Lambda Phoenix Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860687497
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6026721508
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,875
Expenses
$61,609
Assets
$460,389
Liabilities
$270,061

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cody Zindler (President / Director)
  • Mike Dougall (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Cody Zindler (President / Director)
  • Brett Juris (Director / Building Maintenance Coordinator)
  • Ross Orr (Officer / Trusted Accountant)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lambda was created to Provide a Safe & Comfortable Place for LGBTQ+ individuals to go to 12-Step Meetings. However, Lambda is open to Everyone and there are many non LGBTQ attendees, particularly, a large group of single Mom's living in drug recovery house. We Host over 100 different 12 step meetings a month including, AA, NA, CMA, Gambler's Anonymous, AL-Anon and more. There are no fees or dues required but baskets are passed at meetings for free-will donations to help cover expenses and people also have the option to be a Lambda Member by contributing as little as $5.00 per month which helps the recovering person a feeling of belonging as well as being responsible.

What it reported doing in 2025

Member Contributions decreased $4,000 in 2025 vs 2024 because their were no big one-time donations like there was in 2024. Despite the lack of any big donations, we still had a very successful year with a net operating surplus of $3,266. However, After paying $9,000 in Principal payments we did have a decrease in cash this year of $5,000 but feel blessed we have built up a pretty good reserve fund to cover years like this.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.47; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.