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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2022 Expires: May 2024

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
Accreditation seal
(303) 980-5400
1035 Osage St Ste 700
Denver, CO, 80204-4209
https://www.lfsrm.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
To walk with the vulnerable through services that heal, strengthen and provide hope.

Year, State Incorporated:
1978, CO

Also Known As:
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado Lutheran Family Services

Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains is a faith-based, non-profit, human services agency founded in 1948 that offers a variety of programs and services throughout Colorado and New Mexico, as well as limited services in Utah, Wyoming and Montana. The organization provides support, guidance and resource navigation to individuals and families regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or age. LFSRM meets the critical social and emotional needs of approximately 30,000 people annually.

Refugee and Asylee programs help people who have been uprooted by persecution and violence work toward self-sufficiency through resettlement services. Immigration and legal services aid refugees and immigrants with legal status adjustments and citizenship. And welcome and reception services assist families released from detention facilities after being processed by U.S. Customs and Border Control, with basic needs and travel assistance to get to their chosen destination.

Family-based foster care programs focus on helping children and youth remain safe, healthy, connected and educated while they are in out-of-home care. LFSRM is the lead agency in Colorado providing foster care services to Unaccompanied Refugee Minors who have lost their parents and family due to war or unrest, assisting URM youth by placing them with culturally appropriate families, supporting educational attainment, teaching important self-sufficiency skills, and assisting with integration to the U.S while supporting youth to maintain connection to their cultural heritage.

The Lifework Aging Solution program assist older adults with diminished decision-making capacity due to neurological conditions through guardianship services to improved quality of life through end of life. In additional to acting as guardian for individuals who have no viable decision makers, the organization also assists families caring for loved ones with diminished capacity through the guardianship process and provides ongoing assistance in navigating the transition of ageing with a neurological impairment. The program also provides limited care management and other services to assist older adults and families to navigate and redefine aging.

The Adoption program at LFSRM provides all option pregnancy counseling to birth parents in Colorado, as well as open domestic, designated, and international adoption services for all types of families. The program also provides relinquishment counseling to families who are in the midst of dependency and neglect proceedings and facing termination of parental rights.

Parent support and education programs at LFSRM are designed to strengthen families and prevent child maltreatment. These programs include parent education utilizing evidence based SafeCare and Nurturing Parent curricula, emergency respite care, family visitation and safe exchange services, SafeTouch body safety programming in schools, and the Fostering Healthy Futures preteen mentoring and skill building program.

For the year ended June 30, 2021, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain's program expenses were:

Refugee and asylee services $5,141,292
Foster care services $4,627,187
Legal immigration services $652,490
Disaster response services $578,730
Birth parent services and adoptions $467,984
Older adult and caregiver services $447,709
Prevention services $78,271
Total Program Expenses $11,993,663

Chief Executive
James Horan, President/CEO

Chair of the Board
Mr. Bruce Fear, Managing Partner

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Thrivent Financial, Retired

Board Size
13

Paid Staff Size
192

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 3.84%

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountain's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended June 30, 2021.

Source of Funds
Government grants and contracts $11,340,451
Contributions $1,791,126
Private sector grants $1,056,675
Program service fees $636,355
Net investment income $487,213
Special events, net of direct costs of $66,820 $252,970
Church contributions $178,881
United Way $63,936
Other income $4,770
Total Income $15,812,377

Programs: 83% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 13%

Total Income $15,812,377
Total expenses: $14,455,215
  Program expenses $11,993,663
  Fundraising expenses $563,730
  Administrative expenses $1,897,822
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $1,357,162
Beginning Net Assets $5,392,379
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $6,749,584
Total Liabilities $1,622,304
Total Assets $8,371,888

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