Lutheran Manor of Lehigh Valley Inc

Analysis

Lutheran Manor of Lehigh Valley Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bethlehem, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Lutheran Manor of Lehigh Valley Inc reported income of $3.7m and spending of $3.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $3.7m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lutheran Manor of Lehigh Valley Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Township Adult Community Development Corporation ($3.7m), Transition House of Washington Inc ($3.7m) and Homecomings Inc ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $156k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $616k. At year end it held assets of $21.7m against liabilities of $4.1m, net assets of $17.6m. It reported 19 employees.