Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Analysis

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a registered charity in United States, based in Stoughton, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1987, 39 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America reported income of $1.1m and spending of $569k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $948k to $1.1m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 595%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 81st percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Visalia Gleaning Seniors ($1.1m), University of South Alabama General Liability Program ($1.1m) and Umpqua College Foundation ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $9.5m against liabilities of $8.2m, net assets of $1.4m.