Lutheran Community Services Inc

Analysis

Lutheran Community Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellefontaine, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lutheran Community Services Inc reported income of $786k and spending of $438k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $295k to $786k (+166%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lutheran Community Services Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pacific Islander Health Board of Washington ($786k), Sheridan Child Development Center Inc ($786k) and Danville-Boyle County Senior Citizens Inc ($786k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $21k (4.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $155k. It paid $62k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $881k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 12 employees.