Florida · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC
LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $226,934 to it, the largest being THE FERDINAND & ANNA DUDA FOUNDATION INC ($75,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $227k
- Net assets
- $327k
What Lutheran Counseling Services Inc does
Mission
Motivated by the grace of god, lcs' mission is to support the emotional and spiritual health needs of the central florida community while reducing barriers to mental health resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Lutheran counseling servics enhanced the older adult program, by becoming medicare providers.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2024 lcs was forced to discontinue our community services program as we were unable to staff the two locations we have been serving. We also had a planned end to our florida blue program as it was a grant-funded program for three years in response to covid pandemic. In addition at the end of 2024 we began exploring expanding services to older adults by becoming medicare providers the beginning of this year. In 2024 we were able to expand our school counseling program to include a school in st. Petersburg, fl.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Lcs' licensed and professionally certified therapists compassionately provide mental health counseling at sixteen locations to help individuals throughout the community deal with the many issues that hinder healthy growth in their lives and relationships. These services are provided to individuals, couples, families and groups of all ages.
$538,625 spent$462,972 earned by the program55% of program spendingAs a nationally credentialed (aapc.org) pastoral counseling service center, lcs provides consulatation and coaching in a dozen denominations for a)pastoral caregivers and faith communities, b)screenings and assessments of candidates for rostered ministry and c)approved training and supervision for state of florida licensures and/or membership in professional therapy organizations.
$342,778 spent$294,633 earned by the program35% of program spendingLcs' school counseling ministry is designed to place a therapist in non-public schools in the orlando area. The goal of the program is to help non-public schools thrive as they meet the needs of diverse populations. This is accomplished by offering counseling services to students, their families and faculty.
$97,937 spent$84,182 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $979,340.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $449k to $328k (−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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Megan Meissler
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $27k → $18k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES 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
LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 83% · 2021 23% · 2022 22% · 2023 56% — broadly stable.
“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
33% of LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
98% of LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k 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.
Government funding LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14 on record.
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $14
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES 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 LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC?
- LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC (Florida) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $226,934 to it, the largest being THE FERDINAND & ANNA DUDA FOUNDATION INC ($75,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $226,934 in grants to LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC?
- THE FERDINAND & ANNA DUDA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN COUNSELING SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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