Cheryl Lankford Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201241073
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
State Line, MS, USA
Phone
6014104250
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,232
Expenses
$48,435
Assets
$322,891
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROLYN SNOWE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL L LANKFORD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CAROLYN SNOWE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL L LANKFORD (PRESIDENT)
  • RHONDA L BEASLEY (SECTREAS)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Christian ministries

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.3%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.67; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.