Cintas Cares Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922856233
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Mason, OH, USA
Phone
5134591200
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$583,085
Expenses
$147,216
Assets
$3,090,842
Liabilities
$12,553

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAX LANGENKAMP (PRESIDENT)
  • HEATHER LAWSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MAY 2025))
  • ANNA COUTTS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE 2025))

People named in this filing

  • MAX LANGENKAMP (PRESIDENT)
  • D BROCK DENTON (SECRETARY)
  • J MICHAEL HANSEN (TREASURER (RETIRED MAY 2025))

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

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

Overview

Mission

The two primary purposes are to provide emergency assistance to employees of cintas corporation and to make grants primarily to public charities in the communities in which cintas employees and clients live and work.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation provided financial assistance to full-time and part-time cintas partners who have been negatively impacted by qualifying disasters, personal disasters, or personal hardship events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.8%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 74.8%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -166.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.8% of revenue deployed · 67.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.