LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTHWEST

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

X21Z

Classification

7000

Street

3636 N CENTRAL AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (EIN 41-1568278). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE REFUGEE & IMMIGRATION SERVICES PROGRAMS HELP REFUGEES WHO HAVE FLED PERSECUTION TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES IN THE PHOENIX AND TUCSON AREAS BY PROVIDING SHORT-TERM HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, LANGUAGE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY SKILLS TRAINING, CULTURAL EDUCATION, CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMING. LSS-SW SERVED 2,216 INDIVIDUALS.

  Expenses $10,924,108 · Grants $4,485,485 · Revenue $153,566

• THE AGING & DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS PROVIDE QUALITY, CUSTOMIZED IN-HOME SERVICES THAT ALLOW OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE AT HOME, MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE, STRENGTHEN SKILLS, AND REDUCE STRESS; AS WELL AS HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND SHOPPING SERVICES FOR HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS. LSS-SW PROVIDED 1,086 OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN-HOME SERVICES AND DELIVERED 68,769 MEALS.

  Expenses $7,384,349 · Grants $464,570 · Revenue $3,750,770

• THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE COMPRISED OF FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, BASIC NEEDS PROGRAMS, AND FOSTER CARE. LSS-SW OPERATES THREE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, PART OF A NETWORK OF FIRST THINGS FIRST CENTERS THROUGHOUT MARICOPA COUNTY, THAT ASSIST FAMILIES IN METROPOLITAN PHOENIX AND SOUTHEAST MARICOPA COUNTY. FRCS CREATE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT OPTIMAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT, THROUGH PLAY AND LEARN EVENTS, PARENTING CLASSES, CAREGIVER TRAINING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. LSS-SW SERVED 1,189 CHILDREN AND 1,748 ADULTS. FOSTER CARE RECRUITS, TRAINS, LICENSES, AND SUPPORTS FOSTER FAMILIES IN CARING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)LSS-SW SUPPORTED 234 FOSTER HOMES IN CARING FOR 337 CHILDREN AND ADULTS. BASIC NEEDS PROGRAMS PROVIDE ACCESS TO FAMILIES NEEDING SUPPORT TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. LSS-SW SERVED 10,061 INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDED 6,812 BED NIGHTS OF EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND DISTRIBUTED 6,386 FOOD BOXES.

  Expenses $3,716,196 · Grants $136

• THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAMS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAITH PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS, RELIEVE HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS FOR NEIGHBORS FACING EXTREME POVERTY THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. LSS-SW SHELTERED 175 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PROVIDED RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO 286 FAMILIES AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOMES, AND DISTRIBUTED 6,386 FOOD BOXES TO FOOD INSECURE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.

  Expenses $1,075,320 · Grants $85,702

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $27,480,282

  Expenses

  $27,121,947

  Contributions

  $23,456,096

  Grants paid

  $5,035,892

• 2023

  Revenue

  $27,082,032

  Expenses

  $25,998,052

  Contributions

  $22,859,002

  Grants paid

  $6,077,346

• 2022

  Revenue

  $22,493,433

  Expenses

  $21,977,045

  Contributions

  $18,027,200

  Grants paid

  $3,408,045

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,954,828

  Expenses

  $21,187,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,090,998

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,254,288

  Expenses

  $20,015,302

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,555,029

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,789,980

  Expenses

  $16,957,026

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,958,595

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,513,533

  Expenses

  $17,377,473

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,181,105

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,931,253

  Expenses

  $15,689,445

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,974,852

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,871,749

  Expenses

  $16,687,691

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,994,061

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,182,067

  Expenses

  $15,327,524

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,745,113

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $14,238,656

  Expenses

  $13,871,550

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,804,090

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,853,483

  Expenses

  $12,672,703

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,524,245

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $5,284,593

  2024 · ASYLUM SERVICES; CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION SERVICES

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $3,869,064

  2023 · ASYLUM SERVICES; CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION SERVICES

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $3,284,713

  2022 · CHILDREN SERVICES

• LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE

  $1,020,458

  2025 · ASYLUM SERVICES; CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; RESETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION SERVICES

• VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY

  $227,448

  2022 · Program Support

• WORLD HUNGER ECUMENICAL ARIZONA TASK FORCE INC

  $200,278

  2022 · Work with Migrants encountered by DHS at the Southern Border through EFSP HR22 program. WHEAT acts as the Fiscal Agent.

• VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY

  $114,658

  2023 · Program Support

• WORLD HUNGER ECUMENICAL ARIZONA TASK FORCE INC

  $106,556

  2023 · Work with Migrants encountered by DHS at the Southern Border through EFSP CR23/HR23 program. WHEAT acts as the Fiscal Agent.

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $92,400

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY

  $86,424

  2024 · Program Support

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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