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SAMARITAN CENTER INC

EIN 16-1328786 SYRACUSE, NY

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Revenue 2023
$1,379,536
Expenses 2023
$1,137,973

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
215 N STATE ST

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 · 2023

Mission

TO COORDINATE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE POOR AND HUNGRY IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SERVE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED IN A CARING SETTING, AT NO CHARGE, TO COORDINATE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE FOOD TO THOSE IN NEED AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE POOR AND HUNGRY IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE.

  • DURING 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, SAMARITAN SERVED OVER 108,000 MEALS FOR THOSE IN NEED. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS AN APPROXIMATE 25% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. THIS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE DEDICATION OF 9 STAFF AND THE ASSISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 1500 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS A MONTH, INCLUDING 238 COMMUNITY GROUPS ASSISTING IN MEAL SERVICE. MEALS CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED TWICE A DAY, WITHOUT QUESTIONS OR PRE-CONDITIONS. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TAKE-HOME FOOD RESOURCES FOR GUESTS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE- FRESH PRODUCE, AND CANNED GOODS ESPECIALLY, PROVIDING INCREASED FOOD RESOURCES FOR OUR GUESTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN ADDITION TO MEALS, 142 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES WITH ISSUES RELATED TO SUBSTANCE MISUSE, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, BENEFITS, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2024 OVER 41 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVED OUTCOMES SUCH AS OBTAINING OR MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT OR BENEFITS. A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR OUR POPULATION IS THE LACK OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY- OFTEN SLOWING THE TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS OR FORCING A MOVE INTO SUBSTANDARD HOUSING. SAMARITAN IS PLANNING TO EXPAND ITS CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DURING 2024-2025, ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN OUR GUESTS' JOURNEY TOWARD SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THIS PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO BE UP AND OPERATIONAL BY FALL OF 2024. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 1053 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED THROUGH COMMUNITY AGENCY OUTREACH ON SITE, EASING ACCESS TO AND LINKING GUESTS WITH NECESSARY SUPPORTS AND SERVICES. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS US TO COORDINATE WITH RATHER THAN DUPLICATE SERVICES ALREADY EXISTING IN THE COMMUNITY. OVER 10,000 INDIVIDUALS WERE ASSISTED THROUGH OUR BASIC NEEDS CLOSET WITH ITEMS SUCH AS SHAMPOO, SOAP AND TOILET PAPER, OVER 1200 CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED WITH FREE DIAPERS THROUGH OUR MONTHLY DIAPER DISTRIBUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CNY DIAPER BANK AND 39 INDIDVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WERE PROVIDED WITH MY PLACE BOXES- PROVIDING ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR THOSE MOVING INTO APARTMENTS FROM SHELTER OR UNFIT HOUSING. WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AS SKY-ROCKETING INFLATION NEGATIVELY IMPACTED PURCHASING POWER, FOR OUR GUESTS AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $878,374

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Peter Derrenbacker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Rhone

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Breed

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Olson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Resch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Ruf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Sindoni

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Barr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Stein

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • James Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Nave

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Doolittle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Kay

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Salanger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Beth Frey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,481
    From this org
    $110,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,963
    Hours/week
    70

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,379,536
    Expenses
    $1,137,973
    Contributions
    $1,240,775
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,364,765
    Expenses
    $1,108,525
    Contributions
    $1,244,863
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,431,438
    Expenses
    $1,001,813
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,543,571

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,487,615
    Expenses
    $951,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,920,855

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,302,862
    Expenses
    $909,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,990,611

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,166,498
    Expenses
    $900,747
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,497,205

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,026,793
    Expenses
    $817,677
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,166,503

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $930,323
    Expenses
    $775,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,961,599

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $803,150
    Expenses
    $1,005,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,787,308

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,219,913
    Expenses
    $765,719
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,865,529

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $734,686
    Expenses
    $648,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $384,774

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $592,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $313,225

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.