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National Lutheran Inc

To fulfill its christian ministry, national lutheran communities & services is organized to provide an array of options for seniors including residential living as well as home and community-based services which are designed to meet individual needs.

$43k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Human Services$339kFood & Nutrition$310kHousing & Shelter$225kHealth$211kPublic Benefit$30kRecreation & Sports$28kArts & Culture$25k
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRACEINSIDE$15,000
NEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC$10,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER ALEXANDRIA$10,000
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK INC$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $304k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $8k → 10%WE ARE FAMILY SENIOR OUTREACH NETWORK INC: $20k → 14%MECHANICSVILLE CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS: $8k → 5%VALLEY PROGRAM FOR AGING SERVICES: $8k → 8%JEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING: $20k → 8%BAY AGING: $6k → 12%BLUE RIDGE HOSPICE: $10k → 16%PENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $10k → 17%NEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $10k → 6%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $8k → 10%WE ARE FAMILY SENIOR OUTREACH NETWORK INC: $10k → 14%MECHANICSVILLE CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS: $8k → 5%JEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING: $10k → 8%PENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $10k → 17%NEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $10k → 6%DELAWARE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $12k → 10%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $8k → 14%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER: $14k → 10%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $8k → 14%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC: $10k → 10%CAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $5k → 14%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 10%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC: $10k → 10%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $13k → 8%NEWARK SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 10%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $10k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $8k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $8k → 8%MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $8k → 8%COMMUNITY MINISTRIES OF ROCKVILLE: $10k → 8%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of National Lutheran Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

National Lutheran Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 32 repeat orgs$132k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 28 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
15

Total granted

$1.0M
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+17%

Still filing today

94%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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

  • RT
    Rebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $62k · revenue +4%
  • NS
    NEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $54k · revenue +11%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $50k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • AG
    AHC GREATER BALTIMORE
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
  • RC
    RAPPAHANNOCK-RAPIDAN COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD
    one grant, 2018 · $12k
  • DE
    DELAWARE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON CHIL
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue -52%
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
Jefferson County Area Agency on Aging

Provide services to meet the needs of senior citizens of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

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2
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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3
Southern Area Agency On Aging

To provide services to persons over 55 in planning district 12 of virginia.

Human Services
4
Council On Aging & Human Services

Enhancing lives and building communities by providing transportation and nutrition services.

Human Services
5
South Richmond Adult Day Care Center

Provide a structured, supportive, supervised and enrichment environment for the elderly at a low cost to the participants and their families.

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6
Senior Services for South Sound

Improving the quality of life for people as they age.

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7
Seniorage Area Agency On Aging

A federally designated Area Agency on Aging whose mission is to bring independence enhancing supportive services to the 60+ population and their caregivers in our 17 county-wide service area.

Human Services
8
Shenandoah Area Agency On Aging

The shenandoah area agency on aging (saaa) provides and coordinatesprograms and services which promote the independence, dignity, healthand well being of senior and disabled persons. saaa serves the counties of clarke, frederick, page,…

Human Services
9
Mount Vernon at Home Inc

To provide a "village" of caring friends, neighbors and volunteers helping seniors age in their homes and communities. Mount Vernon at Home links residents to social and cultural activities while providing access to health and home…

Human Services
10
Jackson County Commission On Aging Inc

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of jackson county through title iii and medicaid programs.

Human Services
11
Council on Aging Services for Seniors

To enhance the quality of life for our aging community by providing services that promote wellbeing and maintain independence.

