Lazarus House is a community-based nonprofit in Lawrence, MA, serving 2,000 individuals and families each week who are facing the challenges of homelessness and food insecurity.
The Impact We Make Together
The individuals and families we serve are our Guests and treated with the utmost in dignity and respect. We believe that every Guest deserves access to the tools needed to move forward on a path toward stability and self-sufficiency.
Our Community
We operate in the gateway city of Lawrence, where almost 90,000 people live in less than seven square miles. In 2025, 40% of households in this region faced food insecurity and 45% of Lawrencians received SNAP benefits. Additionally, with rapidly rising rents, these community members earning an average of $49,000 a year can no longer afford a typical apartment.
By the Numbers
In 2025, dozens of Guests were provided a place to stay in our Shelter and longer-term Transitional Housing, 13 seasonal emergency response nights were held due to extreme weather conditions, more than 70,000 meals were served in the Soup Kitchen, and nearly 85,000 bags of supplemental groceries were distributed at the Food Pantry.
Our supporters
Because of the abundant generosity of our individual donors, partners, volunteers, foundations, schools and faith organizations, Lazarus House can meet each individual who walks through our doors exactly where they are, and with dignity and respect.
News
Flores’ Story
Flores* faced homelessness not once, but twice. But that is just the beginning of her story.
Impact in Action Summer ’26 Update
We invite you to read on and see just a few of the stories behind our shared work
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