Governance

Our Organization

The LutheranHANDS Foundation is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. As exempt under section 501(c)(3), contributions to LutheranHANDS are deductible under section 170 of the Code and LutheranHANDS is qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code.

LutheranHANDS is governed by a 5-person Board of Directors made up of the two founders and three independent members. No member of the Board of Directors, the Management Team, nor anyone who helps with LutheranHANDS activities receives a salary or any other form of compensation.

Our Performance At-A-Glance

% of Expenses Directly Supporting the Mission

% Mission
% Other

In 2014, 95% of all expenses directly supported the mission. The remaining 5% represents advertising and marketing of our mission trips as well as other miscellaneous expenses in support of LutheranHANDS.

Growth in # of Volunteers

Domestic
International

We continue to support a steady growth in the number of volunteers who travel with us domestically. In 2014, 250 volunteers traveled with us on our domestic mission trips while 15 traveled with us internationally.