Ohio · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC
LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,364 to it, the largest being CareSource ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $439k
- Net assets
- $13M
What Lutheran Homes Society Inc does
Mission
Lutheran homes society, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation that provides residential care and supportive services for youth and elderly in northwestern ohio and southeastern michigan. As a faith-based provider of such services, lutheran homes society continues to honor its mission to extend its services to the vulnerable of our population. Our mission statement: inspired by the christian faith, we embrace individuals and families with compassionate care and services throughout life's journey. Youth are served through community-based residential treatment group homes, supportive services for youth and their families, and an asperger's program consisting of both residential and day treatment programs. The elderly are served in independent living, assisted living, and extended care residential settings. Lutheran homes society also serves the community through service coordination, which assists the elderly in accessing needed services, thereby enabling them to continue living in indepen
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Senior care program: provides residential care to the elderly with skilled nursing, assisted living, and independent living facilities; provides supportive services for the elderly in those facilities and out in the community; provides home health care services. In 2024, our long-term care facilities served 598 patients; our independent living communities served 627 residents; and our home health care program served 339 clients. Our long-term care facilities, which provide both skilled nursing and assisted living options, offer a wide array of standard and specialized services including: intensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy programs; specialized dietary programming; dementia care and psychological services; pastoral care; planned activities; transportation; and social services, just to name a few. Our independent living communities offer affordable housing to people age 62 and older. Each community provides opportunities for recreational and religious programs, social events, outings, and daily peer contact. A service coordinator is on site at each location to assist residents in procurring meals, home health care, housekeeping, and other services that enable them…
$16,986,330 spentof which $260,940 as grants$18,275,171 earned by the program63% of program spendingFamily & youth services program: provides community-based residential care for youth whose circumstances and needs necessitate nurture and special services outside of their own homes; provides supportive services to youth, adults, and families in the community, empowering them to meet their own needs and care for others. For 2024, our residential care homes served 111 individuals, while another 126 indiviudals received supportive services in the community. Our community-based residential care homes provide a caring and safe environment for children and young adults, in which they receive mentoring, individual and group counseling, mental health services, assistance with developing coping skills and overcoming behavioral issues, and support in maintaining relationships with their families. We also offer a variety of supportive services to individuals in the community, including: diagnostic assessments, prevention and intervention services for youth and families who are at risk of an out of home placement; aftercare services for youth and families who have had an out of home placement; mental health services and education; individual and group counseling; partners in treatment…
$10,108,048 spent$14,864,414 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,094,378.
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 2020 to 2021, from $47M to $40M (−14%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 5% · 2021 2% · 2022 14% · 2023 3% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Lee Wunschel
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $8k → $261k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lhs Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY 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 SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 HOMES SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 76% · 2019 59% · 2020 43% · 2021 71% · 2022 55% · 2023 96% — 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
17% of LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
77% of LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY 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. 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 SOCIETY INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 19 related entities
- Alternate Solutions Homecare 12llc · disregarded
- Lhs Foundation Inc · exempt
- Lhs Adult Day Services Inc · exempt
- Lutheran Development Corporation · exempt
- Lutheran Housing Services Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC?
- LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $439,364 to it, the largest being CareSource ($250,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $439,364 in grants to LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY INC?
- CareSource is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY 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 9 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