SAMARITANS PURSE

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 3000, BOONE, NC 28607-3000

In care of

% C MERRILL LITTLEJOHN

Mailing address (990-N for 2021)

3000, Boone NC 28607

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRAHAM III, PO BOX 3000, BOONE, NC 28607

Principal officer (990-N for 2021)

Ethridge Darlene, 659 lake road, Atkins AR 72823

Signed the 990

BRANDON SUTHERLAND, CFO

Phone

(828) 262-1980

Website

Www.samaritanspurse.com

Mission

SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS A NONDENOMINATIONAL EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL AID TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. SINCE 1970, SAMARITAN'S PURSE HAS HELPED MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR, POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS, DISEASE, AND FAMINE WITH THE PURPOSE OF SHARING GOD'S LOVE THROUGH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES THE CHURCH WORLDWIDE TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Program accomplishments

• OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD (OCC): SAMARITAN'S PURSE COLLECTS AND DELIVERS GIFT-FILLED SHOEBOXES TO 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. JESUS TOLD US, "GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS" (MATTHEW 28:19). IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 12.2 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS WERE PRAYERFULLY PACKED FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ALL OVER THE WORLD BY PEOPLE FROM 11 COUNTRIES. SINCE 1993, MORE THAN 244 MILLION SHOEBOX GIFTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN OVER 170 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES. NATIONAL COLLECTION WEEK IN 2026 WILL BE NOV. 16-23 AT THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
  Expenses $483,110,957 · grants $351,705,832
• NORTH AMERICAN DISASTER RELIEF & U.S. REBUILD: IN 2025, WE RESPONDED TO 15 DISASTERS AND THANK GOD FOR THE MORE THAN 16,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN JESUS' NAME. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THEY HELPED RESIDENTS OF THE EATON AND PALISADES FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIFT THROUGH ASHES TO RECOVER PERSONAL BELONGINGS. IN KERR COUNTY AND SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, OUR TEAMS ASSISTED HOMEOWNERS WITH MUD-OUTS, DEBRIS REMOVAL, AND RECOVERY EFFORTS WHILE SHARING THE HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO HELP REBUILD AFTER DISASTERS. OUR TEAMS REPAIRED, REBUILT, OR REPLACED 144 HOMES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FOR SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE HELENE. WE ALSO REBUILT HOMES IN HAWAII, TEXAS, AND KENTUCKY. IN 2025, WE DEDICATED 186 HOMES FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. SALVATIONS REPORTED DURING DEPLOYMENTS TOTALED 624.
  Expenses $184,741,686 · grants $72,060,615
• SOUTH SUDAN RELIEF: IN 2025, SAMARITAN'S PURSE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOUTH SUDAN. WE DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 40 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD TO MORE THAN 302,000 PEOPLE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE RECEIVED HELP THROUGH OUR WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDED DRILLING AND REHABILITATING WELLS. "I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME FOOD; I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK; I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU TOOK ME IN" (MATTHEW 25:35). OUR MEDICAL TEAMS PROVIDED OUTPATIENT SERVICES TO OVER 54,600 PEOPLE. WE COACHED CHURCH LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS ON DISCIPLESHIP, EVANGELISM, AND TRAUMA RECOVERY. THROUGH OUR LIVELIHOODS PROGRAMS, WE CONDUCTED TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, DISTRIBUTED GOATS, AND PROVIDED ITEMS SUCH AS SEED PACKAGES AND GARDENING TOOLS.
  Expenses $61,329,506 · grants $1,371,508
