What is the Lutheran Community Foundation (LCF)?

• A pan-Lutheran, faith based community foundation through which donors can create customized perpetual funds to support their favorite charities and causes. Endowment funds for organizations and congregations are also available.
• More than 1000 Thrivent FRs have brought outright and deferred gifts to the LCF. These gifts exceeded $623 million as of 12/31/07.
• More than 5,000 charities across the U.S. are recommended to benefit from charitable funds at the LCF, and $46.6 million has already been granted to charities.
• Donors do not have to be Lutheran, nor do the benefiting charities.

What does the LCF do?

• Our professional staff includes attorneys and accountants who assist FRs and donors in planning gifts and transferring assets to the LCF.
• We provide promotional and educational materials to the field, and prepare customized computer illustrations for presentation to donors. Field News, our quarterly newsletter for Financial Representatives, highlights developments in charitable giving, as does our website for FRs.
• We work with congregations and other organizations to establish and administer endowment funds.

What kinds of gifts can be made to the LCF?

• Cash, real estate, publicly traded securities, mutual funds, closely held stock, personal property, life estates in real property, life insurance, retirement assets and bequests.
• Gifts can be given using lifetime income gifts such as charitable remainder trusts and gift annuities.

What’s in it for Financial Representatives?

• Helping your clients give through the LCF not only simplifies your work, you’re also compensated for your efforts.
• Charitable gifts that come to the LCF through the work of Financial Representatives are invested in Thrivent investment products or American Funds, and you receive the corresponding compensation from those companies. Find out more about compensation for Financial Representatives.

Contacting the LCF

• Located in Thrivent Financial’s corporate center in Minneapolis.
• 625 Fourth Avenue South, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN 55415
• 1-800-365-4172
• Send us your questions electronically

Resources to Support Your Work

• Gift Calculator for Gift Annuities and Trusts
• Customized illustrations (use the request form or call the Foundation)
• Ways to Give booklet
• Fund Workbook: How to Establish Your Charitable Fund
  
• Phone consultations with you, your clients and your clients’ legal and tax advisors.
  
  You may also order these materials online, using our Request Materials form.