South Carolina · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC
LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $609,720 to it, the largest being JOHN D MULLER JR TRUST ($604,273). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $610k
- Net assets
- $-25181633
What Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Inc does
Mission
Lutheran homes of south carolina, inc. Operates as a mission partner of the sc synod of the evangelical lutheran church in america to promote the well-being of older adults by providing residential, health care, and hospice services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Continuing care retirement community lutheran homes of south carolina provided housing, healthcare, and supportive services to older adults through its five continuing care retirement communities: franke at seaside, the heritage at lowman, rice estate, rosecrest, and trinity on laurens. Accommodations included 451 independent living homes and apartments, 189 assisted living units, 57 assisted living memory support units, and 336 skilled nursing beds. The communities offer residential living, healthcare, wellness programming, and supportive services designed to promote independence, dignity, and quality of life. Outpatient therapy services were also available to residents and members of the broader community.
$70,145,518 spent$78,576,612 earned by the program85% of program spendingHospice services lutheran homes of south carolina, doing business as lutheran hospice, provided compassionate end-of-life care and supportive services to 632 terminally ill patients amd 1,896 family caregivers. Services emphasized comfort, symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, and assistance for families navigating serious illness. Care was delivered in private homes, retirement communities, and healthcare settings to help individuals remain in familiar environments whenever possible.
$10,030,894 spent$10,908,659 earned by the program12% of program spendingHome services and community based services lutheran homes of south carolina, doing business as bewell home services, provided 72,875 hours of licensed nonmedical in-home care to 133 families, helping older adults maintain independence and remain at home. Services included personal assistance, companionship, and daily living support that can reduce caregiver burden and delay or prevent unnecessary institutional care. The bewell@home continuing care at home program provided wellness coordination, care planning, and supportive services to 141 enrolled members, helping participants proactively plan for future healthcare needs while maintaining independence and community connection.
$2,688,238 spent$2,950,603 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $82,864,650.
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 2022 to 2023, from $120M to $130M (+8%).
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.
2% of LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA 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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $48k → $65k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $13M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA 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 HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k 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 HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 2 related entities
- Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Foundation Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Services Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $609,720 to it, the largest being JOHN D MULLER JR TRUST ($604,273). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $609,720 in grants to LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- JOHN D MULLER JR TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $604,273 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN HOMES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2 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