Sams Place Foundation EIN 82-0775006 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Sams Place Foundation

Not yet claimed Claim this org →

Rescues, supports, and educates deaf orphans in Kenya. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $305K in revenue, $230K in expenses, and $834K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Human Services
Location
Abilene, TX
Website
www.samsplacefoundation.org
Filings
1 on file (2024–2024)
Revenue
$305KFY2024
Expenses
$230K
Net assets
$834K
People
9
Filings
1
Updates
0
More identity details & actions ⌄
EIN  82-0775006 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Abilene, TX
Form 990 (PDF)
Compare with another nonprofit →
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Sams Place Foundation claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Rescues, supports, and educates deaf orphans in Kenya.
Leadership
Vernon L Williams PhD · President
Money in and out
$305K revenue, $230K expenses
Bottom line
95% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$305K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$230K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$834K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $75K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.95 Management & general $0.04 Fundraising $0.01
Program efficiency
95%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
14.3mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+25%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Total revenue
$305K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$230K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$834K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$75K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$834K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B95%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CSams Place Foundation
EINHdr · item D82-0775006
Principal addressHdr · item CAbilene, TX
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.samsplacefoundation.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MTX
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFHuman Services (P30)
Ruling yearIRS BMFFeb 2025

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Dirctor of Medical Service
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director of Medical
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Director of Medical
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Vocational Educatio
$0Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Operations & Commun
$0Pt VII · Sec A
See Sams Place Foundation executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $218K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

The sam's place foundation provided housing, clothing, and meals for deaf orphans brought to sam's place from villages in the western bush country in kenya. These children were persecuted and at risk due to their deafness and the supersititions present in kenyan culture.

$156Kprogram expense
02

The sam's place foundation provided limited funding for staff and teachers for the care and education of the deaf orphans.

$62Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$285K · 93%
Investment income$21K · 7%
Contributions & grants93%$285K
Investment income7%$21K
Total revenueLn 12$305K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.95 Management & general $0.04 Fundraising $0.01
Program services95%$218K
Management & general4%$10K
Fundraising1%$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$230K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$275K
Total assetsLn 16$834K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$0
Total net assetsLn 32$834K
Months of cash on handcomputed14.3

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $275K · Operating expenses/yr $230K
14.3 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $218K · Total expenses $230K
95%
Management & General
Management & general $10K · Total expenses $230K
4%
Fundraising
Fundraising $2K · Total expenses $230K
0.9%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $2K · Solicited contributions $285K
$0.01 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $285K · Total revenue $305K
93%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $305K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $305K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $21K · Total revenue $305K
+7%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $230K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $305K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $834K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $305K · Expenses $230K
+25%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $834K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $834K · Total assets $834K
100%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $834K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Vernon L Williams PHD · Reported title PRESIDENT · Highest reported compensation $0 · Total expenses $230K
0%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) — · Total expenses $230K
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 95%
Overhead ratio 4%
Fundraising cost ratio 0.7%
Investment management fee ratio 0.8%
Accounting fee ratio 2%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Sams Place Foundation →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$305K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.