Financial Information

Current Financial Documents

2012 ELCA World Hunger Budget Chart
2010 ELCA World Hunger Expenditures Chart 


ELCA World Hunger receives no money from the general benevolence funds of the ELCA. All income for ELCA World Hunger comes from specially designated offerings and gifts from ELCA congregations and individuals. Thank you.

Projected 2012 Allocations
International Development and Relief		70.48%
Education and Advocacy		11.64%
Domestic Development and Relief		8.08%
Administration, Fund Raising and Communication		8.38%

For every dollar given to ELCA World Hunger, 70.5 cents supports relief of chronic hunger and poverty and development of communities around the world. About 8 cents is spent on relief and development for chronic hunger and poverty in the United States. Efforts to educate ELCA members about hunger issues and advocacy receive 11.6 cents, and a little more than 8 cents goes to administration and fundraising expenses in the Chicago-based office.

A large portion of money raised by ELCA World Hunger supports the core budgets of two key partner organizations, The Lutheran World Federation and Lutheran World Relief. This helps ensure that they can make commitments to long-term projects as well as respond quickly when emergencies occur.

For more information on how ELCA World Hunger funds are used, or to see how far your donations of all sizes can stretch, see "World Hunger stories."