• THE MISSION OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE IS TO OBEDIENTLY SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. AT THE CORE OF OUR MINISTRY IS THE BELIEF THAT MANKIND HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM GOD BY SIN, AND OUR ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION COMES FROM THE ATONING SACRIFICE OF GOD'S SON, JESUS CHRIST. "IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD HAS RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED" (ROMANS 10:9). MANY CLAIM TO BEHAVE MERCIFULLY TOWARD THEIR NEIGHBORS OUT OF A SENSE OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS. AT SAMARITAN'S PURSE, WE TAKE OUR NAME AND MANDATE FROM CHRIST'S INSTRUCTION THAT WE SHOULD FIRST LOVE THE LORD WITH OUR HEARTS, SOULS, MINDS, AND STRENGTH. CARING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS THEN FLOWS FROM OUR DEEP LOVE FOR GOD. THIS COMMAND IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN AS TOLD BY JESUS AND RECORDED IN LUKE 10:25-37 (NEW KING JAMES VERSION): AND BEHOLD, A CERTAIN LAWYER STOOD UP AND TESTED HIM, SAYING, "TEACHER, WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?" HE SAID TO HIM, "WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW? WHAT IS YOUR READING OF IT?" SO HE ANSWERED AND SAID, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND,- AND 'YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'- AND HE SAID TO HIM, "YOU HAVE ANSWERED RIGHTLY; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." BUT HE, WANTING TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF, SAID TO JESUS, -AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?" THEN JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID: "A CERTAIN MAN WENT DOWN FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO, AND FELL AMONG THIEVES, WHO STRIPPED HIM OF HIS CLOTHING, WOUNDED HIM, AND DEPARTED, LEAVING HIM HALF DEAD. NOW BY CHANCE A CERTAIN PRIEST CAME DOWN THAT ROAD. AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE. LIKEWISE A LEVITE, WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE PLACE, CAME AND LOOKED, AND PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT A CERTAIN SAMARITAN, AS HE JOURNEYED, CAME WHERE HE WAS. AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE HAD COMPASSION. SO HE WENT TO HIM AND BANDAGED HIS WOUNDS, POURING ON OIL AND WINE; AND HE SET HIM ON HIS OWN ANIMAL, BROUGHT HIM TO AN INN, AND TOOK CARE OF HIM. ON THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE DEPARTED, HE TOOK OUT TWO DENARII, GAVE THEM TO THE INNKEEPER, AND SAID TO HIM, 'TAKE CARE OF HIM; AND WHATEVER MORE YOU SPEND, WHEN I COME AGAIN, I WILL REPAY YOU.' SO WHICH OF THESE THREE DO YOU THINK WAS NEIGHBOR TO HIM WHO FELL AMONG THE THIEVES?- AND HE SAID, "HE WHO SHOWED MERCY ON HIM." THEN JESUS SAID TO HIM, "GO AND DO LIKEWISE." AT SAMARITAN'S PURSE, WE ARE RESPONDING TO CHRIST'S COMMAND TO DO LIKEWISE AS WE MINISTER TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE RESULTS OF SIN IN OUR WORLD: WAR, POVERTY, DISASTER, DISEASE, AND FAMINE. THE BIBLE TELLS US, "THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?" (JEREMIAH 17:9). IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, WE READ THAT "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH" (ROMANS 6:23). BECAUSE OF ADAM AND EVE'S DISOBEDIENCE, EVERY HUMAN BEING IS BORN WITH THE STAIN OF SIN, WHICH, WITHOUT THE CLEANSING BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, ULTIMATELY LEADS TO PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL DEATH. THE LORD, IN HIS MERCY, SENT HIS BELOVED SON, JESUS CHRIST, FROM HEAVEN TO THIS EARTH ON A RESCUE MISSION. JOHN 3:16 SAYS, "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE." JESUS TOOK OUR SINS UPON HIMSELF, SUFFERING AND DYING ON A ROMAN CROSS. HE TOOK OUR SINS TO THE GRAVE, AND ON THE THIRD DAY, HE AROSE AGAIN. THROUGH HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, JESUS BECAME THE WAY FOR US TO BE RECONCILED TO GOD. HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME" (JOHN 14:6). IF YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR SINS, YOU WILL BE SEPARATED FROM GOD FOREVER. BUT, IF YOU PLACE YOUR FAITH AND TRUST IN WHAT JESUS HAS DONE, YOU WILL BE SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE. THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS: "HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED; BUT HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD" (JOHN 3:18). IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE GOD'S FREE GIFT OF SALVATION, YOU CAN PRAY A SIMPLE PRAYER LIKE THIS ONE: DEAR GOD, I AM A SINNER. I AM SORRY FOR MY SINS. PLEASE FORGIVE ME. HELP ME TO TURN FROM MY SINFUL LIFE. I BELIEVE BY FAITH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR MY SINS, AND WHOM YOU HAVE RAISED TO LIFE. I WANT TO TRUST JESUS AS MY SAVIOR AND FOLLOW HIM AS MY LORD FROM THIS DAY FORWARD AND FOREVERMORE. AMEN. IF YOU HAVE PRAYED THIS, OR WOULD LIKE SOME SPIRITUAL HELP, PLEASE CALL THE FOLLOWING NUMBER TO SPEAK WITH A COUNSELOR: 1-888-388-2683. YOU CAN TRUST THESE WORDS ARE TRUE: "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST" (EPHESIANS 2:8-9). AT SAMARITAN'S PURSE, WE TAKE PRAYER SERIOUSLY. THANKS TO WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS DONE, WE CAN TAKE OUR PRAYER CONCERNS DIRECTLY TO OUR GOD IN HEAVEN. WE CAN ASK HIM TO INTERVENE IMMEDIATELY ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE IN DANGER, AND WE TRUST HIM TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES FOR US TO SWIFTLY ACCOMPLISH HIS WORK AND HIS WILL. THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF SAMARITAN'S PURSE, PRAYERPOINT, IS DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO PRAYER FOR OUR PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD. WE TRUST THAT AS GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS, HE WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF HIS PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO THE MINISTRIES LISTED IN PART III, THE FOLLOWING MINISTRIES ARE OUR RESPONSE TO THE EFFECTS OF SIN ON HUMANITY AND THE NATURAL WORLD. OUR MISSION IS TO BRING GOD'S LOVE, HEALING, AND COMPASSION TO THOSE WHO ARE HURTING OR LOST. OPERATION HEAL OUR PATRIOTS: IN 2025, WE HOSTED THE 14TH SEASON OF OUR PROJECT FOR WOUNDED VETERANS AND ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR SPOUSES. WE TOOK COUPLES TO ALASKA EACH WEEK FOR 17 WEEKS, OFFERING AN EXPERIENCE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND DRAW THEM CLOSER TO GOD. THEY PARTICIPATED IN BIBLICALLY BASED MARRIAGE CLASSES LED BY RETIRED MILITARY CHAPLAINS AND ENJOYED EXCURSIONS IN THE ALASKA WILDERNESS. DURING THE 2025 SEASON, WE WELCOMED 166 COUPLES, AND 89 COUPLES REDEDICATED THEIR MARRIAGES TO GOD. 93 PEOPLE COMMITTED THEIR LIVES TO JESUS CHRIST. OUR CHAPLAINS STAY IN CONTACT WITH THE COUPLES THROUGH OUR FAMILY CARE MINISTRY. OUR GOAL IS TO CONNECT COUPLES WITH A CHURCH THAT IS FAITHFUL TO GOD'S WORD. WE ALSO INVITE THEM TO LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL FOLLOW-UP EVENTS. THE GREATEST JOURNEY: MANY CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE AN OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX GIFT ARE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR 12-LESSON DISCIPLESHIP COURSE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD AND HIS WORD. IN 2025, 6 MILLION BOYS AND GIRLS PARTICIPATED IN THE GREATEST JOURNEY, WHERE THEY LEARNED HOW TO DAILY FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST AND TO SHARE THEIR FAITH WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AS THEY DO, ENTIRE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE TRANSFORMED BY THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL. WE PRAISE GOD THAT IN 2025, 3.5 MILLION CHILDREN MADE DECISIONS FOR CHRIST. WE THANK GOD FOR MORE THAN 330,000 TRAINED TEACHERS WORLDWIDE WHO ARE DISCIPLING BOYS AND GIRLS. "BUT JESUS SAID, 'LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME, AND DO NOT FORBID THEM; FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN'" (MATTHEW 19:14). CHILDREN'S