Pennsylvania · Public charity
Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation
The organization's exempt purpose is to manage the raising, receiving, and expending of funds in furtherance of the mission statement & corporate promises of the following 501(c)(3)'s: Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care (EIN 25-0969458), Concordia Visiting Nurses (EIN 42-1704067), Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh (EIN…
- $16M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 68
- Grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,397,132
- Organizations funded a year
- 43 to 71
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 18
- Total assets, FY2025
- $308M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesInternationalReligionHealthEducationHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 66 | $16M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $14M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $2.4M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $1.7M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $2.1M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $1.7M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 53 | $1.6M | 32% |
| FY2018 | 71 | $6.9M | 49% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Human Services$15MHealth$14MInternational$8.2MHousing & Shelter$5.0MReligion$2.7MEducation$1.9MPublic Safety & Disaster$532kRecreation & Sports$460kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Lutheran Ministries | $23,949,165 | 2 | 11% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $6,787,436 | 9 | 0% |
| Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh | $4,153,756 | 5 | 10% |
| Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care | $1,966,684 | 5 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Schools | $1,203,950 | 9 | 98% |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $821,710 | 9 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Hospice of Pittsburgh | $728,540 | 8 | 1% |
| Rebecca Residence | $642,597 | 4 | 3% |
| St Luke Lutheran Church and School | $605,107 | 9 | n/a |
| International Lutheran Laymens League | $397,200 | 9 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Lutheran Ministries | $23,949,165 | 2 | 11% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $6,787,436 | 9 | 0% |
| Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh | $4,153,756 | 5 | 10% |
| Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care | $1,966,684 | 5 | 1% |
| Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Schools | $1,203,950 | 9 | 98% |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $821,710 | 9 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Hospice of Pittsburgh | $728,540 | 8 | 1% |
| Rebecca Residence | $642,597 | 4 | 3% |
| St Luke Lutheran Church and School | $605,107 | 9 | n/a |
| International Lutheran Laymens League | $397,200 | 9 | n/a |
| Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church | $288,950 | 9 | n/a |
| Unity Community Lutheran Church | $281,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Global Connection International | $267,692 | 4 | 17% |
| Pioneer Camp and Retreat Center Inc | $244,708 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Health Clinic of Butler County Inc | $242,284 | 9 | 9% |
| Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc | $242,100 | 9 | 4% |
| Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries Inc | $226,700 | 9 | n/a |
| The Lighthouse Foundation | $202,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Concordia of Monroeville | $166,757 | 1 | 1% |
| Faith Aid | $159,300 | 9 | 35% |
| Lamp Ministry Inc | $142,300 | 8 | 6% |
| First Trinity Lutheran Church | $139,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Hosanna Industries Inc | $138,400 | 5 | 6% |
| Iglesia Cristiana Hispana Lutheran | $121,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Life Choices Inc | $114,190 | 8 | 4% |
| Lutheran Heritage Foundation | $112,100 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Pioneer Inc | $110,750 | 3 | 10% |
| Concordia Lutheran Church | $110,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America | $109,009 | 2 | 1% |
| Martin Luther Chapel Inc | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The St Luke Foundation for Haiti | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc | $92,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Pine Valley Bible Conference | $82,900 | 5 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh | $82,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Concordia Hospice of Washington | $77,433 | 4 | 1% |
| Concordia of Ohio | $73,234 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutherlyn | $72,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $71,865 | 6 | n/a |
| Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc | $70,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Stepping Stone Mission Inc | $70,500 | 8 | 8% |
| Hands of Mercy | $70,226 | 7 | n/a |
| Water Missions International | $68,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutherans in Medical Missions | $62,800 | 5 | 20% |
| Resurrection Lutheran Church | $56,900 | 6 | n/a |
| Lutheran World Relief Inc | $55,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Peace With Christ Lutheran Church | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Light of Life Ministries Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Austins Place | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| All Saints Luthern Church | $49,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc | $48,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Experience | $46,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Get Hope Global | $45,650 | 5 | 16% |
| Global Lutheran Outreach Inc | $44,675 | 4 | 1% |
| English District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Orphan Grain Train Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Guidance Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Coalition for Christian Outreach | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| South Butler Community Library | $40,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Pregnancy Care Centers Dba Network of Life | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Humanitri | $34,900 | 4 | 2% |
| Lutheran Agency for Missions to Burmese Inc | $33,720 | 2 | 25% |
| Associated Lutheran Missions Inc | $33,579 | 3 | n/a |
| Lutheran Ministries Media Inc | $32,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Area Lutheran Ministries | $30,800 | 3 | 5% |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $30,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Youth and Family Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Disciplemakers Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Siberian Lutheran Mission Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Global Links | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bridgeville Community Food Bank | $30,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raleigh Dream Center | $23,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Pittsburgh Urban Christian School | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Jubilee Christian School South Hills of Pittsburgh Assoc | $22,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Knoch Knights Legacies Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascend Clinical Services Dba Naaman Clinical Services | $20,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Glade Run Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutheran Church Charities Fund | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Eluna Formerly the Moyer Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| South Asia Lutheran Mission | $20,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Clarksburg Mission Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Southwinds Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Food Helpers | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ursuline Support Services | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hosanna | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Redeemer Lutheran School | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Trinity Deaf Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Concordia Theological Seminary | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bethesda Lutheran Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $19,800 | 2 | n/a |
