LSS Central Office
14 East Worcester St.,
Suite 300
Worcester, MA 01604
774.243.3900 - phone
Established: 1872
Coverage area: all six New England states
Annual revenue FYE: $66,255,403*
Employees: 1,600 full and part time
* as of year end 6/30/2011
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Heather Feltman
President/CEO
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Jeff Kinney
Board chair
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What we do
Lutheran Social Services is a faith-based human services organization that combines compassionate care with high standards of clinical sophistication and operational excellence to deliver a broad variety of services to children, families, person with developmental disabilities, mental illness and deafness; the economically disadvantaged; refugees; and older adults. We serve people in need, regardless of their background or beliefs. |
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| Giving Opportunities |
LSS offers donors many opportunities to make a positive impact on the lives of the people we serve. Please visit our gift catalog to learn more about how you may designate your gift for vulnerable people whose cause is close to your heart, or give to the area of greatest need. In 2012 LSS’s fundraising goal is $1.6 million to support services that increase the safety and stability of the people in our care; help them to emerge from social isolation and become full participants in their communities; improve mastery of their life choices; and give them meaningful access to the mainstream resources that will enable them to thrive. Donate Now
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| Volunteer Opportunities |
In addition to financial gifts, LSS offers many ways to donate time and talent. We are always looking for energetic, caring individuals and groups to help bolster our client services. You can help plant a garden, read to older adults, assist in a gift shop, transport clients to appointments or teach a teenage mother how to cook. There are countless volunteer opportunities! Visit our Volunteer page to learn how you can get started.
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LSS Financial Highlights - FYE June 30, 2011
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| LSS Financial Highlights - FYE June 30, 2011 |
- Overall expenses were reduced by nearly $2 million during 2011.
- Operating results were enhanced by $1.7 million over last year as a result of strict expense control and improvements in earned revenue.
- In the next five years, LSS strives to move the revenue base of 80/20 (80% of revenue from public funding sources; 20% from private sources, gifts and grants) to 70/30.
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| Strategic Position |
| LSS is a high performing nonprofit organization. LSS is a powerful difference maker and go to resource, driving ourselves to constantly anticipate futures that are different from the past. |
| IRS Form 990 documents and LSS profiles on GuideStar.org |
| Every year, the 1,700 employees of Lutheran Social Services (LSS) serve and care for over 22,000 people in need throughout the six states of New England. Part of the story of how we do this may be seen in the IRS Form 990 documents that we submit to the IRS every year. We have also included a link to the individual LSS profiles on GuideStar.org, a website that connects people and organizations with information on the programs and finances of more than 1.8 million IRS-recognized nonprofits. |
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