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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2027

Graceworks Lutheran Services

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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6430 Inner Mission Way
Dayton, OH, 45459

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

Graceworks Lutheran Services meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"In response to Jesus Christ, Graceworks Lutheran Services helps people experience dignity and wholeness in relationship with God, family and community."

Year, State Incorporated:
1926, OH

Also Known As:
Lutheran Social Services of Mid-America

Graceworks Lutheran Services (Graceworks) provides housing and community–based services for seniors and adults with developmental disabilities. The Graceworks service lines which assist thousands of individuals annually include a Continuing Care Retirement Community, residential and emergency housing for adults with developmental disabilities, and affordable housing for low-income seniors.  Graceworks provides three types of residential housing. Graceworks Housing Services provides federally subsidized HUD 202 housing for seniors or adults with disabilities with limited incomes in 18 apartment communities in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Graceworks Enhanced Living provides residential housing and day programming services for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities in 45 residential group homes in Dayton and Cincinnati, serving Montgomery, Green, Hamilton, and Butler counties. Graceworks Enhanced Living also provides adult day programming for adults with developmental disabilities in Dayton and Cincinnati. Bethany Village, located in Centerville, OH is a 110-acre Continuing Care Retirement Community offering independent living, assisted living, memory support, nursing home care, medical rehab, and in-home skilled nursing and licensed therapies. 

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Graceworks Lutheran Services's program expenses were:

Programs $88,397,642
Total Program Expenses $88,397,642

Chief Executive
Judy Budi, President/CEO

Chair of the Board
Thomas Petrovic, Community Volunteer

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation

Board Size
17

Paid Staff Size
1100

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Appeals via Social Media (Facebook, etc.)

% of Related Contributions on Fundraising: 0.26%

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 Graceworks Lutheran Services's audited financial statements - consolidated for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Operating Revenue $96,431,944
Unrealized Gain on Investments $2,560,506
Interest and Dividends $1,275,918
Gifts $616,774
Gain on Disposal of Capital Assets $594,560
Bequests and Other Deferred Gifts $39,631
Other $20,002
Total Income $101,539,335

Programs: 91% Fundraising: 0% Administrative: 9%

Total Income $101,539,335
Total expenses: $97,130,383
  Program expenses $88,397,642
  Fundraising expenses $253,375
  Administrative expenses $8,479,366
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $4,408,952
Beginning Net Assets $16,628,795
Other Changes In Net Assets $-976,463
Ending Net Assets $20,061,284
Total Liabilities $142,731,510
Total Assets $168,386,225

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