Throughout the year, Samaritan Ministry aims to provide you, our supporters and other members of the public, with individual and highly personal stories of the inspiring people who come to us for support in transforming their lives.

But early in each new year, we pull our lens out wider to share the big picture captured by our organization-wide statistics.

What stories do the data tell in 2025? Like last year, we're gratified to report that we served many more people than in the prior year, and while our participants' demographic makeup and needs have shifted, their successes have multiplied!

In 2024, Samaritan served a total of 2,998 individuals in need in the DMV, a 132% increase over the prior year, while staff and volunteer meetings and other contacts with participants increased by more than 40%.

• Of those participants, 1757 were new enrollees in Next Step, a 300% increase from 2023. A total of 1075 participants received direct assistance such as food, clothing, toiletries, and travel assistance.

• Our Next Step participants set more than double the number of goals they did the prior year, and, despite the fact that many of their goals are multi-year ambitions, they achieved 72% of them.

• The number of participants who found jobs increased by 24%.

• Samaritan helped about 30% more returning citizens settle back into society and create meaningful new lives, year-on-year.

For more details regarding our 2024 results, be sure to see the infographic above at full size on our website by clicking here.

In case you missed it when we reported it through our social media, Samaritan Ministry was blown away by becoming the recipient of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day beautification service project organized by Martha's Table on MLK Jr. Day weekend.

Martha’s Table generously donated $10,000 of essential items to Samaritan Ministry’s U Street location and gathered dozens of its staff members and volunteers to assemble and install the new items and clean and refresh what is Samaritan's busiest office.

This thoughtful contribution included supplies, furniture, and decorations, all aimed at supporting our staff and neighbors in need at our U Street location. The project reflected Dr. King’s legacy of service and compassion and brought together community members in a shared commitment to justice, dignity, and care for others.

Samaritan is deeply grateful for Martha’s Table’s support and the tangible impact it makes in the lives of those we serve in our community. We especially would like to thank Tiffany Williams, President & CEO, and her ENTIRE staff, as well as the wonderful and inspiring volunteers, for their dedication and hard work. And a special shout out to Keith Keys, Community Development Manager, Charles Gussom, Director of Community Programs, and Litzi Valdivia-Cazzol, Volunteer and Engagement Manager.

At Samaritan, we'd especially like to thank Anacostia Lead Caseworker Doris McRoy and Partner Council and Volunteer Manager Sy Jones, who coordinated Samaritan's role in the project.

Please see our Facebook page here for many more photos from the uplifting day.

ANOTHER WAY TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR: VOLUNTEERING

Samaritan Ministry has immediate openings for gratifying positions working directly with the Next Step program participants who come to us for help. See information on how to apply below.

Front Office Coordinators (FOC) and Substitute FOCs

Locations: Washington, DC: 1345 U St. SE 20020 • 3111 Martin Luther King,

Jr. Ave SE, 20032 • 2207 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204

Time Commitment: 10 am to 2 pm, one weekday per week

Duties: Welcome program participants and offer individual attention, sort and distribute mail, answer the telephone and take messages for staff and the program participants, provide support to the Lead Caseworker as needed, assist with distribution and giveaway events, help maintain a clean and tidy office, and other duties as needed.



Associate Caseworker

Locations: 1345 U St. SE, Washington, DC 20020 • 2207 Columbia Pike

Arlington VA 22204

Time Commitment: 10 am to 2 pm, two weekdays per week

Duties: Under the guidance of the Lead Caseworker (LCW), the Associate Caseworker performs basic casework including conducting intake of program participants and scheduling follow-up appointments, performing ongoing casework with participants who have already have set initial goals and next steps, continuing goal plan development, attending monthly team meetings (which could be on-site or virtual), and other duties as assigned, such as researching resources and advocacy.

To learn more or sign up, contact Samaritan Partner Council and Volunteer Manager Sy Jones at sjones@samaritanministry.org or go to the volunteer page of our website here.

Special thanks to our 

NEXT STEP BREAKFAST 2025 SPONSORS

Thanks to our sponsors' generous underwriting of NSB25, all donations to the campaign will go straight to our work assisting Next Step program participants.

Matt Bode and Laurie B. Adams

Andrew Clarke and Chip Sherrill

Jane Dana and David Aufhauser

Gardell Gefke and Elizabeth Pyke

Stephen Gibson and Lili Liu

Joe and Kathy Sullivan Kolar

Judith and Emil Sunley

Special thanks to our



NSB25 MOMENTUM DONORS

These supporters — both new and long-devoted — gave to the NSB campaign prior to the breakfast, helping ensure its success and allowing us to put their funds straight to work helping others!

Watch for more soon on the many who gave generously at the event and since then!

Emily Andre, Matt Bode and Laurie B. Adams, Stephen Brushett and Refiloe Bam, Andrew Clark and Chip Sherrill, Shanaz Chowdhery, James Czerwonky, Jane Dana and David Aufhauser, Bryan Reid Detchon, Helen Douglas, Farleigh Earhart, Kaye Edwards, Gail Feagles, Gardell Gefke and Elizabeth Pyke, Steven Gibson and Lili Liu, Carol Graves, David and Maggie Grove, Karen Hammons, Suzanne Hazard, Clark Irvin, Joe and Kathy Sullivan Kolar, Rebecca Lent and Kajal Vasavada, Joyce Longmire, Clay Miller III, Lolly Mixter, Jeffrey and Kristin Moore, Livezey More, Elizabeth Oster and John Guenther, Patricia A. Riley, Rosemary Ryan, Paula Singleton, Emily Sollie, Judith and Emil Sunley, Steuart and Linda Thomsen, Frank and Margaret Trinity, Marian Tyrance, Hilary West, and Margo Wiegenstein. 

Photos in this issue by Raphael Fox, Sarah Wood, and other contributors.

This issue of In Step was updated on June 2, 2025 to correct the amout of a special grant made to Samaritan Ministry from the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde in her role as Bishop of the Diocese of Washington in March, 2025. The correct amount was $75,000.

CONTACT US: info@samaritanministry.org • samaritanministry.org

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