Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge
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About Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge
Fostering a world of just and welcoming communities.
Focus Areas
Refugee resettlementAsylum and immigration servicesFamily reunificationUnaccompanied children servicesMental health and trauma servicesEconomic empowerment and employmentAdvocacyInternational humanitarian programs
Who They Fund
refugee childrenasylum-seeking childrenfamilies with children (refugee/immigrant families)transitional foster youth / children in foster care
Funding Style
About Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge
A single network of child- and family-serving Lutheran agencies anchors Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge’s recent giving, with one recipient, Bethany Christian Services of Michigan in Grand Rapids, taking the largest awards in back-to-back years and another Bethany grant in 2023. That pattern points to a funder that channels substantial operating support into resettlement, children’s services, and family-based care rather than one-off project grants. The foundation’s portfolio also includes large awards to Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Lutheran Services in America, Lutheran Ministries of Georgia, and Lutheran Services Florida, showing a repeated relationship with established service providers across the country. Its stated focus areas connect refugee resettlement with asylum and immigration services, family reunification, unaccompanied children services, mental health and trauma services, economic empowerment and employment, advocacy, and international humanitarian programs. The recipient taxonomy reinforces that emphasis on refugee and immigrant children, families with children, and transitional foster youth. The foundation also makes program-related investments, adding another tool alongside grants. In the latest filing year on file, its annual grants totaled $505,624,096, indicating a large-scale grantmaker with a national reach and a strong preference for organizations already embedded in direct service delivery.
What Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge Funds
Children and family services sit at the center of the grant portfolio. The foundation gave $17,844,820 in 2025 to Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas for children services, and $12,070,291 in 2025 to Lutheran Services Florida for children services. Those awards sit alongside similar grants in earlier years to the same network, including Lutheran Family Services of the Carolinas and Lutheran Family Services of Rocky Mountains. Refugee resettlement is another recurring lane. In 2025, Lutheran Social Services of Michigan received $8,645,979 for refugee resettlement, following a $7,912,889 grant in 2024 for the same purpose. Asylum services also appear in the recent record: Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest in Phoenix received $5,284,593 in 2025 for asylum services, children and family services, and resettlement and integration services. The portfolio also includes youth and foster-care related work. Chris 180 in Atlanta received $8,697,258 in 2025 for children services, and the foundation’s taxonomy includes transitional foster care and services for refugee and immigrant children.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$202.3M
Total Assets
$111.9M
Total Revenue
$304.3M
Total Expenses
$302.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $189K and $3.4M, with a median of $772K.
25th Percentile
$189K
Median
$772K
75th Percentile
$3.4M
Geographic Reach
National31 states funded
About 6% of grants go to recipients in MI.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KRISH O'MARA VIGNARAJAH
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