Lutheran Housing Services of Howland

Analysis

Lutheran Housing Services of Howland is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2004, 22 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 June 2023, Lutheran Housing Services of Howland reported income of $430k and spending of $557k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $332k to $430k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Lutheran Housing Services of Howland sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Promise Homes and Services Inc ($430k), Servants of Shelter of Koochiching County ($431k) and TG 304 Inc ($430k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.6m against liabilities of $161k, net assets of $3.5m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.