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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES IN THE CAROLINAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$39,647,475
Total expenses
$37,926,262
Contributions and grants received
$19,676,693
Grants paid
$4,658,709
Program service revenue
$19,112,535
Investment income
$381,969
Other revenue
$476,278
Total assets, end of year
$12,151,570
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,318,455
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,833,115
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,947,117
Management and general expenses
$5,979,145
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,947,117

Program services were 84.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $14,436,024

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,240,669

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $674,483

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEE REVENUES

    total $19,112,535 · related or exempt $19,112,535

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $381,969 · excluded $381,969

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $31,558

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $31,558 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $31,558 · excluded $31,558

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $380,075 · related or exempt $380,075

  • 11b · Other revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE COST

    total $64,645 · related or exempt $64,645

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $444,720

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,658,709 · program services $4,658,709

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,171,298 · program services $14,600,567 · management and general $1,570,731

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $89,250 · program services $78,673 · management and general $10,577

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,728,459 · program services $1,493,351 · management and general $235,108

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,226,078 · program services $1,010,988 · management and general $215,090

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,240,984 · management and general $3,240,984

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $44,969 · management and general $44,969

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,000 · management and general $21,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $463 · management and general $463

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,862,032 · program services $1,853,682 · management and general $8,350 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $70,109 · program services $69,372 · management and general $737

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,680,179 · program services $1,545,252 · management and general $134,927

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,072 · program services $30,987 · management and general $1,085

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $779,204 · program services $764,967 · management and general $14,237

  • 17 · Travel

    total $885,328 · program services $773,009 · management and general $112,319

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,852 · program services $6,852

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $149,174 · program services $17,040 · management and general $132,134

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,439,949 · program services $1,434,428 · management and general $5,521

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOSTER CARE BOARD PAYMENTS

    total $3,299,771 · program services $3,299,771

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $266,307 · program services $255,761 · management and general $10,546

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $226,456 · program services $6,456 · management and general $220,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEDICAL EXPENSES

    total $42,836 · program services $42,836

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,783 · program services $4,416 · management and general $367 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,438,790 · end of year $3,768,434

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $300,331 · end of year $8,142

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,050,249 · end of year $6,295,883

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $869,745 · end of year $205,423

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,623,111

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,160,492

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $448,616 · end of year $462,619

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,317,694 · end of year $1,411,069

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,916,136 · end of year $5,436,700

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $663,139 · end of year $62,137

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,209,528 · end of year $819,618

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,351,204 · end of year $2,194,264

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,286,418 · end of year $3,638,851

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EMPOWERED BY CHRIST, WE WALK TOGETHER WITH ALL WE SERVE.

  • LFS OFFERS FAMILY AND THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE TO MEET THE SPECIAL PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR CARE. SOME OF THESE CHILDREN SUFFER FROM MEDICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME AND DRUG ADDICTION. OLDER CHILDREN CAN HAVE EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND ARE GIVEN COUNSELING WHEN NEEDED. MANY FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT WHEN REUNIFICATION WITH A CHILD'S BIOLOGICAL FAMILY IS NOT POSSIBLE. FINDING PERMANENT, SAFE, AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN IS THE GOAL OF LFS FOSTER CARE.

    Expenses $17,570,914 · Grants $4,658,709 · Revenue $10,756,490

  • LFS PROVIDES RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR ADULTS COPING WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF AUTISM, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SYMPTOMS RESULTING FROM TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS TAUGHT AND ENCOURAGED IN THESE HOMES, THOUGH MANY CLIENTS WILL LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES WITH LFS.

    Expenses $13,529,604 · Revenue $8,282,497

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE ADOPTION, COUNSELING, REFUGEE, COMMUNITY - BASED PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES AND DISASTER RESPONSE.

    Expenses $846,599 · Revenue $518,268

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ted Goins

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $467,013
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $430,398
    Other
    $36,615
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $420,898 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $500 related
    Other
    $0 + $9,000 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,954 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,661 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $467,013 related
  • Brian Van Horn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Cary M Grant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Turner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Doug Nelson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Alfredo Oviedo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Avery Staley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Eunika Simons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Leroy Cannon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Nisha Singh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Renee Rogers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joel Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kaye R Leonard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Larry Gates

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mary Finklea

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Herman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sharon Graeber

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tami Hefner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Will Rose

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Zach Osborne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Karen Maddry

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

    Total calculated
    $94,863
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $86,227
    Other
    $8,636
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Kirby Nickerson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $336,954
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $310,130
    Other
    $26,824
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $295,943 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $14,187 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,786 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,038 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $336,954 related
  • Kesha Smith

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $323,120
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $308,014
    Other
    $15,106
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $281,971 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $26,043 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,456 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,650 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $323,120 related
  • Myra Griffie

    VICE PRESIDENT - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $190,815
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $176,905
    Other
    $13,910
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $176,905 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $3,891 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,019 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $190,815 related
  • Arlene Miller

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $146,203
    From this org
    $136,040
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,163
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bethany Vause

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & REHAB SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $119,601
    From this org
    $116,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,419
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jeffrey Demagistris

    NC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $127,842
    From this org
    $117,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,004
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Schrerer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,858
    From this org
    $103,718
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,140
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Quirk

    EXECUTIVE CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,602
    From this org
    $122,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,569
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4B SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN
TED GOINS, KIRBY NICKERSON, AND MYRA GRIFFIE PARTICIPATE IN A SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN OFFERED BY THE LUTHERAN SERVICES FOR THE AGING. AMOUNTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE EMPLOYEE THROUGH A PAYMENT SCHEDULE COMMENCING AT RETIREMENT. NO AMOUNTS WERE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PLAN DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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
7 August 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202612199349300021

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