Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Analysis

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a registered charity in United States, based in Carefree, AZ. 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 $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $1.2m (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 78th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Siskiyou Land Trust ($1.2m), Fredrica Volunteer Fire Company ($1.2m) and New Jersey Association of Independent Schools ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $472k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 29 employees.