2006
Annual Report
(click here)

2006 Facts

Income

	Contracts for Services 70.6%
	Clients 14.3%
	Voluntary Support 13.6%
	Investments & Other 1.5%

Expenses

	Programs 87.4%
	Administration 9.9%
	Fund Raising 2.5%

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 agency 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 are divided into four divisions:

• Services for Children and Youth
• Services for Families and Adults
• 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 2008 budget is $75.2 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

Board Members Kate Mooney, Chair James Vos, Vice Chair Ann M. Peterson, Secretary Jim Renner, Treasurer Rev. Wayne Anderson Charlene Dickerson Susan Haffield Mary Hauck Rev. Patricia Hinkie Todd Hysjulien Bishop Craig Johnson Joan Wandke Nelson Cathy Norelius David Nycklemoe Rev. Cherian Puthiyottil Allen Rasmussen Teresa Rasmussen Nancy Rystrom Renee Sayles Tim Schmidt Rev. Mark Skinner Bishop E. Peter Strommen Dan Thorson LSS Foundation Board of Trustees Nathan Dungan Gordon Eid Harry Forse Lee A. Henderson Tom Hirsch Jan Michaletz Dave Ness Allen G. Rasmussen (chairperson) Kris L. Sanda Glenda Schnirring Dayton Soby Barb Swanson Dan Thorson Paul Tillquist

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