Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry

Analysis

Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry is a registered charity in United States, based in Kansas City, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1975, 51 years ago. 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, Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry reported income of $8.8m and spending of $7.9m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.7m to $8.8m (+54%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Sisters Place Inc ($8.8m), Village Missions ($8.8m) and The Arc of Greater New Orleans ($8.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $181k (2.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $978k. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $75k, net assets of $7.1m. It reported 35 employees.