Maryland · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE
LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE (Maryland) receives grants from 152 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,815,940 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,419,985). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $170M
- Funders on record
- 152
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $77M
What Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge does
Mission
Witnessing to god's love for all people, we stand with and advocate for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Resettlement: in 2025, lirs resettled 7,784 refugees, unaccompaniedrefugee minors and sivs (afghan special immigrant visas who servedoverseas alongside the us armed forces) from 44 countries through itsnetwork of local social ministry organizations in 78 locations acrossthe united states, preparing a place of welcome to meet the particularneeds of the refugees and engaging local churches and communities toassist refugees to become self-reliant members of their newcommunities. The top five countries of origin of resettled refugees in2025 were afghanistan, venezuela, democratic republic of congo, syria, and somalia.1. Reception and placement (r&p) lirs provides life-saving protectionand stabilization support to refugees during their first 90 days in theunited states.2. Matching grant (mg) - this lirs 8-month early employment program isan alternative to public cash assistance. In 2025, 1,261 individuals enrolled in matching grant were supported to be self-sufficient(employed) on or before the 240-day mark.3. Preferred communities (pc) lirs provided intensive case managementto the most vulnerable refugees and asylees to ensure access tocritical life stabilizing services and resources.…
$32,170,777 spentof which $22,776,832 as grants21% of program spendingChildren and family services; for more than 40 years. Lirs has provided child welfare services to refugee and migrant children who are unaccompanied or separated from family. Lirs provided residential care and community based case management services to over 8,860 children and families in 2025. These children have typically fled community violence, civil conflict, persecution, trafficking. Extreme poverty. Or maltreatment. Lirs approaches its work with integrity and upholds the following principles in serving children: decision-making based on the best interests of the child; preserving family unity; placement's of children in the least restrictive setting; prioritizing child protection; and providing services with quality and innovation.lirs partners with the federal agency. The office of refugee resettlement. State and local governments and community child welfare and refugee organizations to serve the best interests of refugee and migrant children. Lirs provides a full continuum of care. With a robust national network op partners and direct care staff located throughout the country. The continuum of care includes short and long-term foster care (basic and therapeutic…
$111,311,662 spentof which $71,182,736 as grants73% of program spendingCommunity engagement:1. Post arrival stability empowerment (pase): through foundation support, pase advances economic inclusion by providing holistic, one-on-one support that helps remove barriers to self-sufficiency. Through trauma-informed, client-centered case management, community-based referrals, job readiness workshops, career upskilling opportunities, and connections to prospective employers, the program supports newcomers in baltimore city and surrounding counties. This program matched and extended federal funding, increasing the program's impact and strengthening the self-sufficiency and integration of baltimore's newest residents. In 2025, global refuge md supported 171 clients through pase.
$3,247,889 spentof which $34,850 as grants2% of program spendingOther program services:lirs services travel loans issued by the international organization ofmigration to transport lirs-sponsored refugees from their originallocation to their resettlement location in the united states.collections from these non-interest -bearing loans are, in part, used tooffset loan servicing expenses of lirs, with 75% of the collectionsreturned to the international organization of migration to replenishthe loan fund; which finances transportation for resettlement of future refugees.global refuge north dakota (global refuge nd) programsrefugee support services program (rss): rss program delivered comprehensive case management and community connector services to refugees and other office of refugee resettlement (orr) populations in north dakota. Through community connectors, participants received tailored support in key areas such as family support and integration services, access to health services, school navigation and educational support, and community orientation workshops. These services were designed to promote successful resettlement, foster community integration, and support the long-term well-being of refugee individuals and families. Global refuge nd…
$5,227,598 spentof which $154,678 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,957,926.
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 2020 to 2021, from $34M to $70M (+103%).
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: 2017 87% · 2018 82% · 2019 83% · 2020 92% · 2021 81% · 2022 87% · 2023 95% · 2024 96% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
CEO
Board chair
Bryn Parchman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 47 funders, grant income rose $96k → $18M.
43 of 152 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 152 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 IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 92% · 2019 82% · 2020 86% · 2021 16% · 2022 30% · 2023 93% — 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
37% of LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE'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
79% of LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9.0M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 29 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 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 IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6B on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2B
- Department of State$322.9M
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 IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% 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 50 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Lutheran Center Corporation · exempt
- New American Community Lending Corporation · exempt
- New American Careers Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE?
- LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE (Maryland) receives grants from 152 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,815,940 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($27,419,985). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE have?
- IRS filings report 152 organizations giving $42,815,940 in grants to LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $27,419,985 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 152 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