Samaritan's Purse
Christian humanitarian aid organization
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Summary
Samaritan's Purse is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of nonprofit organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,478 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Boone[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Instance of: Christian organization[6]
- Founder: Robert Pierce[7]
- Headquarters location: Boone[8]
- Commons category: Samaritan's Purse[9]
- Chairperson: Franklin Graham[10]
- Inception: 1970[11]
- Official website: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/[12], https://www.samaritanspurse.org/[13]
- Motto text: Helping in Jesus' Name[14], 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 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.[15]
- Legal form: 501(c)(3) organization[16]
- Different from: Samaritans[17]
- Total revenue: 622,862,108 US dollars[18], 734,112,873 US dollars[19], 699,753,719 US dollars[20], 784,717,154 US dollars[21], 1,312,445,801 US dollars[22], 1,007,561,903 US dollars[23], 1,201,910,256 US dollars[24], 388,184,949 US dollars[25], 376,066,846 US dollars[26], 460,090,492 US dollars[27], 508,755,085 US dollars[28], 593,789,192 US dollars[29], 894,308,893 US dollars[30], 1,839,497,527 US dollars[31]
- Total assets: 1,635,199,455 US dollars[32], 1,306,550,863 US dollars[33], 1,826,473,329 US dollars[34], 280,781,752 US dollars[35], 246,417,996 US dollars[36], 309,274,028 US dollars[37], 346,712,522 US dollars[38], 427,702,247 US dollars[39], 489,986,730 US dollars[40], 678,210,329 US dollars[41], 708,302,578 US dollars[42], 766,644,176 US dollars[43], 994,004,205 US dollars[44], 2,589,307,799 US dollars[45]
- Privacy policy URL: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/privacy-policy/[46]
- Donations: 673,926,920 US dollars[47], 1,292,757,468 US dollars[48], 995,829,881 US dollars[49], 1,149,814,059 US dollars[50], 383,360,233 US dollars[51], 372,479,979 US dollars[52], 456,140,314 US dollars[53], 502,722,057 US dollars[54], 585,894,450 US dollars[55], 618,394,971 US dollars[56], 776,782,676 US dollars[57], 688,260,668 US dollars[58], 875,161,969 US dollars[59], 1,765,101,897 US dollars[60]
- Social media followers: 42,700[61], 50,400[62], 55,500[63]
Why It Matters
Samaritan's Purse has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]