Financial Information
Current financial documents
| Projected Allocations |
% |
| International Development and Relief |
70 |
| Education and Advocacy |
12.5 |
| Domestic Development and Relief |
9 |
| Administration |
8.6 |
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 members and congregations.
For every dollar given to ELCA World Hunger, 70 cents supports relief of chronic hunger and poverty and development of communities around the world. About 9 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 just over 12 cents, and less than 9 cents goes to administration and fund-raising 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, Lutheran World Relief and the Lutheran World Federation. 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 World Hunger funds are used, or to see how far donations of all sizes can stretch, see "World Hunger stories."