| St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church | $18,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Central American Lutheran Mission Society | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ the King Lutheran Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Living in Liberty | $12,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Muslims for the Messiah | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Saxonburg Area Baseball Association | $12,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Washington City Mission | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Matthew Lutheran Church | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Special Education Ministries | $10,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA a Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Joshua House Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Creation Science Fellowship | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Murrysville Meals on Wheels | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Liberty Family Health Care Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Lutheran High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackburn Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Main Street Church of God | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amachi Pittsburgh Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Vincent Mission Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concordia of Florida Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tiba Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| It's About the Warriors Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| East End Cooperative Ministry | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children of Promise International | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Lutheran Ministry Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Shore Lutheran School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Warrior Initiative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Concordia University Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Eastern District Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Al's Bike Drive Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Tri-City Life Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Bible Translators Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Forward Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Still Remembered Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marys Place Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Mt Olive Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Methodist Church Union | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mission Opportunities Short Term | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Lutheran Deaf Outreach Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wesley Family Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Jail Ministry Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Genesis of Pittsburgh Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutherans in Africa | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wyneken Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wounded Blue | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Camp Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaver County Christian School Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Knoch Music Boosters | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners in Education - Love Haiti | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian American Service Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congreso de Latinos Unidos Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brother's Brother Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Sports International | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Redeemer Classical School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairlawn Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ the King Lutheran School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Veteran Overwatch Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spondylitis Association of America | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots US | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lockport Cares Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Extreme Response International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yahve-Jire Children's Foundation-Us | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Mount Calvary Lutheran Chruch | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spina Bifida Assoc of Western PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| State Street Church of God | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foster Love Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Christian Counseling | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Butler-Freeport Community Trail Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint John Lutheran Church | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Lutheran School | $9,300 | 1 | n/a |
| International Lutheran Council Inc | $8,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Gti Hope | $8,125 | 1 | 0% |
| The Grace Brethren Church of West Kittanning | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Promise of Life Network | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Redeemer Lutheran Church & School | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lifts From Louie | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 117 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 117.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Concordia Lutheran Ministries of PittsburghPA59.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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About Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation
- How much does Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation give?
- Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation reported 68 grants totaling $16,051,676 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 71 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (29%), International (17%).
- Who are Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Concordia Lutheran Ministries ($24M), Compassion International Incorporated ($6.8M), Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh ($4.2M).
- Does Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Where is Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation based?
- Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation is based in PA.
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