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12
Partners in Care Maryland Inc

Partners in care, inc is dedicated to helping older adults live independently in their own homes and remain actively engaged in their communities.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bay Aging; the most unlike its peers is Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington Dc Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

44 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. 44 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
37/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACEINSIDE: $87,000 · OtherGRACEINSIDEBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $44,000 · OtherEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASH…VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $43,873 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UN…Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria: $40,500 · OtherRebuilding Together DC AlexandriaSENIOR SERVICES OF ALEXANDRIA: $30,000 · OtherSENIOR SERVICES OF ALEXANDRIANEW RIVER VALLEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $20,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FREDERICK COUNTY MD: $17,000 · OtherARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $20,000 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $21,034 · Other+6 more: $52,000 · Other+6 moreNEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC: $53,500 · Human ServicesNEWARK SENIOR CENTER INCTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITIO…JEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING…WE ARE FAMILY SENIOR OUTREACH NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesWE ARE FAMILY SENIOR OUTREACH …JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $20,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCYPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INCNEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR RIDE INCCAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $20,000 · Human ServicesCAPITOL HILL VILLAGEJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesMECHANICSVILLE CHURCHES EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS: $15,000 · Human ServicesDELAWARE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON CHIL: $11,500 · Human Services+6 more: $48,000 · Human Services+6 morePIEDMONT SENIOR RESOURCES AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionPIEDMONT SEN…Crossroads Community Food Network Inc: $35,000 · Food & NutritionCrossroads C…VIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $30,000 · Food & NutritionVIRGINIA PEN…SHENANDOAH VALLEY LOCAL MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSHENANDOAH V…FOOD & FRIENDS INC: $42,500 · HealthFOOD & FRI…WOODLEY HOUSE INC: $30,000 · HealthWOODLEY HO…INSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER: $15,000 · HealthINSIGHT ME…Heart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $13,900 · HealthHeart of V…SHENANDOAH DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 · HealthSHENANDOAH…Rebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc: $62,000 · Housing & ShelterRebuilding…GREATER BALTIMORE AHC INC: $27,500 · Housing & ShelterGREATER BA…REBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING…MARYLAND CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION INC: $30,000 · Public BenefitHIGHLAND FOOD PANTRY: $20,000 · Public BenefitSOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AREAWIDE MODEL PROGRAM INC: $27,658 · Recreation & Sports
Other$425,407Human Services$318,000Food & Nutrition$125,000Health$111,400Housing & Shelter$109,500Public Benefit$50,000Recreation & Sports$27,658

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRebuilding TogetherArlingtonFairfax Falls Church Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetNEWARK SENIOR CENTER INC: $53,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT SENIOR RESOURCES AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD & FRIENDS INC: $42,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRebuilding Together DC Alexandria: $40,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCrossroads Community Food Network Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMARYLAND CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA FOODBANK: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEFFERSON AREA BOARD FOR AGING INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWOODLEY HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF ALEXANDRIA: $30,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY SENIOR OUTREACH NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AREAWIDE MODEL PROGRAM INC: $27,658 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE AHC INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $21,034 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW RIVER VALLEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHIGHLAND FOOD PANTRY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARTS FOR THE AGING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPENINSULA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCAPITOL HILL VILLAGE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FREDERICK COUNTY MD: $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHeart of Virginia Free Clinic Inc: $13,900 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetDELAWARE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL ON CHIL: $11,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE RIDGE HOSPICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHENANDOAH DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSHENANDOAH VALLEY LOCAL MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetVALLEY PROGRAM FOR AGING SERVICES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF FREDERICKSBURG: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSilver Spring Village Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetLOCAL OFFICE ON AGING: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAY AGING: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetART ON WHEELS NFP: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% 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.

The Morris and Gwendo…John Edward Fowler Me…Greater Washington Co…Clark-Winchcole Found…Cloudbreak Foundation…Ada L and Albert M Wi…Meals on Wheels Ameri…Philip L Graham Fund …Dominion Energy Chari…UsagingShaman Charitable Fou…Lillian R Wardman Irr…
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Cloudbreak Foundation Inc · Ada L and Albert M Wibel Foundation · Meals on Wheels America · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Usaging · Shaman Charitable Foundation · Lillian R Wardman Irr Tr

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 National Lutheran Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Lutheran Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Southern Maryland Tri-County Community Action Committee Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Newark Senior Center Inc: 37% of income from government
  • The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Arts for the Aging Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to National Lutheran Inc?

Find your warmest path to National Lutheran Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 48 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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