Cynthia Mickens Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460496440
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Hutchins, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8884190957
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $439,300
- Expenses
- $386,009
- Assets
- $1,559,821
- Liabilities
- $43,624
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CYNTHIA MICKENS ROSS (FOUNDER/CEO)
People named in this filing
- CYNTHIA MICKENS ROSS (FOUNDER/CEO)
- DAVID E ROSS III (Director)
- MIYAH MITCHELL (Secretary)
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
Transforming Lives and Communities. Our mission statement reflects CMMs holistic approachaddressing immediate needs while creating pathways for long-term stability, empowerment, and generational impact.Cynthia Mickens Ministries's vision statement: Cynthia Mickens Ministries envisions a thriving, self-sustaining community where individuals and familiesparticularly single mothers, youth, and underserved populations are equipped with the resources, stability, and opportunities needed to live purpose-driven, economically independent lives.
What it reported doing in 2025
CMMs Residential Housing Program for Mothers and Children is a structured shared transitional living initiative designed to stabilize and empower single mothers and their children as they move toward long-term self-sufficiency. The program provides safe, supportive housing within a nurturing, community-centered environment, serving a select cohort of families annually to ensure individualized attention and accountability. Beyond shelter, residents engage in a comprehensive continuum of care that includes case management, workforce readiness, financial literacy, life-skills development, and connection to educational and employment opportunities. With a strong emphasis on dignity, discipline, and personal responsibility, the program consistently yields measurable outcomes, with the majority of participating mothers transitioning to permanent housing and/or stable employment within twelve months. As such, the housing program functions not only as a place of refuge, but as a catalyst for generational transformation aligned with CMMs broader mission to restore hope and strengthen families.A key strength of CMMs facilities maintenance strategy is its partnership with VolunteerNow, which provides court-appointed volunteers with both skilled and general labor experience to support building maintenance, acreage upkeep, and grounds management. In 2025, these volunteers contributed more than 1,389 service hours. Based on Independent Sectors estimated volunteer value of $34.79 per hour, this represents an in-kind financial contribution of approximately $48,323.31 to CMM.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $38.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.04; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $350K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.