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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LUTHERAN CHARITIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$134,779
Total expenses
$207,037
Contributions and grants received
$130,871
Grants paid
$59,392
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$124
Other revenue
$3,784
Total assets, end of year
$2,507,865
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,015
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,506,850
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$77,935
Management and general expenses
$74,469
Fundraising expenses
$54,633
Program service expenses (Part III)
$77,935

Program services were 37.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $13,437

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $117,434

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $124 · excluded $124

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $30,363

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $13,437

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $26,579

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $3,784 · excluded $3,784

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $59,392 · program services $59,392

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,828 · management and general $40,914 · fundraising $40,914

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $33,142 · program services $17,000 · management and general $9,685 · fundraising $6,457

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,780 · program services $1,543 · management and general $4,265 · fundraising $3,972

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,870 · management and general $5,870

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $425 · management and general $425

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,955 · management and general $391 · fundraising $1,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,368 · management and general $1,368

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $531 · management and general $531

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $4,588 · management and general $4,588

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $2,158 · management and general $432 · fundraising $1,726

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $196,393 · end of year $111,256

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,100 · end of year $750

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,241,800 · end of year $2,395,859

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,876 · end of year $1,015

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,435,417 · end of year $2,498,578

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $8,272

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LUTHERAN CHARITIES IS A MINISTRY OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER CONFERENCE OF THE UPSTATE NEW YORK SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA. IT RAISES AND MANAGES FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND OTHER SOCIAL MINISTRY PROGRAMS IN WESTERN NEW YORK. LUTHERAN CHARITIES ALSO PROVIDES YOUTH FOCUSED SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LUTHERAN CHARITIES IS A MINISTRY OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER CONFERENCE OF THE UPSTATE NEW YORK SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA. IT RAISES AND MANAGES FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND OTHER SOCIAL MINISTRY PROGRAMS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

  • DIRECT PAYMENTS TO CHARITABLE AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUTH FOCUSED SERVICES.

    Expenses $77,935 · Grants $59,392

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Macro

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Kordasiewicz

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Biegnert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Kinney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Alan Aquilina

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Bieger

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Kinney

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allan Simmons

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Storey

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Rushforth

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $81,828
    From this org
    $74,625
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,203
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349302665

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