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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,813,456
Total expenses
$8,630,071
Contributions and grants received
$9,484,211
Grants paid
$6,320,036
Program service revenue
$31,113
Investment income
$311,107
Other revenue
-$12,975
Total assets, end of year
$8,528,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$184,364
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,343,801
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,840,194
Management and general expenses
$495,055
Fundraising expenses
$294,823
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,840,194

Program services were 90.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $242,899

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $96,476

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,482,887

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,661,949

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,421,244

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OCCUPANCY CHARGES

    total $31,113 · related or exempt $31,113

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $279,607 · excluded $279,607

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $31,500

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $31,500

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $31,500 · excluded $31,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $31,241

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

    $96,476

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,089

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$22,848 · excluded -$22,848

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $9,873 · excluded $9,873

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,873

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,820,036 · program services $5,820,036

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $199,366 · management and general $99,683 · fundraising $99,683

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,055,536 · program services $760,439 · management and general $170,006 · fundraising $125,091

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,002 · program services $9,100 · management and general $7,302 · fundraising $3,600

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $466,886 · program services $339,537 · management and general $106,715 · fundraising $20,634

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,141 · program services $59,769 · management and general $20,940 · fundraising $17,432

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,961 · program services $8,577 · management and general $45,384

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,467 · management and general $11,467

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,044 · program services $1,900 · management and general $144

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $88 · program services $88

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $121,596 · program services $84,347 · management and general $14,317 · fundraising $22,932

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,741 · program services $56,081 · management and general $660

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $6,904 · program services $2,438 · management and general $4,466

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $80,777 · program services $80,777

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,737 · program services $13,030 · management and general $3,300 · fundraising $1,407

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $56,395 · program services $56,395

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $43,543 · program services $39,130 · management and general $4,413

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,743 · program services $6,995 · management and general $4,704 · fundraising $4,044

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $3,108 · program services $1,555 · management and general $1,554

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $34,148 · end of year $31,959

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,091,801 · end of year $5,212,761

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $21,259 · end of year $706,486

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $254,177 · end of year $194,257

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,235 · end of year $37,705

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

    $1,821,033

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

    $858,042

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $683,583 · end of year $962,991

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $808,985 · end of year $1,119,985

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $245,045 · end of year $262,021

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $75,337 · end of year $184,364

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,699,362 · end of year $7,585,301

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,392,534 · end of year $758,500

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY HELPS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY, SUPPORTING THEM IN ACHIEVING HOUSING AND PERSONAL STABILITY, FOOD SECURITY, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONNECTING THOSE IN NEED WITH FOOD, HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, AND OTHER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO NURTURE GREATER HOPE, HEALTH, OPPORTUNITY AND PEACE

  • CASE MANAGEMENT: METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY (MLM) PROVIDES A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR CLIENTS THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS FOR FOOD, DIAPERS, HYGIENE ITEMS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, IDENTIFICATION AND RENT/UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO STABILIZE THE FAMILY. IN ADDITION TO THIS SHORT-TERM ASSISTANCE, MLM PROVIDES INTENSIVE, YEAR-LONG CASE MANAGEMENT WHICH INCLUDES HOUSING ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL LITERACY, HOUSEHOLD SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT. TO ENSURE THAT PERMANENT AND LASTING SOLUTIONS ARE IN PLACE FOR MLM CLIENTS, MLM CONTINUES TO FOLLOW UP WITH FAMILIES FOR FIVE YEARS. PROGRAMMING IS TARGETED TO AT-RISK AND HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS.

    Expenses $2,061,269 · Grants $1,653,526

  • CLIENT SERVICES: METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY PROVIDES SHELF-STABLE FOOD, FRESH PRODUCE, HYGIENE ITEMS, DIAPERS, SACK LUNCHES, SENIOR COMMODITIES, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, IDENTIFICATION, RENT AND UTILITIES TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN URGENT NEED OF ASSISTANCE FROM THREE AGENCY LOCATIONS. PROGRAMMING IS TARGETED TO LOW-INCOME, IMPOVERISHED, AT-RISK AND HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS.

    Expenses $4,455,020 · Grants $3,799,271

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH: OVER TIME, METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY (MLM) HAS DEVELOPED A PORTFOLIO OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY OPERATE IN. THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME, ELDERLY AND DISABLED HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THEIR HOMES, ALLOWING THEM TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES.MLM ALSO HOSTS A CHRISTMAS STORE IN KANSAS CITY ALONGSIDE A VOLUNTEER CORPS OF 500 PEOPLE TO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 900 FAMILIES WITH FOOD VOUCHERS AND A SELF-SHOP STORE WITH GIFTS FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.ADDITIONALLY, MLM HOSTS TWO UNLIMITED HOT BREAKFASTS EACH SATURDAY IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. FINALLY, THE MLM ORCHARD AND COMMUNITY GARDENS EXIST TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH BY PROVIDING BETTER FOOD FOR PEOPLE IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON HEIGHTS AND MOUNT HOPE. MLM MANAGES AN 80 TREE ORCHARD THAT PRODUCES A WIDE VARIETY OF FRUIT, INCLUDING APPLES, PEACHES, APRICOTS, CHERRIES, PEARS AND PLUMS. MLM ALSO OFFERS AND MAINTAINS COMMUNITY GARDEN BEDS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FRESH PRODUCE OF THEIR CHOICE IS GROWN. THE ORCHARD AND COMMUNITY GARDENS CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEEK TO CHANGE THE HABITS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TOWARD HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES.

    Expenses $1,323,905 · Grants $867,239 · Revenue $31,113

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Erik Olson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Kernen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Timothy Howard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tanya Sargeon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Brende

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Doug Clopton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Dickerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathryn Fuger PhD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark A Gash

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teresa Honeycutt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Kaufman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Long

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Cooper

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $199,366
    From this org
    $155,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,054
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 2.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,012
    Bonus
    $300
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,456
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,598
    Filer's total
    $199,366

  • Becky Poitras

    VP/ASST. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,917
    From this org
    $112,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,272
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 2.5 related

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

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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

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

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.

  • MLM FOUNDATION

    501(C)(3) · FUNDING SUPPORT · MO · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MLM EILEEN'S PLACE LLC

    C · HOUSING · KS · 100% owned · share of assets $1,260,000 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502959349300705

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