Established in 1974, Samaritan House is a non-profit health and human services agency with over 30 years of experience in providing a broad range of services and resources to low-income residents in San Mateo County. Services include case management, clothing, medical care, food, shelter, employment assistance, and food and toys for the holidays. All services are provided free of charge to low-income families.

Samaritan House case workers evaluate clients and measure their progress to ensure that our services are accomplishing their main goal: helping our low-income neighbors raise their level of self-sufficiency.

Mission

To improve lives, promote self-sufficiency, and preserve dignity by providing supportive services for all members of our community in need.

To create and provide effective opportunities for community members to share their means, their energy, and their concern for those in need.

Vision

A caring community helping neighbors in need.

Values

We meet basic needs and encourage self-sufficiency.

We practice dignity and respect in all of our actions.

We are community-based and volunteer-driven.

We leverage community resources for maximum effectiveness.

We find and implement creative solutions for unique community needs.

We provide our core services without a charge to our clients.

Volunteer Driven
Samaritan House volunteers play a significant role in the planning and delivery of our programs.

All of our programs rely heavily on the hard work of over 2,000 volunteers each year.

Community Leadership
Samaritan House is an effective link between community resources and those struggling with basic/emergency needs. Over 70% of our revenue is donated from private groups and individuals in the community.

For every dollar you donate to Samaritan House, 86 cents goes directly to our programs. Samaritan House would be unable to provide such a wide breadth of services without this extraordinary commitment from our community which helped form our motto, “neighbor helping neighbor.”

Self Reliance
Samaritan House programs and services empower people to become more self-reliant.

In support of self reliance, we provide food, clothing, shelter, and medical care as well as employment assistance, literacy classes and parenting classes.