Georgia · Nonprofit
Lazarus Ministries
Lazarus Ministries (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,421 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($24,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $209k
What Lazarus Ministries does
Mission
Meeting relational and physical needs of the homeless.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Outdoor events / health and wellness services - we had four events that had expenses this fiscal year: our christmas dinner, super bowl party, health day, and 25th anniversary celebration. At our christmas dinner, 233 guests and volunteers celebrated the holiday season eating a festive meal and singing christmas carols together. At our super bowl party, 209 guests and volunteers ate chili and watched the big game together. At our health day, 602 guests and volunteers attended as we provided free medical check-ups, vision and dental screenings, foot care, and other resources. Through this coordinated effort among our volunteers and other medical & ministry partners, our guests from the homeless community received important medical attention and care to help meet their needs. Our 25th anniversary event was held in fy25 (november 2025), but there were some pre-event expenses.
$52,280 spent44% of program spendingWeekly street ministry/direct client assistance - volunteer teams in atlanta take drinks and a desire to connect with homeless on the street to build relationships, meet immediate needs, and refer those that want help to long term programs to our service provider partners. The organization also provides assistance to the needy by providing clothing, food, and financial assistance for rent, transportation, medical costs, and other expenses.
$35,802 spentof which $4,271 as grants30% of program spendingDc ministry - our lazarus services in the washington dc area during this fiscal year include the following: a super bowl party in feb. 2025 with friends experiencing homelessness where food and drinks were provided during the game; resume workshops to assist with resumes and job applications, and continued care for under resourced neighbors through purchasing and delivering needed groceries, supplies, and water. Finally, there was also a new dc health fair event in october 2025 that provided valuable health resources.
$26,782 spentof which $1,835 as grants22% of program spendingJob training / education - lazarus trains volunteers through our engaging homelessness class, and provides job training and life skills education directly to members of the homeless population. These classes equip volunteers to better connect with marginalized neighbors in their community.
$5,078 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $119,942.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $148k to $219k (+48%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of Lazarus Ministries’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
John Winkle
Executive director
Board chair
Zakiya Mims
Board chair / board member
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $11k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Lazarus Ministries’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Lazarus Ministries leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Lazarus Ministries.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 74% · 2019 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Lazarus Ministries's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Lazarus Ministries runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Lazarus Ministries
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lazarus Ministries: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Lazarus Ministries?
- Lazarus Ministries (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,421 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($24,001). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lazarus Ministries have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $36,421 in grants to Lazarus Ministries, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lazarus Ministries?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $24,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lazarus Ministries find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing