METROPOLITAN LUTHERAN MINISTRY

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1700

Street

3031 HOLMES ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• MLM FOUNDATION

  EIN 43-1372034

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

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

  $9,813,456

  Expenses

  $8,630,071

  Contributions

  $9,484,211

  Grants paid

  $6,320,036

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,832,849

  Expenses

  $7,948,825

  Contributions

  $8,672,225

  Grants paid

  $5,852,652

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,593,205

  Expenses

  $10,717,161

  Contributions

  $11,527,257

  Grants paid

  $8,516,913

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

  $11,500,052

  Expenses

  $10,050,272

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,622,627

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,082,515

  Expenses

  $3,460,620

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,168,668

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,373,995

  Expenses

  $7,584,179

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,572,397

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,723,277

  Expenses

  $4,355,549

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,504,996

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,745,135

  Expenses

  $4,549,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,181,810

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,466,097

  Expenses

  $4,406,113

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,765,110

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,940,408

  Expenses

  $4,717,244

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,684,045

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,216,901

  Expenses

  $3,634,798

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,031,646

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,913,223

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,481,713

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,737,695

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,170,793

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• MLM FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2024 · OPERATING SUPPORT

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Grants received

• BLESSINGS ABOUND KANSAS CITY INC

  $732,650

  2023 · Provide services to those in need

• BLESSINGS ABOUND KANSAS CITY INC

  $700,000

  2022 · Provide resources to those in need

• BLESSINGS ABOUND KANSAS CITY INC

  $695,000

  2024 · Help families and individuals break the cycle of poverty to achieve housing and personal stability, food security and self sufficiency

• GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $238,550

  2024 · Human Services

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC

  $187,351

  2023 · Program Funding and Designagtions

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER KANSAS CITY INC

  $182,532

  2024 · Program Funding and Designagtions

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $126,075

  2022 · POVERTY

• JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY CHILDRENS SERVICE FUND

  $109,375

  2023 · PREVENTION AND RE-HOUSING FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES

• JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY CHILDRENS SERVICE FUND

  $109,375

  2022 · PREVENTION & RE-HOUSING FOR YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES

• MLM FOUNDATION

  $52,352

  2022 · SUPPORT THE MISSION OF ORGANIZATION

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.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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