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Lazarus House Inc

Lawrence, Massachusetts · EIN 04-2755382 · Housing & Shelter · tax-exempt since 1986

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 76.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Graded against 16,270 housing & shelter nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.13.7 months86
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.74
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.91% from one source18
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.87.1%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.4%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.13not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Mar 2025Form 990$8.55M$8.91M−$352K$10.14M13.772B
Mar 2024Form 990$7.58M$7.63M−$52K$10.49M16.570B
Mar 2023Form 990$8.05M$7.44M$608K$10.54M17.066C
Mar 2022Form 990$10.91M$7.68M$3.23M$9.93M15.573C
Mar 2021Form 990$10.28M$8.55M$1.73M$6.70M9.492C
Mar 2020Form 990$9.15M$9.20M−$49K$4.97M6.5110A
Mar 2019Form 990$8.82M$8.73M$90K$5.02M6.9132B
Mar 2018Form 990$8.22M$8.73M−$514K$4.93M6.8127B
Mar 2017Form 990$7.50M$8.32M−$827K$5.44M7.8123B
Mar 2016Form 990$7.80M$8.43M−$635K$6.27M8.9115A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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