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Filing year 2023

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC

Baltimore, Maryland·EIN 13-2574963·NTEE Q330 · International, Foreign Affairs & National Security·3
Total revenue
$72.1M
Total assets
$124.2M
Total expenses
$56.3M
Reported officers
33
Mission

AFFIRMING GOD'S LOVE FOR ALL PEOPLE, WE WORK WITH LUTHERANS AND PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO END POVERTY, INJUSTICE AND HUMAN SUFFERING. Lutheran World Relief, Inc. is a subsidiary of Corus International. As such this 990 should be read in conjunction with that of the parent entity.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 18 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

President and CEO
$52k
$58k
Vice President of Global Operations
vice president
$47k
$52k
General Counsel and Vice President of Compliance
vice president
$45k
$50k
Executive Vice President
executive vice president
$41k
$46k
Chief of Party, Haiti Program
highest compensated employee
$39k
$43k
Managing Director
highest compensated employee
$39k
$43k
Managing Director
highest compensated employee
$38k
$41k
Executive Director, Ground Up Investing
$37k
$41k
Sr Tech, Infectious Diseases
highest compensated employee
$34k
$37k
Chief People and Culture Officer
key employee
$33k
$36k
Chief Operating Officer
$33k
$36k
Chief of Staff
key employee
$31k
$35k
Vice President of Global Operations
vice president
$30k
$33k
Senior Technical Director
highest compensated employee
$26k
$29k
Senior Vice President Finance and Administration
senior vice president
$16k
$17k
$11k
$12k
Managing Director
former officer/director/trustee
$9k
$10k
Chief Information Officer
chief information officer
$9k
$10k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in International, Foreign Affairs & National Security

Down 65%
from 2022

From $150k in 2022 to $52k in 2023.

$150k
2022
$52k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 66% in real terms$171k to $58k

Estimated with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$61.4M
$50M
2022
$72.1M
$56.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What International, Foreign Affairs & National Security executives earn

Comparable international, foreign affairs & national security organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $67,756.

25th percentile
$30k
Median
$67,756
75th percentile
$133k
90th percentile
$257k

These are international, foreign affairs & national security sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 916 organizations across 916 filings (2021 – 2023).

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