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Portico

The Impact of Our Benefits
Portico Benefit Services’ Report to 2025 Synod Assemblies

As the ELCA’s benefit ministry, Portico is dedicated to helping our rostered ministers and church professionals live holistically healthy lives, so they can serve others with confidence and grace. Here is a visual recap of what our community of over 52,000 plan members experienced in 2024.

52,067 Members were served by Portico. 2,998 Text/Virtual Visits to 98point6®, and 699 of these were ELCA-Primary plan members new to our text-based primary care service. 198 Births & Adoptions
$199K of Debt Paid Off by members via LSS of Minnesota Financial Counseling, with over $2.4 million paid off since our partnership started in 2008 $209M Made in Annuity Payments And 515 retirements. 1,199 Sword Health Enrollments and nearly 26K total sessions in their Thrive, Move, and Bloom digital physical therapy and mobility programs.
518 Changes of Call * 10th Consecutive Year Of our Customer Care Center being named a Center of Excellence by Benchmark Portal. 15.17% of Member Income saved for retirement, on average, by members sponsored in the Traditional Benefits Program, thanks to employer and member contributions.*
39 Beginning Disability Benefits ** 16K Members and Employers Invited to Participate in our Benefits reExamined surveys, with more than 4,100 responses. Nearly 10% of our 10K Medicare-Primary Plan Members participated in the SilverSneakers health benefit with an average of 8 visits to a fitness center a month.*

We design our benefits to align with the needs of the church and seek to provide accessible support that enhances and improves everyday living and brings value to those who serve.

*Source: Traditional Benefits Program. All other numbers and percentages are drawn from across Portico’s benefit programs.
**Total as of 2023; 2024 disability claims numbers have not been finalized.

Last modified: 6 May 2025

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