Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1981.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
31 people listed on the 990; $5.2M paid to officers and key staff.
William Franklin Graham III’s $874K as Bd Mem/Chr/P is at the 83rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 18 $100M+ religion 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Franklin Graham III | $873,868 | $812,909 | $767,911 | $738,045 | $670,731 |
| Meredith Collie | $424,422 | $394,107 | $331,368 | $304,972 | — |
| Christopher Weeks | $314,268 | $391,092 | $378,552 | $353,079 | $293,822 |
| James Harrelson | $360,013 | $345,868 | $330,060 | $297,245 | $291,529 |
| Kenneth Isaacs | $359,930 | $345,103 | $330,077 | $297,021 | $291,504 |
| Brian Gresham | — | $353,464 | $344,194 | $342,322 | $281,871 |
| Edward Graham | $340,547 | $269,005 | — | — | — |
| Paula Woodring | $338,304 | $321,576 | $303,088 | $271,401 | $275,558 |
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.
See Samaritans Purse executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides spiritual and physical aid, emergency disaster relief, and volunteer support to hurting communities and households worldwide to share Christian love.
Questions for Samaritans Purse
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Operation Christmas Child (occ)
Through this 30-YEAR-OLD project, samaritan's purse collects and delivers gift-filled shoeboxes to hurting 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.
Ukraine Response
Samaritan's purse has been working in ukraine since the russian invasion in february 2022. In 2023, our teams distributed more than 238 million pounds of food, provided over 53 million liters of water, gave out more than 473,000 bibles, and provided 4,600 wood stoves to hurting families.
South Sudan Relief
Samaritan's purse continued to support refugees, internally displaced persons and vulnerable members of the host community in south sudan throughout 2023. Teams distributed food and nutritional supplements to over 396,000 people in unity and upper nile states; and provided outpatient services and treatment to 61,856 individuals in…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
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By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $130K | $75K | $265K | $113K | $275K |
| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $762.3M | $729.5M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $495.2M | $662.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $280.9M | $327.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.64B | $1.83B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $105.8M | $112.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.53B | $1.71B |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $10.8M | $10.8M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $465K | $465K | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $370.7M | $370.7M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $3.9M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $803K |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $843K | $614K | $78K | $151K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $168.2M | $112.0M | $28.8M | $27.4M |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $8.0M | $4.4M | $1.9M | $1.8M |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $41.0M | $28.0M | $6.9M | $6.1M |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $10.3M | $6.1M | $2.2M | $2.1M |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $865K | $283K | $575K | $8K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $454K | $289K | $152K | $12K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $28.5M | $22.1M | $2.8M | $3.5M |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $25.4M | $9.4M | $803K | $15.1M |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $30.2M | $14.6M | $3.3M | $12.3M |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $15.1M | $3.3M | $11.4M | $372K |
| RoyaltiesLn 15 | $246K | $246K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $18.9M | $15.3M | $2.0M | $1.7M |
| TravelLn 17 | $66.4M | $56.5M | $2.9M | $6.9M |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $4.7M | $3.8M | $165K | $825K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $28.8M | $18.6M | $5.1M | $5.2M |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $479K | $263K | $105K | $110K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $193.6M | $193.2M | $119K | $265K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $9.7M | $10.0M | −$568K | $199K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.04B | $882.7M | $70.1M | $84.8M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Sep 5, 2025 | $1.8B | $1.1B | $746.3M | $2.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 30, 2024 | $1.2B | $1.0B | $164.4M | $1.7B | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 28, 2023 | $1.3B | $981.5M | $331.0M | $1.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 19, 2022 | $1.0B | $706.4M | $301.2M | $1.2B | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Aug 25, 2021 | $894.3M | $670.0M | $224.3M | $923.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,201,910,256 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 19 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,201,910,256 across 12 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,037,513,821 across 23 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,826,473,329 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,714,302,971 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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