Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
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About Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
Lutheran Family and Children's Services creates measurable change by providing quality services that offer solutions for Missouri's children and their families. We establish and preserve safety by ensuring parents and caregivers have the skills, knowledge, and resources to maintain healthy relationships and promote sustained well-being for children.
Focus Areas
AdoptionBehavioral health / counselingFoster care servicesEarly childhood educationParenting educationPregnancy supportCase managementTraining and consultation
Who They Fund
pregnant womennew mothers (postpartum, up to child's first birthday)infants (0-12 months)families with young children
About Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri directs its grantmaking toward Missouri children and families, with a visible emphasis on pregnancy through a child’s first birthday and on family support that promotes healthy child development. The foundation’s recent record shows repeated multi-year awards to the same service organizations, including Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph Inc and Good Shepherd Children & Family Services, both funded across several years for work tied to pregnancy support and family stability. Its largest recent grant was $1,000,000 to its own foundation arm, Lutheran Family and Children's Services Foundation, for support for families to encourage child development and healthy families. The pattern suggests a funder that uses substantial grants to reinforce direct-service organizations serving women, infants, and young families. Good Shepherd Children & Family Services, Missouri Baptist Children’s Home, and Bringing Families Together all appear multiple times, each tied to either pregnancy-through-first-birthday support or family-strengthening work. Funding is also distributed across several Missouri communities, indicating a statewide service network rather than a single-site effort. Across the recent grants list, the foundation consistently backs organizations providing counseling, case management, parenting support, and early intervention services.
What Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri Funds
A central theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is support for women throughout pregnancy and until a child’s first birthday. That focus appears in awards to Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph Inc, Good Shepherd Children & Family Services, and Missouri Baptist Children’s Home, each funded for that same service window. Another recurring area is child development and healthy family support, shown in grants to Bringing Families Together, Family Forward, and Good Samaritan Boys Ranch for family-strengthening work. The foundation also supports organizations that serve young children and caregivers through practical services. St Joachim and Ann Care Services received grants for family support, while Whole Kids Outreach was funded for the same purpose. In the recent record, Nurses for Newborns also appears as a recipient tied to family support for healthy development. These grants line up with the foundation’s stated emphasis on early intervention, parenting education, and preventive family-strengthening.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3M
Total Assets
$13.3M
Total Revenue
$17.9M
Total Expenses
$18.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $198K and $342K, with a median of $258K.
25th Percentile
$198K
Median
$258K
75th Percentile
$342K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MIKE DUGGAR
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