80 years of welcome.

Since 1939, LIRS has transformed lives, with the support of people like you, to welcome the most vulnerable to the United States — from sea to shining sea.

From WWII to Vietnam, from Cuba to the Balkans, from Sudan to Afghanistan - learn about our legacy and how you can help us uphold American values of compassion and welcome for another 80 years!
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1939 - Lutheran roots.

LIRS is created in 1939 by the National Lutheran Council. Following the immediate aftermath of WWII, we resettled 30,263 Displaced Persons from Germany and Eastern Europe.
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1975 - Vietnam.

The defeat of South Vietnam by North Vietnam in April of 1975 triggered a flood of refugees from Southeast Asia. Within weeks, LIRS transformed from a four-staffer operation to a crisis response organization with more than 100 staff members. By the end of the year, LIRS had overseen the resettlement of almost 16,000 refugees.
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1993 - Crisis in the Balkans.

In 1993, the first survivors of ethnic cleansing”in Bosnia (formerly Yugoslavia) arrived in the U.S. for resettlement. In 1999, 1,700 ethnic Albanians were forced out of Kosovo into Macedonia and eventually resettled by LIRS.
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Will you consider an anniversary donation?

Your support upholds our 80-year legacy of welcoming the stranger and makes a direct impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in our communities.
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