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Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri

Through christ's love, we empower chidren and families to overcome challenges today so they can build a better tomorrow.

$3.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$708k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$10MHealth$1.3M
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $2,964,320, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,359,059 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $394,739 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $161k
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.7M
$101,513
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC$708,061
GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES$574,442
BRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER$421,923
MISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME$366,354
GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES$320,728
FAMILY FORWARD$294,754
GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH$101,513
WHOLE KIDS OUTREACH$59,864
MISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME$46,764
NEW MADRID COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES COUNCIL$31,027
COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF THE OZARKS$22,087
NURSES FOR NEWBORNS$8,648
ST JOACHIM AND ANN CARE SERVICES$8,155
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $9k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC: $736k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC: $708k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC: $579k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC: $529k → 15%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $102k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH INC: $515k → 15%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $102k → 18%GOOD SAMARITAN BOYS RANCH: $83k → 18%FAMILY FORWARD: $295k → 11%FAMILY FORWARD: $279k → 11%FAMILY FORWARD: $241k → 11%FAMILY FORWARD: $229k → 11%FAMILY FORWARD: $215k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 8 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
1

Total granted

$10M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+200%

Still filing today

63%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionPhilanthropyCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +60%
  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +98%
  • MB
    MISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • LF
    LUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +200% · 68% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
2
Family & Children Services Inc

Family & children services strengthens the safety and well being of children, individuals and families; accomplished by providing a comprehensive array of critical human services.

Human Services
3
Cornerstones of Care

Partnering for safe and healthy communities.

Human Services
4
Louisiana United Methodist Children & Family Services Inc

The organization seeks to provide the highest quality of care in ministry to the diverse needs of louisiana's children and families by offering a variety of holistic services which promote personal growth and wholesome family life. the…

Human Services
5
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
6
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc

A faith-based organization providing compassionaite, quality social services to the vulnerable.

Human Services
7
Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc

Child safe of central missouri's mission is to respond to and prevent child abuse by providing advocacy, support, and resources to children who are alleged victims of abuse and other traumatic crimes, and to their non-offending family…

Crime & Legal
8
The Parent Child Ctr of Tulsa Inc

To prevent child abuse and neglect through education, treatment, and advocacy. the parent child center of tulsa (pcct) has been serving the tulsa community and surrounding areas since 1990. in 2024, pcct served more than 96,000 infants,…

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9
The Wichita Children's Home

To assure the safety and well-being of children and to create heathly families by providing: assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect, or homelessness; education, prevention and advocacy…

Human Services
10
Preferred Family Healthcare Inc

Preferred family healthcare is a dynamic and caring organization committed to providing integrated care to assist individuals in achieving overall health and wellness.

Health
11
Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky

The mission of Family Nurturing Center is to end the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy family relationships. We envision a world with safe children, thriving families and nurturing communities and offer a…

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12
Caring for Kids Inc

Caring for kids, inc. (cfk) is a private, non-profit, full-service adoption and foster care agency operating since 1995. cfk specializes in diverse and inclusive birth parent, foster care, adoption and behavioral health services. our…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Home Society of Missouri; the most unlike its peers is Whole Kids Outreach Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $3,066,456 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH…CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $1,259,071 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURIGood Samaritan Boys Ranch: $286,757 · Human ServicesGood Samaritan Boys Ranch+1 more: $8,648 · Human ServicesGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $3,055,940 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICESBRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHER: $1,061,347 · OtherBRINGING FAMILIES TOGETHERPOSITIVE IMPACTS: $256,685 · OtherPOSITIVE IMPACTS+2 more: $145,803 · OtherMISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1,230,425 · ReligionMISSOURI BAP…LUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyLUTHERAN …WHOLE KIDS OUTREACH INC: $59,864 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OF THE OZARKS INC: $22,087 · Community Improvement
Human Services$4,620,932Other$4,519,775Religion$1,230,425Philanthropy$1,000,000Crime & Legal$59,864Community Improvement$22,087

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY - ST JOSEPH INC: $3,066,456 over 5y, 11% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $3,055,940 over 5y, 10% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $1,259,071 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1,230,425 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetGood Samaritan Boys Ranch: $286,757 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWHOLE KIDS OUTREACH INC: $59,864 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP OF THE OZARKS INC: $22,087 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $8,648 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Missouri Children's T…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Missouri Children's Trust FundMO20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Missouri Children's Trust Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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