Samaritan Inn INC

Tax-deductible

Newton, NJ501(c)(3)HousingEIN 22-2332307Revenue $569K in FY2025

On file with the IRSsamaritaninn.org901 Swartswood Rd, 07860-4269 · Newton, NJTax-exempt since Jul 1982Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide emergency food and temporary shelter to homeless families in sussex county as well as a program of counseling and skill building in family maintenance and growth. Its core values are service, social justice, competence, and human dignity.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 32 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $43K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$113K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 89% of similar orgs
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $24K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$232K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$569K
-26% vs prior year
Spent
$589K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$569K
FY2025▼ -26%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$455K
FY2022$511K
FY2023$766K
FY2024$774K
FY2025$569K
Expenses
$589K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$380K
FY2022$492K
FY2023$736K
FY2024$664K
FY2025$589K
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2025▼ -1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1982.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $495K Management & general 13% · $78K Fundraising 3% · $16K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $113K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Agency Executive Director
$113,245Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dawn Metzger’s $113K as Agency Executive Director is at the 89th percentile of top reported officer pay among 851 $100K–1M housing nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Dawn Metzger$113,245$108,033$97,155$94,257$94,827

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides emergency food, shelter, and counseling to homeless families.

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1 program · $495K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Homeless Program

Provides emergency food and temporary shelter to the homeless.

$495Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$24K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$569K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$504K
Other incomeLn 4–11$53K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$589K
Ln 25
Programscol B$495K
Managementcol C$78K
Fundraisingcol D$16K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$419K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$232K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$504K
Government grantsLn 1e$257K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$52K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$61K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Other incomeLn 4–11$53K
Total revenueLn 12$569K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$245K
SavingsLn 2$174K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$419K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$330K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Other assetsLn 15$36K
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$232K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 632
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$308K$419K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$317K$330K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M$2.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$205K$232K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$137K$110K$21K$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$153K$122K$23K$8K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$14K$11K$2K$709
Payroll taxesLn 10$21K$17K$3K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$14K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$10K$8K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$24K$18K$6K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$723
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$69K$58K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$24K$19K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$116K$114K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$589K$495K$78K$16K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $569K$589K−$20K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $774K$664K$110K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $766K$736K$29K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $511K$492K$19K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $455K$380K$75K$1.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $569,489 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $653,688$504,080
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $55,134$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,318$12,509
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $58,593$52,900
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $773,733$569,489
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $339,974$324,880
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $323,739$264,458
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $663,713$589,338
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $110,020−$19,849
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $569,489 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$61,333
VIII-1e Government grants$256,634
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$186,113
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$52,387
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$504,080
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $12,509$12,509
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $52,900$52,900
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $65,409$569,489
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $589,338 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $109,768 · Management $20,582 · Fundraising $6,860$137,210
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $122,211 · Management $22,914 · Fundraising $7,638$152,763
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,335 · Management $2,125 · Fundraising $709$14,169
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,590 · Management $3,111 · Fundraising $1,037$20,738
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,482 · Management $3,621$18,103
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,645 · Management $1,911$9,556
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $17,745 · Management $6,316$24,061
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,892 · Management $723$3,615
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $58,455 · Management $10,316$68,771
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $19,325 · Management $4,831$24,156
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $114,192 · Management $2,004$116,196
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $494,640 · Management $78,454 · Fundraising $16,244$589,338
Part X · Balance sheet $1,967,126 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $152,365$244,586
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $155,224$174,197
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $82,019$50,591
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,414$6,248
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,194,677$1,125,906
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $317,066$329,502
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $24,319$36,096
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,959,445$1,967,126
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $16,798$19,018
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $10,786$64,222
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $42,147$43,345
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $204,586$232,116
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,744,477$1,724,628
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,382$10,382
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,754,859$1,735,010
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,959,445$1,967,126
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,735,010 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$569,489
XI-2 Total expenses$589,338
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$19,849
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,754,859
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,735,010

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