Indiana · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC
FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,879 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($87,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $165k
- Net assets
- $71M
What Foundation for Lutheran Child and Family Services of Indiana Inc does
Mission
To provide a permanent endowment for lutheran child & family services of in/ky, inc., a related 501c3 organization to enhance their ability to serve human needs by providing programs of compassionate care and counsel to enhance dignity and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our primary purpose is to support lcfs. The foundation has raised funds for the following lcfs programs: lutherwood, emergency shelter care, and trinity house residential programs, community based services, inspire, pando and spiritual growth. Residential services include providing food, shelter, education, basic medical care, and counseling/therapy to youth living at lutherwood, trinity house, and lcfs' emergency shelter care programs. Additionally, lcfs provides mentoring and independent living skills training to clients enrolled in residential programming. These residential programs served 163 youth in 2023. Community based programs (including inspire) provide additional support in the community for children and families to (see schedule o for continuation).
$725,817 spentof which $611,083 as grants$895,065 earned by the program36% of program spendingThe sharing place is a clients' choice food pantry providing free food to families in need who are considered below the poverty line according to the usda standards. Clients are eligible to receive free food twice a month. The sharing place served 12,992 families, totaling 55,149 individuals, in 2023.
$1,260,239 spentof which $1,236,193 as grants$743,935 earned by the program62% of program spendingThe foundation for lutheran child & family services provides the christmas store, which is by referral only, where clients may "shop" at no cost for gifts for their family. In 2023, 180 families benefitted from the christmas store, totaling 901 individuals. The organization received contributions of $41,027 which included noncash in-kind contributions with donor designated value as an expense and revenue for approximately $13,352. Many in-kind donations were not assigned a value by the donor and were therefore entered as $0.
$35,225 spentof which $35,188 as grants$41,027 earned by the program2% of program spendingReady, set, learn is coming to an end. We've been using the remainder of the restricted funds that have built up over the years. In 2023, we purchased uniforms & school supplies for the children in the inspire program.
$60 spent$50 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe emergency diaper dispensary (tedd) program is to ensure that families living in poverty have an adequate supply of diapers for their infants and toddlers. The program provides free diapers to families in need. 79 families were served in 2023.
$636 spentof which $636 as grants$311 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,021,977.
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 $59M to $67M (+13%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
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
Sven Schumacher
CEO & secretary
Board chair
Tom Grau
Agency board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $6k → $6k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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: $837k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lutheran Child and Family Services of In/Ky Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 13 funders by total. 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
FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 61% · 2019 41% · 2020 42% · 2021 74% · 2022 94% · 2023 91% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC'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 $41k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Pando Housing First LLC · disregarded
- Lutheran Child & Family Services Inky · exempt
- Pando Aspen Grove of Community Heights Gp LLC · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC (Indiana) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $164,879 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($87,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $164,879 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $87,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 13 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