The Lazarus Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873667743
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Phone
3016465526
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,280
Expenses
$117,007
Assets
$43,772
Liabilities
$66,870

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Meley Ghirmay (Officer)
  • Arthur J Kparr (Intermin CFO)
  • Christopher Kelly (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help individuals sustain themselves

What it reported doing in 2025

To help individuals sustain themselves by promoting agricultural work and partnering with trade schools, churches and local outreach organizations. (See Statement 5, Schedule O)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 37.5%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -84.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.53; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.4% of revenue deployed · 37.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.