Ohio · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC
LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being KENNETH W SCOTT FOUNDATION ($52,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $136k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Lutheran Endowment & Aid Fundinc does
Mission
Form 990, part iii - additional information lutheran endowment & aid fund, inc. (l.e.a.f.) was established by a number of lutheran churches affiliated with the lutheran church-missouri synod in lake county, ohio to receive donations and invest funds to benefit and further the educational programs of our shepherd lutheran school association, inc.("our shepherd")which is located in painesville, ohio.the income from the donations and investments made by l.e.a.f. Provide support for the educational programs of our shepherd; a lutheran elementary school with grades k-8. L.e.a.f. Is related to our shepherd and its member congregations through its articles of incorporation and constitution. L.e.a.f.'s articles of incorporation state that l.e.a.f.'s purpose is to support lutheran education in general and our shepherd in particular. L.e.a.f.'s board of trustees consists of those individuals elected by the delegate assembly of our shepherd, which are chosen by the member congregations in accordance with our shepherd's constitution. L.e.a.f is required to report to the member congregations on an annual basis the financial condition of l.e.a.f., as well as the general operation of the program…
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$174,154 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $174,154.
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 $1.8M to $2.3M (+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.
10% of LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $7k.
From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC has grown faster than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC: 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 ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC?
- LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $52,000 to it, the largest being KENNETH W SCOTT FOUNDATION ($52,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $52,000 in grants to LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC?
- KENNETH W SCOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN ENDOWMENT & AID FUNDINC 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.
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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 1 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