HEART PROJECT: SINCE 1997, CHILDREN'S HEART PROJECT HAS WORKED IN JESUS' NAME TO HELP BOYS AND GIRLS FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES UNDERGO SURGERY FOR CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS AT ONE OF OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS IN NORTH AMERICA (INCLUDING THE CARIBBEAN), SPAIN, AND SOUTH KOREA. "I WILL GIVE YOU A NEW HEART AND PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN YOU" (EZEKIEL 36:26). IN 2025, 65 CHILDREN FROM MONGOLIA, BOLIVIA, AND UGANDA RECEIVED LIFE-SAVING OPERATIONS THROUGH THE PROJECT. SAMARITAN'S PURSE PROVIDED TRAVEL FOR THE CHILD, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, AND AN INTERPRETER. WE ALSO ARRANGED FOR THEM TO STAY WITH A HOST FAMILY WHOSE CHURCH HELPED PROVIDE MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, AND SPIRITUAL ENCOURAGEMENT. WORLD MEDICAL MISSION: SAMARITAN'S PURSE SUPPORTS MISSION HOSPITALS AROUND THE WORLD BY SENDING MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT. WE PRAISE GOD FOR MORE THAN 760 MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN 2025 ON SHORT-TERM ASSIGNMENTS TO 37 HOSPITALS IN 28 COUNTRIES. WORLD MEDICAL MISSION'S SURGICAL SPECIALTY TEAMS MADE SEVEN TRIPS TO FIVE HOSPITALS, PERFORMING 135 ORTHOPEDIC AND FISTULA PROCEDURES AND TREATING 1,233 PATIENTS AT DENTAL CLINICS. SINCE 2004, OUR POST-RESIDENCY PROGRAM HAS SENT MORE THAN 260 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS-INCLUDING 14 COMMISSIONED IN 2025-TO HOSPITALS ABROAD. THROUGH OUR HEART OF A CHAPLAIN PROGRAM, NEARLY 200 CHAPLAINS TO DATE HAVE GRADUATED OR ARE RECEIVING TRAINING TO SHARE THE ETERNAL HOPE OF CHRIST WITH PATIENTS IN OUR PARTNER HOSPITALS. JAMAICA: SAMARITAN'S PURSE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED IN JESUS' NAME AFTER HURRICANE MELISSA DEVASTATED JAMAICA. WE SET UP AN EMERGENCY FIELD HOSPITAL THAT INCLUDED 30 INPATIENT BEDS, AN OPERATING ROOM, AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, AN EMERGENCY ROOM, AN OBSTETRIC WARD, A LABORATORY, A PHARMACY, AND A BLOOD BANK. OUR HOSPITAL, COMBINED WITH OUR MOBILE MEDICAL TEAMS THAT PROVIDED CARE IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES, TREATED MORE THAN 4,100 PATIENTS. OUR RESPONSE INCLUDED WORKING
  Expenses $406,860,786 · grants $97,609,307 · revenue $3,699,497

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Not required (church). Churches are not required to file. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

58-1437002

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Church

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1981

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Not required (church)

Category (NTEE)

Religion-related (X20)

Assets (IRS master file)

$2,895,875,572

Income (IRS master file)

$2,140,276,413

Filing history

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.

Questions about SAMARITANS PURSE

What is the EIN of SAMARITANS PURSE?

The employer identification number (EIN) of SAMARITANS PURSE is 58-1437002.

Is SAMARITANS PURSE tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1981.

Are donations to SAMARITANS PURSE tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does SAMARITANS PURSE file?

Form Not required (church). Churches are not required to file.

When is the next return of SAMARITANS PURSE due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did SAMARITANS PURSE last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of SAMARITANS PURSE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRAHAM III.

Who are the officers and directors of SAMARITANS PURSE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 33 people; 18 received compensation from the organization, the highest $551,873 (WILLIAM FRANKLIN GRAHAM III, BD MEM/CHR/P).

How much revenue does SAMARITANS PURSE have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,615,288,885, expenses of $1,319,588,593 and total assets of $2,895,875,572 at year end.

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