Nonprofit · EIN 27-0222804
LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES
Also known as BRETT SWAYN SOLE MBR
Tax-exempt · NASHVILLE, TN 37203
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,043,656 | $955,288 | $88,368 | $542,129 | $119,591 | $422,538 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $805,976 | $759,231 | $46,745 | $503,345 | $169,175 | $334,170 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $721,809 | $701,229 | $20,580 | $516,259 | $228,834 | $287,425 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $542,073
- Program service revenue
- $501,583
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $62,735
- Other salaries and wages
- $378,743
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $480,159
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $24,550
- Occupancy
- $35,020
- Depreciation
- $19,632
- Program services (functional)
- $903,264
- Management and general (functional)
- $52,024
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $503,345
- Total assets, end of year
- $542,129
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $119,591
- Net assets, end of year
- $422,538
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $400,669
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $343,650
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $78,888
- Gross receipts
- $1,043,656
- Employees
- 17
- Volunteers
- 270
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- TN
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT SWAYN | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $62,735 |
| RANDY GANNON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARKK PETERSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM ROBINSON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN COE | Director Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| CAROLYN COE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STUART BEATON | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH WHITE | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIM GARRETT | President Officer | 5 | $0 |
| LINDA TOZER | Secretary Officer | 10 | $0 |
| RAY DEVRIES | Director Officer | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT SWAYN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 60 | $66,295 |
| TIM GARRETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LINDA TOZER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| STUART BEATON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALEX HARTFELDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAY DEVRIES | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 |
| RANDY GANNON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARK PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JIM ROBINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEPHEN COE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| CAROLYN COE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTIAN MICHAEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT SWAYN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 60 | $54,207 | $6,988 |
| TIM GARRETT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA TOZER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| STUART BEATON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARSHA CROWDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAY DEVRIES | DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDY GANNON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK PETERSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM ROBINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEPHEN COE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLYN COE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL CHRISTIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1827 12TH AVE S, NASHVILLE, TN 37203-5405
- In care of
- % MERARI SWAYN
- Mailing address (990-N for 2011)
- 2080 Stanford Village Dr, Antioch TN 37013
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- TIM GARRETT, 1827 12TH AVENUE SOUTH, NASHVILLE, TN 37203
- Principal officer (990-N for 2011)
- Brett Swayn, 259 Morton Ave, Nashville TN 37211
- Signed the 990
- TIM GARRETT, President
- Website
- www.lambscroft.org
- Return prepared by
- TriStar CPAs PLLC
Mission
TO GLORIFY GOD BY HELPING PEOPLE MOVE FROM HOMELESSNESS AND DESPAIR INTO HOPE AS PART OF CHRIST'S COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING HOUSING, MENTORING, JOB TRAINING, DISCIPLESHIP AND SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.
Program accomplishments
- THE COOKERY CAFE (CULINARY PROGRAM): THIS CULINARY PROGRAM HAD ELEVEN STUDENTS ENROLLED. SEVEN PASSED FOOD HANDLERS TEST. FIVE PASSED MANAGER'S LEVEL SERV SAFE TEST. SEVEN GRADUATED IN 2025. TWENTY-ONE TOTAL MEN WERE TEMPORARILY OR TRANSITIONALLY HOUSED.Expenses $903,264
- FOOD PANTRY: WE HANDED OUT DONATED FOOD ITEMS FROM WHOLE FOODS TO COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN NEED AND THE HOMELESS AT THE CAMPS OR ON THE STREETS. OUTREACH: WE TOOK APPROXIMATELY 6480 SANDWICH MEALS OUT TO THE HOMELESS. WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 3200 SANDWICHES AND/OR MEALS AT THE COOKERY CAFE LOCATION. WE HANDED OUT OVER 400 SUPPLY BAGS, CLOTHING, SHOES, AND SANDWICH MEALS OVER THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASON
- DISCIPLE HOUSES: THREE DISCIPLE HOUSES ARE CURRENTLY OPERATED. BETWEEN THE THREE HOUSES, TEMPORARY OR SEMI-PERMANENT HOUSING FOR 21 MEN WAS PROVIDED IN 2025.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-0222804
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2011
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Religion-related (X20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $542,129
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,043,656
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,043,656 | $955,288 | $542,129 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $805,976 | $759,231 | $503,345 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $721,809 | $701,229 | $516,259 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $664,308 | $598,042 | $542,938 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2011 Officer: Brett Swayn | December 31, 2011 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 27-0222804).
Questions about LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES
- What is the EIN of LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES is 27-0222804.
- Is LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
- Are donations to LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names TIM GARRETT.
- Who are the officers and directors of LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $62,735 (BRETT SWAYN, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does LAMBSCROFT MINISTRIES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,043,656, expenses of $955,288 and total assets of $542,129 at year end.
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