Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana

Analysis

Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana is a registered charity in United States, based in Indianapolis, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1942, 84 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 December 2023, Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana reported income of $9.5m and spending of $9.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $8.6m to $9.5m (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lutheran Child & Family Services of Indiana sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ball Pavilion ($9.5m), Catholic Community Services of Lane County Inc ($9.5m) and Independent Living Inc ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $955k. At year end it held assets of $71.8m against liabilities of $13.1m, net assets of $58.7m. It reported 53 employees.

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.