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LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ALASKA INC

EIN 94-3055592 ANCHORAGE, AK

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Revenue 2024
$1,612,939
Expenses 2024
$1,617,022

Program services were 86.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P200
Classification
7000
Street
1301 W 33RD 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDING HOPE BY RESPONDING TO HUMAN NEEDS THROUGH SERVICES THAT SUSTAIN AND TRANSFORM LIVES.

  • FOOD PANTRY IN FY25 WE DISTRIBUTED 514,727 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 14,599 HOUSEHOLDS OR 31,969 INDIVIDUALS. THESE NUMBERS ARE TRACKED THROUGH PANTRYSOFT REGISTRATION SYSTEM. EACH HOUSEHOLD HAS A RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD BY AGE. THESE NUMBERS ARE DOWN FROM FY24 AS THE COVID SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL FOOD PROGRAMS HAD ENDED. THE LSSA FOOD PANTRY IS OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK, TUESDAY-FRIDAY FOR 3 HOURS EACH DAY. MOBILE FOOD PANTRY IN FY25 OUR MOBILE FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTED 237,435 POUNDS OF FOOD TO 9,136 HOUSEHOLDS OR 31,367 INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR DISTRIBUTION SITE IN THE PARKING LOT OF LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE LOCATED AT 1847 W. NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD. WE OPERATE EVERY TUESDAY FROM 3:30PM TO 6:00PM UNLESS IT IS A HOLIDAY OR IF WE CANCEL DUE WEATHER. WE TRACK THE REGISTRATION THAT WE REPORT TO THE FOOD BANK OF ALASKA. THE FOOD BANK WEIGHS THE FOOD BEFORE THEY BRING IT TO THE SITE FOR DISTRIBUTION.

    Expenses $999,828 · Grants $981,352

  • ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT HOUSE IS A HOUSING UNIT THAT HAVE OPERATED SINCE 1994 FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES LOCATED AT 2300 ROOSEVELT DRIVE AND CONSISTS OF 5 ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND 1 TWO BEDROOM UNIT APARTMENTS. DURING FY25 WE HAD 4 ONE BEDROOM UNITS OCCUPIED CLOSE TO 100% WITH ONE UNIT CLOSED FOR RENOVATION. THE TWO BEDROOM UNIT WAS OCCUPIED 100% OF THE TIME. TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM (TLP) TLP HAS BEEN A PROGRAM OF LSSA OF LSSA SINCE 1994 ALSO. THIS FOUR APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 804 W. 16TH AVENUE. IT IS A PROGRAM FOR SINGLE HOMELESS MEN. WE HAVE A RESIDENT MANAGER WHO LIVES IN ONE OF THE UNIT AND THE OTHER 3 UNITS HOUSE ONE INDIVIDUAL. IN JUNE 2025 THE BOARD HAS DECIDED TO SELL THE BUILDING AS WE HAVE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT ARE VERY COSTLY TO FIX. WE DID SOME WORK ON THE BUILDING GETTING READY FOR SALE AND IT WENT ON THE MARKET DECEMBER 2025 AFTER THE LAST TENANT MOVED OUT.

    Expenses $92,669 · Grants $91,374 · Revenue $20,833

  • DIRECT ASSISTANCE WE HELPED THE FOLLOWING IN OUR DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. BIRTH CERTIFICATE (ALASKAN BORN) 403 BIRTH CERTIFICATES (BORN OUT OF STATE) 57 ALASKA STATE IDS 837 ALAKA DRIVERS LICENSE 13 RESTRICTED ALASKAN IDS OR DRIVER LICENSE 18 NEW PROGRAM FOR LSSA THIS FY WAS REAL IDS AND DRIVER LICENSE REAL IDS 52 REAL DRIVER LICENSE 55 BUS PASSES 7 GAS CARDS 55 CARRS/SAFEWAY GIFT CARDS 35 PRESCRIPTION HELP 12 UTIITY ASSISTANCE 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE 8 STRANDED RURAL ALASKANS 6 WE HELPED 1,464 INDIVIDUALS WITH VOUCHERS FOR THESE PROGRAMS IN FY25. THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE HAS BEEN THOSE NEEDING REAL IDS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTED ON MAY 7, 2025. WE TRACK THIS INFORMATION IN FORMSTACK. MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION ANYONE SEEKING TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM DOCTORS APPOINTMENT OR MEDICAL PROCEDURES CAN CALL US FOR A RIDE IN OUR PROGRAM WITH ALASKA YELLOW CAB. WE PROVIDED 349 CLIENTS WITH MORE THAN 650 RIDES. WE TRACK THIS INFORMATION ON AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET. GOLDEN CONNECTIONS OUR NEWEST PROGRAM IS GOLDEN CONNECTIONS WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT HELPS SENIORS FIGHT ISOLATION THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED DURING COVID 19. WE HOST MONTHLY IF NOT TWICE PROGRAMS WITH LUNCH; SUCH AS GCI CELL PHONE CLASSES, VALENTINE DAY PARTY, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, A CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR, DAY AT THE MUSEUM, TOUR OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, COOKING CLASSES, SUMMER PICNIC AT KINCAID PARK, ETC. WE HAVE OVER 300 SENIORS CONNECTED WITH US AND HOLD TO CONTINUE GROW THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $305,373 · Grants $67,470

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.

  • Alan Budahl

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $102,559
    From this org
    $94,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,468
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark Schmeling

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Koehler

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brook Ivey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Foerster

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Stark Thru 62025

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dick Mandsager

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Buch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,612,939
    Expenses
    $1,617,022
    Contributions
    $1,589,993
    Grants paid
    $1,140,196
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,244,925
    Expenses
    $1,394,431
    Contributions
    $1,221,051
    Grants paid
    $931,971
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,566,552
    Expenses
    $1,634,032
    Contributions
    $1,553,420
    Grants paid
    $1,117,794

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
    $1,623,381
    Expenses
    $1,924,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,394,860

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,730,785
    Expenses
    $2,157,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,662,542

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.