Lambert Sanctuaries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331199158
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Detroit, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3138714750
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $284,148
- Expenses
- $130,645
- Assets
- $405,294
- Liabilities
- $303,480
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Elvin Jordan (Board Member/ Project Manager)
- Bruce Cann (Board Member)
- Debra Hursey-Lee (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our purpose is to enhance the basic dignity of all humanity through mentoring, education and the arts. As pro-active stewards, we are working to increase awareness of our cultural resources available to the community. We continue to provide residential construction and de-construction skills training as we support a diverse population in our neighborhood in Detroit's North End and surrounding communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 the organization continued to focus on training in the area of skilled trades as it relates to construction, de-construction and remediation of residential property with an emphasis on city code compliance. We have conducted informational sessions, and hands-on training for members of the community interested in learning wet plaster restoration with an emphasis on the value of that skill. The training and workshops included, but not limited to, the recognition of wet plastered walls, the importance of the preparation of the walls and materials used in wet plaster work, and the importance of taking time to properly applying the material and allowing it to set properly. This training included the proper disposal of debris created by the wet plaster process paying attention materials that may be detrimental to health, safety and the environment. Training was coordinated by our project manager and project coordinator with input from the City of Detroit building and safety engineering department.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 52.8%; rating input score 53
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 54%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 52.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.