Lutheran Social Services of Northern California

Legal name: Lutheran Housing Development Company Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300445216
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Concord, CA, US
Phone
9258251060
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$674,885
Expenses
$784,357
Assets
$6,652,893
Liabilities
$6,032,328

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SANDRA HAMILTON SLANE (BOARD CHAIR)
  • KENT CAMPBELL (VICE CHAIR)
  • BRION BEETZ (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

For more than 50 years, LSS of Northern California has been serving the most vulnerable in our region. Today, our focus is to end the homelessness crisis in our region by providing supportive housing and essential services to the unhoused—to guide families, seniors, adults with disabilities, transition aged youth (including youth exiting the foster care system) and other adults from challenging, sometimes dangerous and unsafe living situations to their highest level of stability and success.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lhdc is part of the transitional housing program for families and youth. In sacramento, the program serves(thpf) and is a two year transitional housing program for families funded through mckinney vento funds with housing and urban development (hud) department. Lhdc has acquired11 units, including one, two, threee and four bedroom units. The capacity is sacramento is 11. Lhdc has also acquired a building which provides an on-site office and community space. In concord, lhdc has acquired a 3 unit building to serve the transitional housing program plus (mi casa0 for emancipated foster youth funded by contra costa county. The building is used for housing purposes. The progrqam provides housing and comprehensive case management and other services that allow young adults who have emancipated from foste care to focus.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.48; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.91; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $784K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.