

• THE SAMARITAS FAMILY CENTER WESTLAND PROVIDES SHELTER SERVICES FOR FAMILIES, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP OF SAMARITAS AND WAYNE COUNTY. WE WELCOME: TWO-PARENT FAMILIES, SINGLE MOTHERS OR FATHERS WITH CHILDREN, AND PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE HOMELESS IN WAYNE COUNTY. THE CENTER CAN SERVE UP TO 85 PERSONS IN 23 ROOMS AT ONE TIME AND INCLUDES A FULL-TIME CHILDCARE CENTER. THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TEFAP) PROVIDES COMMODITY FOODS TO ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IN WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY AND IN THE DOWNRIVER AREAS. THE FAMILY CENTER ISFOCUSED ON HELPING FAMILIES ENGAGE IN THE MANY SERVICES OFFERED IN ORDER TO LEAVE THE CENTER WITH A PERMANENT HOUSING OPTION. IN 2024, THE FAMILY CENTER PROVIDED 52 FAMILIES WITH TEMPORARY HOUSING. IN 2024, WE SERVED 66 INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL/INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (DD/ID), INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, DOWN SYNDROME, MENTAL ILLNESS AND OTHER DD/ID DIAGNOSES. THIS SUPPORT IS ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING A LICENSED HOME AND CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS OR BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY LIVING SUPPORT SERVICES IN A PERSON'S OWN HOME. WE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO ARRANGE THESE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. WE ALSO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN MAINTAINING INDEPENDENCE WITHIN THEIR OWN HOMES. BY WORKING WITH CLIENTS ON ADAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE FIRSTHAND WHEN THEY HAVE PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL/MENTAL DETERIORATION AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES SO INDEPENDENCE ISN'T THREATENED. WE ALSO WORK ON SKILL BUILDING WITH CLIENTS TO IMPROVE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, SOCIALIZATION, COMMUNICATION, AND COMMUNITY SKILLS. WE INTEGRATE OUR CLIENTS INTO LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO BE AMONG OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES OF THEIR CHOOSING. SAMARITAS PROVIDES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SERVICES TO THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH THE IMPACT OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. OUR SUD TREATMENT MODEL INCLUDES: INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, CASE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY COACHING FOR ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS. WE ARE, NOW MORE THAN EVER, COMMITTED TO COMBATING THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IN 2024, SAMARITAS SERVED 1,291 PERSONS IN THE PROGRAM. SAMARITAS' TRAUMA ASSESSMENT SERVICES SEEK TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF CHILDREN FOLLOWING EXPOSURE TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY THERAPY SERVICES TO ALLEVIATE THE IMPACTS OF TRAUMA ON THE CHILD'S LIFE. IN 2024, SAMARITAS COMPLETED 417 TRAUMA ASSESSMENTS WITH 438 PERSONS.SAMARITAS MANAGES 15 AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES WHERE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) BASED ON INCOME ELIGIBILITY. THIRTEEN OF THESE HOUSING COMMUNITIES SERVE SENIOR ADULTS LIVING INDEPENDENTLY, TWO SERVE FAMILIES, AND ONE SERVES PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS CAPABLE OF LIVING INDEPENDENTLY WITH OR WITHOUT A LIVE-IN AIDE. FOR PEOPLE ON A FIXED INCOME, WITH LOW OR NO INCOME, SAMARITAS OFFERS AFFORDABLE LIVING IN MICHIGAN THANKS TO OUR HUD SUBSIDIZED COMMUNITIES. EACH COMMUNITY FEATURES ITS OWN UNIQUE BLEND OF RESIDENCES, AMENITIES, PROGRAMS AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES, SO OUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF A TRUE COMMUNITY WITH FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS AND CARING STAFF THAT BECOME LIKE FAMILY. THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT SAMARITAS AFFORDABLE LIVING BECAUSE RESIDENTS ENJOY AN ABUNDANCE OF ACTIVITIES THAT RANGE FROM FUN TO EDUCATIONAL AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. IN 2024, SAMARITAS SERVED 1,560 RESIDENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENTS.

  Expenses $629,743 · Revenue $10,722,256

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $106,378,070

  Expenses

  $93,098,950

  Contributions

  $37,683,027

  Grants paid

  $9,020,412

• 2023

  Revenue

  $103,996,323

  Expenses

  $101,161,640

  Contributions

  $26,030,674

  Grants paid

  $7,550,426

• 2022

  Revenue

  $97,312,278

  Expenses

  $110,273,481

  Contributions

  $43,315,800

  Grants paid

  $7,922,691

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

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $104,401,425

  Expenses

  $98,152,858

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,671,437

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $95,326,020

  Expenses

  $94,271,211

  Assets (EOY)

  $94,150,866

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $101,009,415

  Expenses

  $98,812,548

  Assets (EOY)

  $92,322,257

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $98,385,699

  Expenses

  $97,553,401

  Assets (EOY)

  $91,341,120

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $98,799,016

  Expenses

  $98,069,128

  Assets (EOY)

  $91,036,494

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $99,763,132

  Expenses

  $100,302,147

  Assets (EOY)

  $104,464,768

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $99,548,106

  Expenses

  $98,548,336

  Assets (EOY)

  $116,827,402

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.

Grants made

• SAMARITAS FOUNDATION

  $1,034,208

  2022 · CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR BUILDING OWNED BY SAMARITAS FOUNDATION

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $8,645,979

  2024 · REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $8,573,449

  2022 · REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $7,912,889

  2023 · REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• WEST MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

  $5,880,530

  2024 · PAYMENT FOR PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES

• SAMARITAS FOUNDATION

  $4,640,306

  2024 · TO SUPPORT SAMARITAS

• WEST MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

  $4,505,285

  2023 · PAYMENT FOR PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $3,495,022

  2025 · REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $3,329,954

  2022 · REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT

• WEST MICHIGAN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN

  $3,162,095

  2022 · PAYMENT FOR PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES

• SAMARITAS FOUNDATION

  $690,994

  2022 · TO SUPPORT SAMARITAS

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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