Ohio · Nonprofit
LHS FOUNDATION INC
LHS FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,980 to it, the largest being WALTER H CHRISTEN CHARITABLE TRUST ($82,270). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $312k
- Net assets
- $20M
What Lhs Foundation Inc does
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of lhs foundation is to provide financial support for the charitable activities of lutheran homes society, inc. And all its subsidiaries. The lhs foundation solicits, receives and invests gifts of money and property and administers and disburses the same and increments thereon for such exclusively charitable uses. Lutheran homes society, inc., the parent corporation of lhs foundation, promotes and facilitates the charitable, religioius, educational, and scientific purposes for which it has received tax exemption, by providing lhs foundation with benefits and services to support lhs foundation, including but not limited to: providing executive management in terms of supervision, strategic planning, policy formulation, and advocacy; engaging in activities intended to assist lhs foundation directly or indirectly in promoting the general health and welfare of communities in which it operates; promoting more efficient utilization of resources through the exercise
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Lhs foundation is a not-for profit organization that faithfully gathers, protects, invests, and disburses the gifts god's people share with the caring ministries of lutheran homes society as they provide residential care and supportive services for youth and elderly. As a faith-based provider of such service, lhs foundation continues to honor its mission to extend its services to the vulnerable of our population, specifically youth and elderly. We demonstrate behaviors reflecting our core values of faithfulness to christ, equality and justice, wholeness of life, integrity, quality of service, and stewardship of resources. (see schedule o for additional info) lhs foundation overview: lhs foundation provides the fund raising mechanism for the ministries of lutheran homes society to serve youth and elderly in northwestern ohio and southeastern michigan in various settings. In 2022, the active donor list was 389 donors. The donations provided by these donors helped to support our ministries to youth and elders. Lhs foundation, as part of the ministry of lutheran homes society, has always been an exemplary provider of support to our ministries as they offer compassionate, quality care…
$809,292 spentof which $809,292 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $809,292.
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 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $17M (−31%).
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.
36% of LHS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $22k → $51k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 LHS FOUNDATION 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
LHS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 LHS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 51% · 2020 36% · 2021 30% · 2022 39% · 2023 37% — 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
59% of LHS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k 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.
Against its field
LHS FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LHS FOUNDATION 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 20 related entities
- Lutheran Housing Services 9 Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Homes Society Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Housing Services Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Housing Services 1 Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Housing Services 2 Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LHS FOUNDATION 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 LHS FOUNDATION INC?
- LHS FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,980 to it, the largest being WALTER H CHRISTEN CHARITABLE TRUST ($82,270). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LHS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $311,980 in grants to LHS FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LHS FOUNDATION INC?
- WALTER H CHRISTEN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $82,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LHS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing