Donate
Help us break the cruel cycles of poverty and respond to emergencies.
With your donation, Lutheran World Relief can carry out life-saving and life-changing work that brings sustainable development to some of the most neglected regions of the world. Because we work through local partners, our projects are carried out very efficiently and effectively — we help people help themselves.
If you are able to give, please give. Follow these instructions to make a donation, or explore other ways you can help.
Your gifts, your act of kindness, will change lives.
Online:
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By phone:
800-597-5972
By mail:
Send your donation to:
Lutheran World Relief
PO Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21297-1061 USA
How will my donation be used?
LWR always works with local partner organizations on carefully chosen projects that will reduce poverty and promote dignity, peace and justice in the most sustainable ways. We provide the extra boost that empowers our partners to put plans into action, and we accompany them through the process. Experience and research have proven this method to be the most efficient and effective. Learn more about how we work.
It also means peace of mind for you because you can know that your donation is used prudently on projects that help people help themselves, so that sooner than later, they do not need us at all.
When you choose to make a gift to LWR's General Fund, your gift is used where needed most. If you choose to support another fund, your gifts will be used until the needs there are met. After that, gifts are used where needs are greatest.
Impact & Efficiency
Your support of Lutheran World Relief’s mission and ministry changes lives. Food, water, income, opportunity — those are just a few of the things you extend to your brothers and sisters in need with your gifts.
We strive to be good stewards of those gifts, working to ensure every dollar you give does the most good possible.
Check out the impact of your dollar with Lutheran World Relief:
Other Giving Options
By committing to give monthly, you help us make long-term commitments to help raise up people in desperate need. You also help us cut administrative and overhead costs so that more funds go directly to the projects. Learn more »
Including LWR in your will helps us make an even bigger impact because it allows us to plan for and commit to projects in the long term while minimizing the overhead costs of fundraising. Learn more »
Many companies encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations by offering matching gift programs. Learn more »
The Foods Resource Bank is a non-governmental organization that channels funds from projects of farmers and communities in the U.S. to small-holder farmers overseas. Learn more »
Every year, Lutheran groups and individuals put their hearts and hands into sewing Quilts and assembling Kits of baby, health, school and sewing items, which LWR is able to distribute efficiently and economically. For every $1 you give to the Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund, someone in need receives $8 worth of essential personal items. Learn more »
The Good Samaritan Quilt Plaza in front of LWR’s Baltimore headquarters stands as a testament to many acts of generosity and kindness. What better way to honor someone than to sponsor a brick in his or her name? Learn more »
