Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED
LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,826,098 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($36,571,237). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $56M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Lutheran Services in America Incorporated does
Mission
Lutheran services in america mission: cultivate caring communities that advance health and opportunity for all by building valuable connections, amplifying our voices and empowering our members in their mission to answer god's call to love and serve our neighbor.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Creating member solutionslutheran services in america cultivates caring communities that advance health and opportunity for all. We convene our social sector leaders and engage partners in programs that catalyze innovation and sustain and expand community impact by:-creating learning collaboratives to bring together social sector leaders with shared challenges and opportunities to craft innovative solutions that improve outcomes for children, youth and families; people with disabilities; older adults and others.(continued on schedule o)-establishing national partnerships to bring resources and expertise to tackle many of the biggest health and human services challenges people face today from helping children and youth grow up to be healthy, supporting low-income and underserved adults to age in their homes and communities with dignity, respect and independence and creating pathways to support and employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. -creating opportunities for peer-to-peer and network learning including conferences, virtual seminars, webinars and group projects on pressing issues.-strengthening, informing and expanding faith-based connections…
$4,357,727 spentof which $2,015,064 as grants$268,577 earned by the program82% of program spendingRaising visibility for lutheran social ministrylutheran services in america is a network of 300 health and human service nonprofits, that each year collectively serve one in 50 people across 1,400 communities in the united states. By telling a clear and compelling story through a unified voice, we raise the profile of our network's mission and impact. Our efforts include:-securing and capitalizing on print, digital and broadcast press coverage to grow the visibility of lutheran services in america network's progress and achievements.-consistently refining and refreshing our public-facing messaging and outreach strategy to best meet the priorities and news of the day.-proactively connecting our stories and communication resources with national and regional allies, strategic partners, and being recognized for our innovative initiatives in relevant digital news outlets, magazines, newspapers, and prominent national industry publications.
$384,869 spent7% of program spendingLeadership development and conveningslutheran services in america unites one of the largest and most broad-based networks of health and human services providers in the united states. By bringing social sector leaders together and working collectively through events, partnerships and innovative programs we grow our network leaders' individual and collective capacity to lead and effect change. Examples include:-ceo summit: an intensive three-day forum for chief executive officers viewed as the industry's leading voices.(continued on schedule o)-strength & service series: an ongoing, interactive, virtual gathering of the best minds in our industry, focused on examining and tackling the challenges and uncertainties facing communities across the country. -mission leaders: ongoing collaborative meetings and information exchanges focused on assisting ministry leaders and clergy within the lutheran services in america network.-lutheran services in america disability network: a collaborative of member organizations that come together to improve the quality of life and provide greater independence for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.impact:lutheran services in…
$321,709 spent$341,571 earned by the program6% of program spendingAdvocacy and public policy:by harnessing the trust and influence that are hallmarks of our national network, lutheran services in america amplifies our unified, faith-based voice to advance solutions-oriented approaches for people and communities in the u.s. We are viewed as a trusted resource by legislators, agency officials and their teams, and as a critical partner with all levels of government, health systems and regulatory decision makers as evidenced by our successful and continuing efforts in mobilizing our national network to achieve direly needed emergency relief funding and resources during the pandemic. (continued on schedule o)we work to shape and promote legislation tied to our members' priority issues. We are strictly nonpartisan and work through our active advocacy efforts to ensure all people live with dignity, respect and independence.
$258,424 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,322,729.
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 2024 to 2025, from $10M to $14M (+36%).
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.
89% of LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Alesia Frerichs
President and CEO
Board chair
Ms Colleen Frankenfield
Director, chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $669k → $19M.
8 of 21 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.
From the IRS filings of LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED’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 SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 97% · 2019 92% · 2020 90% · 2021 95% · 2022 83% · 2023 92% — 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
71% of LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $727k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,325 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED: 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 SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED?
- LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,826,098 to it, the largest being LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE ($36,571,237). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $55,826,098 in grants to LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED?
- LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE is the largest funder on record, with $36,571,237 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 21 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