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LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC

LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being SCOTT FOUNDATION INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$620k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$3.1M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Lutheran Senior Service of Southern Chester County (Pa) Inc does

Mission

Affordable housing for the elderly.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To provide affordable, decent housing for very low income elderly persons. The organization operates a 68 unit housing facility.

    $505,859 spent$595,979 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $505,859.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($488k) Expenses 100 ($612k) Net assets 100 ($4.0M)2018 Revenue 100 ($488k) Expenses 106 ($647k) Net assets 96 ($3.8M)2019 Revenue 101 ($495k) Expenses 102 ($623k) Net assets 93 ($3.7M)2020 Revenue 105 ($514k) Expenses 105 ($644k) Net assets 89 ($3.5M)2021 Revenue 106 ($516k) Expenses 106 ($652k) Net assets 86 ($3.4M)2022 Revenue 116 ($564k) Expenses 108 ($661k) Net assets 84 ($3.3M)2023 Revenue 117 ($571k) Expenses 117 ($714k) Net assets 80 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 127 ($620k) Expenses 118 ($721k) Net assets 77 ($3.1M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (127)Expenses (118)Net assets (77)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $4.1M to $3.9M (−4%).

$4.1M
$3.9M
$3.8M
$3.7M
$3.5M
$3.4M
$3.3M
$3.2M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

4% of LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,334 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$125k
’17
−$160k
’18
−$128k
’19
−$130k
’20
−$136k
’21
−$97k
’22
−$143k
’23
−$101k
’24
4.9
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed991112109109
Joined·+1+3+1+0+2+2+1
No longer listed·1102312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $35k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Luther Foundation of Southern Chester County). These are real filings, and they are not money LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC raised.

From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) 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.

Where its funders are

100% of LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−16% · below the median
Months of reserve4.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) 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 Pennsylvania

Luther House III Inc93%Luther House IV Inc93%Luther House II Inc93%Church Housing Corp of de County T/A Episcopal Place at Park Row84%St Peter's Housing Development Corporation Inc84%Church Housing Corp of Phoenixville Aka Episcopal House84%Luther Foundation of Southern Chester County83%Senior Health Properties - South Inc82%

Nationally

Luther House III Inc93%Luther House IV Inc93%Luther House II Inc93%Lutheran Housing Services 10 Inc87%Lutheran Housing Services Inc87%Lutheran Housing Services 8 Non- Profit Housing Corporation86%Lutheran Housing Services 18 Inc86%Lutheran Housing Services 12 Inc86%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Luther Fdtn of Sthn Chester County · exempt
  • Luther House II Inc · exempt
  • Luther House III Inc · exempt
  • Luther House IV Inc · exempt
  • Luther Mgt Co Sthn Chester County · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC?
LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being SCOTT FOUNDATION INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC.
Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC?
SCOTT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (PA) INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 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