2007
Annual Report
(click here)

2008 Facts

Income

	Contracts for Services 72.3%
	Clients 13.2%
	Voluntary Support 14.4%
	Investments & Other 0.1%

Expenses

	Programs 88.0%
	Administration 9.7%
	Fund Raising 2.3%

Funding

LSS funding sources include congregational, contracts for service, client fees, United Ways, grants, individual contributions and bequests.

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Overview

History
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota traces its history to 1865 when a young Swedish pastor named Eric Norelius and his congregation took in four orphaned immigrant children and later opened Vasa Lutheran Home for Children.

Today
LSS is the largest, statewide non-profit social service organization in Minnesota with over 2,200 employees who serve in 300 communities. It is owned by the six Minnesota synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Services include:

• Services for Children and Families
• Services for Seniors
• Services for People with Disabilities

Primary funding sources include ELCA and other church support, contracts for service, client fees, local United Way support, private grants, individual contributions and bequests. The 2009 budget is $90 million.

Executive Mark Peterson President/CEO 651/642-5990 Mark.Peterson@lssmn.org     Jodi Harpstead Executive Vice President/COO 651/642-5990  Jodi.Harpstead@lssmn.org     Joyce Norals Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer 651/642-5990 Joyce.Norals@lssmn.org     Kenneth Borle Vice President/CFO 651/642-5990 Kenneth.Borle@lssmn.org     Ember Reichgott Junge Vice President/Chief Advancement Officer 651/642-5990 Ember.Reichgott.Junge@lssmn.org     Jeri Schoonover Vice President - Community Services 651/642-5990 Jeri.Schoonover@lssmn.org     Rod Brown Vice President - Family Services 541/642-5990 Rod.Brown@lssmn.org

Board Members Kate Mooney, Chair James Vos, Vice Chair Ann M. Peterson, Secretary Jim Renner, Treasurer Rev. Wayne Anderson Susan Haffield Mary Hauck Justin Huenemann Todd Hysjulien Bishop Craig Johnson Artie Miller Joan Wandke Nelson Cathy Norelius David Nycklemoe Allen Rasmussen Teresa Rasmussen Nancy Rystrom Renee Sayles Rev. Mark Skinner Dan Thorson Bishop Harold Usgaard Lori Wall LSS Foundation Board of Trustees Steve Adams Kristin Anderson Joseph Dolan Nathan Dungan Dave Ness David Quello Allen G. Rasmussen, Chair Glenda Schnirring Dayton Soby Barb Swanson Dan Thorson Troy Wenck Tom Woessner Paul Tillquist

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