Wisconsin · Nonprofit
BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC
BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,205 to it, the largest being GERTRUDE S GORDON FOUNDATION XXXXXX0291 ($242,023). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $288k
- Net assets
- $57M
What Bethany Lutheran Homes Inc does
Mission
Bethany lutheran homes, inc. (the organization) is a benevolent continuum of care retirement community comprised of numerous facilities and community outreach programs designed to meet the care needs of the elderly and disabled in the la crosse, wi area. Bethany is a non-profit corporation, exempt under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) through its affiliation with the evangelical lutheran church of america.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Skilled nursing facility (snf) - blh owns and operates a 123 bed snf located in la crosse, wi which offers specialized restorative rehabilitation for short term stays, a specialized memory care unit for alzheimer's and dementia, and end stage hospice care. There were 34,846 days of care provided to residents in 2024, with 15,810 of those days (or 45%) provided to residents on medicaid which does not provide adequate reimbursement to cover the costs of care and housing. This subsidized care amounted to over 900,000 in 2024.
$12,911,298 spent$14,386,156 earned by the program36% of program spendingCommunity based residential facilities (cbrf) and residential care apartment complexes (rcac) - blh owns and operates three cbrf and three rcac facilities in the la crosse, wi area. The cbrf facilities are designed to provide care to the elderly with alzheimer's and dementia in a home-like setting. Residents receive meals, medical management, housekeeping and other daily living services based on their needs. There were 39,574 days of care and housing provided to residents during 2024.
$5,251,872 spent$5,878,511 earned by the program15% of program spendingEagle crest north and eagle crest south - two similar facilities located in onalaska, wi and la crosse, wi consisting of 262 independent living apartments, 34 high acuity assisted living (cbrf), 78 assisted living (rcac), and 81 memory care (cbrf) apartments in total. A centrally located town center connects the independent, assisted living, and memory care units and provides amenities to enhance the residents' social, physical,and spiritual well-being. The two facilities provided 160,447 days of housing and care to the residents during 2024.
$17,781,686 spent$20,611,550 earned by the program49% of program spendingCommunity outreach programs - provide an array of services to the community including: foot care services - certified and licensed nurse providing pedicure services to residents. Independent living apartments - 20 apartments provided 7,218 days of housing for seniors in holmen, wi.
$49,042 spent$252,830 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,993,898.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $68M to $91M (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 2% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Todd Wilson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $36k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 72% · 2021 100% · 2022 75% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC?
- BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $288,205 to it, the largest being GERTRUDE S GORDON FOUNDATION XXXXXX0291 ($242,023). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $288,205 in grants to BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC?
- GERTRUDE S GORDON FOUNDATION XXXXXX0291 is the largest funder on record, with $242,023 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETHANY LUTHERAN HOMES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing