Ohio · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY
LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY (Ohio) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,615,750 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($3,574,683). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry does
Mission
Grounded in a Lutheran faith tradition, LMM serves people who are oppressed, forgotten and hurting through providing responsive solutions, voice, and hope. The mission is achieved through 4 areas of service: Guardianship, Housing & Shelter, Workforce Development, and Youth Resiliency. In 2024 more than 4,300 persons were served and 1,800 community volunteers engaged. 100% of the LMM Board of Directors contribute financial resources to the organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing & Shelter - The goal of LMM's H&S shelter work is that people experiencing homelessness are provided safe and secure emergency shelter alongside efficient and appropriate pathways to positive housing. Through high quality shelter services, collaboration , and client respect, LMM shelter programs will fulfill the agency's missional purpose of empowering, valuing, and healing people in crisis. In 2023 2,594 persons were served, with 541reported positive housing outcomes, and 224 residents obtained employment.
$5,696,261 spent$5,696,261 earned by the program55% of program spendingYouth Resiliency Services, - 106 youth were provided shelter with an average length of stay of 21 day for youth in shelter care and 137 for youth in the Independent Living program. .
$1,509,414 spent$1,509,414 earned by the program15% of program spendingGuardianship Services - There were 115 new guardianships in 2023.Along with our volunteers,22,159 hours of guardianship were provided. 7,000 hours of medical decisions were made on behalf of the Wards in our care. LMM provides guardianship of person for those who have been deemed incompetent by a court and have no suitable family to help them.
$1,090,048 spent$1,090,048 earned by the program10% of program spendingWorkforce Development trains individuals from the homeless and re-entry populations among others in employable skills while operating socially responsible businesses. The culinary training program is accredited by the Council of Occupational education to award associates degrees in Hospitality Management along with credentials to allow participants a faster way to earn the skills they need in the culinary field. LMM has 70% food service retention rate once placed in a job, a 82% graduation rate for those in our Chopping For Change Program. Our Central Kitchen provided over 300,000 meals to area shelters and community partners.
$2,095,019 spent$2,095,019 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,390,742.
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 2019 to 2020, from $15M to $18M (+19%).
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 66% · 2018 61% · 2019 64% · 2020 77% · 2021 70% · 2022 72% · 2023 71% · 2024 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Maria Foschia
President and CEO
Board chair
Diane Stack
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $786k → $890k.
16 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
75% 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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 34% · 2019 36% · 2020 42% · 2021 68% · 2022 15% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.
“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
36% of LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
76% of LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY is better cushioned than half of the 249 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 249 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.6M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$6.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
- Department of Justice$900k
- Corporation for National and Community Service$10k
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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRY
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
84% 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 1 related entity
- Shared Resources Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: 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 METROPOLITAN MINISTRY?
- LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY (Ohio) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,615,750 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($3,574,683). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $13,615,750 in grants to LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,574,683 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 82 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