Lutheran Child and Family Services of Indiana/Kentucky, Inc.

Legal name: Lutheran Child and Family Services of In/ky Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
350868123
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, United States
Phone
317-359-5467
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,126,538
Expenses
$11,585,468
Assets
$81,258,907
Liabilities
$15,346,212

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PASTOR JOHN TAPE (PRESIDENT)
  • ASHLEY VALENTINE DERRER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS GRAU (PAST PRESIDENT/BOARD MEMBER)
  • SVEN SCHUMACHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SVEN SCHUMACHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $187,578 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA L MONK (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $141,994 total reported compensation
  • TONI M NIEMANN (CONTROLLER): $116,803 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Engaging and Empowering Families and Community with Love, Compassion, Faith, and Support. Lutheran Child and Family Services is committed to continued development of programs, practices, and services to be inclusive and meet the needs of the diverse clients and communities that we serve. LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF INDIANA/KENTUCKY, INC.'s mission is to engage and empower families and community with love, compassion, faith, and support. Financial and other information about our charity’s purpose, programs and activities can be obtained by contacting Sven Schumacher, Executive Director, 1525 N. Ritter Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46219 United States, 317.322.4082. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. **REGISTRATION IN.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lutherwood residential treatment center provides comprehensive and evidenced-based therapy and diagnostic services for youth ages 7-21. The residential program provides food, shelter, education, basic medical care, counseling/therapy, medication management, and life skills development for youth and their families. This is accomplished in both a residential and group-home setting. Approximately 129 youth were served in this area.the lutherwood emergency shelter care program (esc) provides safe, structured, and caring housing and rehabilitation for youth needing emergency shelter services. The esc program provides food, clothing, shelter, limited education, transportation, basic medical care, case management, and limited life skills development services for youth ages 12-21. Approximately 92 youth were served in this area.lutheran child and family services provides comprehensive and evidence-based services for youth and families in a community-based setting by offering intensive homebased services. The services consist of counseling/therapy, case management, medication management, life skills development, family preservation, and "2-generation" programming for families through the home based therapy program and inspire program. Approximately 583 peoples (over 150 families) were served in this area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.01; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.