Virginia · Nonprofit
LAZERA MINISTRIES INC
LAZERA MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being NORTHERN VIRGINIA HEALTH FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Lazera Ministries Inc does
Mission
LAZERA provides human-centered outreach advocacy support services and programs for marginalized communities in Northern Virginia with their primary focus on the Mt. Vernon Franconia Districts along Richmond Highway in Fairfax County VA. The LAZERA Ministries Community Health Collective is comprised of three 3 programs that are culturally relevant and incorporate traditional healing practices such as yoga meditation sound therapy and group social enrichment activities to help facilitate a reduction in the number of individuals who experience anxiety depression isolation or suicidal thoughts influenced by their environment socioeconomic status or lived experience as members of marginalized communities. Our four programs are Healing Circles UBUNTU ASA Youth Leadership Program Keeping It Real womens support group and Community Engagement & Survivor Support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Healing Circles is an opportunity for individuals from marginalized communities and their allies to engage in restorative healing practices through the use of meditation and sound therapy with Tibetan singing bowls.
$13,311 spentof which $17,500 as grants31% of program spendingThe UBUNTU ASA Youth Leadership program which stands for I am because we are works with youth and their parents to help reduce their impact and exposure to trauma through participation in cultural enrichment and civic engagement activities summer sports leagues and connection with elders in their community who serve as mentors.
$14,129 spentof which $12,300 as grants33% of program spendingKeeping it Real womens support group allows Black women to engage in discussions related to their health finances and relationships in a safe space without fear of judgment or ridicule.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants35% of program spendingCommunity Engagement and Survivor Support - Creating the change we want to see is how we engage and provide support to those impacted by violence or seeking safe-spaces to enrich and protect the lives of their children. We provide victims of domestic violence with court-accompaniment and victim stabilization resources and engage youth thorough our summer enrichment and mentoring programs
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $42,440.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $18k (−37%).
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 LAZERA MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Yolonda Earl-Thompson
Executive Director
Board chair
Jeanette Philips
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LAZERA MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 3 funders by total. 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAZERA MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LAZERA MINISTRIES INC's revenue fell 55% between 2023 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,142 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAZERA MINISTRIES INC?
- LAZERA MINISTRIES INC (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being NORTHERN VIRGINIA HEALTH FOUNDATION ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAZERA MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,000 in grants to LAZERA MINISTRIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAZERA MINISTRIES INC?
- NORTHERN VIRGINIA HEALTH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAZERA MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2023–2024), 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