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CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,458 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ($54,295). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $208k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $516k
What Central Lutheran Church-Van Nuys a Religious Corporation does
Mission
Worship, Faith Formation and Revitalization, Prayer and pastoral care within and beyond our borders, New Mission to proactively connect with our community, Social Justice through food security (food distribution, community garden) and to bring all cultural and economic levels and greater community groups to engage with the Central community.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2021 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We did not file a 990 in 2020, so all of the services we offer, and have offered since 1929, are newly reported in 2021. PART III SECTION B Policies CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: Our Constitution describes steps to notify members of any potential conflict of interest, minutes of Council Meetings document conflicts of interest noted, and members abstained for conflict of interst. Primary conflict: Secretary of Council is spouse of Pastor & Adminstrator, he abstained on matters specifically pertaining to compensation of Pastor. PART III SECTION C Disclosure # 19 Governing Documents, Conflict of Interest Policy, Financial Statements - Upon Request to Rev. Marsha E. Harris, Pastor and Administrator (i.e. Chief Administrative Officer) 6425 Tyrone Ave. Van Nuys, CA 91401 or via email at Pastor.CentralLutheranVN@gmail.com Part VI Section B 11 b: 990 and Form O emailed to all governing board (Church Council) members. Part VI Section B 19: Upon Request as same methods with Part II Section C Disclosure #19, above. Part XI Reconcilliation of Net Assets line 9 - unable to reconcile $299; changed accounting systems between 2020 and 2021.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Food Distribution: 350 average weekly food clients and 50 - 70 volunteers, expanding volunteer base for Food Distribution for community for food assistance, 31% growth in clients over 2020 year-ends average, food security improved for neighbors in distribution of food for all in need, serving 13,984 households and 58,082 persons during 2021 with food distribution
$24,478 spentof which $1,000 as grants$11,312 earned by the program12% of program spendingWorship Services and Faith Formation: 52 Sundays, including online only, online + In-Person Hybrid - we met in an interactive Zoom format weekly to promote our community and connect people from Los Angeles to Sacrament to San Diego; we enhanced worship with audio and video broadcasting equipment; We offered Prayer and Pastoral Care to 22 members, and 6-8 average weekly online guests, as well as 50 food volunteers and 350 avg weekly food distribution clients; offered Blessing of the Animals in October; baptized 1 Adult; Hosted Camp@Centrla for 21 children and 6 youth who otherwise would not have been able to attend a camp in 2021 due to financial limitations and/or summer school commitment. Our pastor served as one of 6 pastors providing Confirmation experience to 15 students in the greater San Fernando Valley rev of our ELCA partnership with Twin Valleys Lutheran Parish. In 2021, 6 of these students went through the Rite of Confirmation.
$159,314 spentof which $10,833 as grants$184,425 earned by the program81% of program spendingCommunity Garden: 2021 include an expansion of food security classes, drip irrigation for more reliable garden food yields and the growing demand for 30 community gardeners with drip irrigation for water conservation management and ground in which to grow food. 15 neighbors participated in container gardening classes to grow food on apartment balconies and in windows.
$12,326 spent$12,628 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $196,118.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $6k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION’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
CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION?
- CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,458 to it, the largest being LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ($54,295). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $100,458 in grants to CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION?
- LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK is the largest funder on record, with $54,295 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH-VAN NUYS A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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