International : Development and Relief Services

Lutheran World Relief

Disaster response, fair trade, and advocacy

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (64.43)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 91.7%    
Administrative Expenses 5.2%    
Fundraising Expenses 3.0%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.03    
Efficiency Rating    
      (39.17)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 6.0%    
Program Expenses Growth 5.4%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 1.04    
Capacity Rating    
      (25.26)

Income Statement     (FYE 09/2007)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $32,279,463
Other Revenue $2,271,668
Total Revenue $34,551,131
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $32,142,053
Administrative Expenses $1,830,398
Fundraising Expenses $1,063,871
Total Functional Expenses $35,036,322
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $-485,191
   
Net Assets $42,389,983

Contact Information

Lutheran World Relief
700 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
tel: (800) 597-5972
fax: (410) 230-2882

Mail donations to:
P.O. Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298

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Leadership      (FYE 09/2007)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
John Nunes President (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $42,204 0.12%
Other Salaries of Note
Jeffery Whisenant Executive Vice President (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $146,772 0.41%
Lisa Baumgartner Bonds Vice President of External Relations (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $126,133 0.36%
Kathryn Wolford Former President (Using information reported on an organization's most recent Form 990, we include as compensation an individual's salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts and other allowances. We do not include contributions to benefit plans or compensation deferred to a future date.) $25,517 0.07%

Donor Privacy Policy

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Mission

Founded more than half a century ago, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters. Empowered by God's unconditional love in Jesus Christ, LWR envisions a world in which each person and every generation lives in justice, dignity, and peace. LWR partners train local women and men to produce local foods, dig low-cost wells and protect and restore their local environments. Some partners are small village groups on the edge of the Sahara. Others are nationwide programs that may reach across the Andes.

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