Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $307M
What Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation does
Mission
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 27-0209886), Rebecca Residence (EIN 25-0974311), Concordia Tele-Caregivers (EIN 25-1881783), Concordia of Ohio (EIN 61-1682165), Concordia Visiting Nurses of Ohio (EIN 46-3845269), Concordia of Monroeville (EIN 25-1475192), Cedars Home Health Services (EIN 25-1875508), Concordia Hospice on Washington (EIN 81-2448411), Concordia Physician Practice (EIN 47-3951584), Good Samaritan Hospice of Pittsburgh (EIN 25-1818793),Concordia Medical Equipment (EIN 20-4386767), Concordia of Florida (EIN 37-1869372), Bethlen Home of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America (EIN 25-0981135), and Visiting Nurse Association of Indiana County (EIN 23-7042932).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Concordia Lutheran Ministries Foundation is the primary charitable outreach arm for the Concordia Lutheran Ministries network of companies (Concordia). In addition to supporting nearly 100 unique third-party organizations, the organization also helps support the operations of the other Concordia Lutheran Ministries companies within the network. These donations to affiliated organizations (listed in Part III, Line 1 and Schedule A) support the mission and purpose of those organizations by increasing the quality of care and quality of life in a Christian environment for all those being served. Through the use of these funds, related organizations have been able to establish a scholarship program for employees, help support adult day services within the network, and help fund Christmas parties at various locations during the year. Historically, grants and donations to related organization have been for the purpose of assisting in the acquisition of new locations and funding the construction of therapy gyms and chapels at various locations. Donors also contribute to the organization on the behalf of the related entities; donations of $421,136 were received by Concordia Lutheran…
$12,984,909 spentof which $161,804 as grants$421,136 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe Angel Tear Ministries Fund was established for the purpose of assisting third-party 501(c)(3) organizations to better serve both domestic and foreign communities through Christ-centered programs that provide food, housing, education, and medical care to underserved and underprivileged children and families. Nearly 100 organizations were assisted during fiscal year 2025 including missions supported in over 30 countries and 15 churches. These grants include the funding of care to 1,404 children in Kenya and Ethiopia who have primarily been affected by the AIDs epidemic through Compassion International. Closer to home, the funds are used by organizations to operate soup kitchens, homeless shelters, afterschool programs, and ministry programs. Additionally, assisting those affected by natural disasters has been a core tenant of the organizations mission and the organization has donated to countless organizations to assist in recover effects after natural disasters. The Angel Tears Program houses a $100,000 discretionary fund that is used to help local area organizations and families with fundraising and/or hardship situations. Donations of $26,839 were received to the Angel Tear…
$2,392,939 spentof which $2,013,645 as grants$26,839 earned by the program15% of program spendingThe Good Samaritan Endowment Fund was established to assist Concordia in fulfilling its charitable mission by helping supplement the organization to allow for more benevolent care for residents with financial needs due to the exhaustion of funds. The fund has been supported through gifts from Concordia, gifts from gracious patients and their family members, and by gifts from the employees of Concordia. $1,776,071 in donations were received and restricted to the Good Samaritan Endowment Fund during the fiscal year. Concordia has a philosophy of providing care to residents regardless of their ability to pay and provided $4,113,641 in benevolent care in fiscal year 2025. The recipients of charity care reside in all levels of care and include residents served in skilled nursing, personal care, and independent living. In its nearly 140-year history, the organization has never discharged a resident for an in ability to pay. Concordia views benevolent care as a core tenant of its mission and would provide charity care even if the fund did not exist; but due to the support of the fund, Concordia can provide significantly more care to those in need compared to if the entire shortfall due…
$611,475 spent$1,776,071 earned by the program4% of program spendingThe Concordia Lutheran Ministries Foundation Scholars Program assists deserving employees of all affiliates system-wide in reaching their educational goals. The employee scholarship program encompasses several different groups of students. The Concordia Lutheran Ministries Foundation Scholars Program also has a secondary component that targets schools based on our geographical "footprint" in relation to Concordia facilities. This program awards scholarships both on academic achievements and financial need to graduating seniors matriculating at an undergraduate institution to pursue a degree in a healthcare-related field. The organization also donates to outside organizations through the Stephen W Johnson Mission Award (SWJ Award) .The SWJ Award recognizes employees who exemplify the values of Concordia's mission through their everyday life. The award is Concordia's highest employee honor given in memory of the late Mr. Johnson who was a steward of compassion and spent countless hours supporting and preserving Concordia's mission. The winners are awarded funds to donate to the charity of their choice.
$93,353 spent$205,000 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,082,676.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $178M to $226M (+27%).
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.
54% of CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Keith Frndak-See Schedule O
Chair/President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $50.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $114M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care). These are real filings, and they are not money CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION’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
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 83% · 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
51% of CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $26k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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.
Against its field
CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 21 related entities
- Concordia Lutheran Ministries · exempt
- Concordia Lutheran Health and Human Care · exempt
- Concordia Visiting Nurses · exempt
- Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh · exempt
- Concordia of Ohio · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION?
- CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $51,800 in grants to CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONCORDIA LUTHERAN MINISTRIESFOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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