Michigan · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC
LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,117 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND ($100,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $470k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan Inc does
Mission
Motivated by christ's love, we engage people as they experience and embrace their god-given potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Residential care - during 2024 lutheran child and family service of michigan had two residential programs for children aged 11 to 18 years. New directions in farmington hills, michigan has a capacity for 32 dual diagnosed youth who are both emotionally and mentally impaired.
$5,589,213 spentof which $36,918 as grants$7,269,763 earned by the program23% of program spendingFoster care - lutheran child and family service of michigan provides service to children who have been removed from the care of their parents, either voluntarily or by state order. Children are supervised in temporary living arrangements until they can be returned to their family or to another permanent home such as through an adoption.
$10,036,133 spentof which $3,368,083 as grants$10,483,889 earned by the program41% of program spendingFamily services - the family services program provides services to families who are in danger of having their children removed from the home. Services include in-home counseling, parenting training, direct assistance and other services to keep children in the home.
$8,746,224 spentof which $299,975 as grants$12,563,428 earned by the program36% of program spendingMiscellaneous income includes rental income, and reimbursed expenses for the adoption program as well as behavioral health and substance disorder programs. Lutheran child and family service of michigan supports adults with intellectuual and physical disabilities in four residential homes.
of which $72,031 as grants$1,838,270 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,371,570.
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 2023 to 2024, from $20M to $29M (+46%).
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.
1% of LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
David M Gehm
President & CEO
Board chair
Matt Resch
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $66k → $25k.
2 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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: $31M from one payer (an institutional transfer, not a grant programme, largest West Michigan Partnership for Children); $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lutheran Homes of Michigan Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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
LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% 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 LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 83% · 2019 48% · 2020 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
96% of LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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
LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN 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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 12 related entities
- Lutheran Adoption Service · exempt
- Lutheran Homes of Michigan Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Homes of Michigan Foundation · exempt
- Lutheran Home Care Agency Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Home Care Personal Assistance · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC?
- LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC (Michigan) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,117 to it, the largest being MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND ($100,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $470,117 in grants to LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC?
- MICHIGAN HEALTH ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE OF MICHIGAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 21 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