Cory Nickols Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852920429
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Smyrna, GA, USA
Phone
7142934353
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,083
Expenses
$39,349
Assets
$12,388

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cory Nickols (CEO-Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Cory Nickols (CEO-Executive Director)
  • Bart Shaw (Officer)
  • Tyler Nickols (Officer)

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

CNM Exists to see the broken and oppressed set free healed and restored from addictions, stronghold, and sin that so easily entangles, l which is only found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Exists to teach people what it means to know God personally and equip them to find land fulfill their God given destnies. Exists to show the unending love and mercy of God tangibly through acts of service and kindnessl, disaster relief and lhumanitarian aid efforts worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2025

Encouraging people about the Lord and living a fullfil life.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -40% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 52.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.