Children's Medical Ministries (CMM) 
The information in this column was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 10/25/2021. To update the information in this column, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
Summary
CMM serves indigent and impoverished children and their families internationally. CMM assists ministries who provide for children who are hungry, sick, disabled, and require education to learn skills that will provide work opportunities and promote self sufficiency.
CMM was founded by Bill and Erma Collins in 1988. The organization is administered by a dedicated all-volunteer group of board of directors. This group is made up of health care workers, educators and students who are committed to continuing the good work that began over thirty years ago.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Children's Medical Ministries (CMM)
PO Box 866
Quincy, IL 62306
Website: www.childmed.org
Phone: 618-267-3282
Email: childmedHIS@gmail.com
Organization details
EIN: 541434743
CEO/President: Alvin W. Miller
Chairman: Julie Gordon
Board size: 5
Founder: Mr. Bill Collins
Ruling year: 1989
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 03/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Children's Medical Ministries ("CMM") Children's Medical Ministries (CMM) is a compassionate humanitarian service organization that has over 700 volunteer health care professionals committed to serving the indigent and oppressed children and their families in the National Capital/Baltimore areas, seven states, and in more than 30 overseas countries.
CMM provides food, shelter, clothes, medicine, wheelchairs, and prosthesis and healthcare programs.
CMM was founded by Col. Bill Collins and his wife, Erma, in 1988 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, all volunteer ministry. CMM is a tax-exempt organization and contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Mission statement
Children's Medical Ministries (CMM) is a nonprofit corporation as defined by IRC 501(c)3 commissioned exclusively for charitable and religious purposes. CMM is a Christ-centered ministry whose goal is to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to children and their families world-wide.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Relief and Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 691 of 1022 | 55 of 85 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 92 of 1024 | 7 of 85 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 952 of 1024 | 85 of 85 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 797 of 1022 | 62 of 85 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 6% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 6% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 85% | 68% | 85% | 94% | 96% | 99% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 95% | 92% | 101% | 108% | 90% | 106% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 63% | 86% | 101% | 86% | 105% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 5% | 8% | -1% | -8% | 10% | -6% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 12% | 21% | -4% | -45% | 34% | -44% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 7% | 31% | 15% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.62 | 0.53 | 3.80 | 6.39 | 2.87 | 7.54 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.25 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.36 | 0.53 | 3.80 | 6.39 | 2.87 | 7.54 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 8.90 | 1.26 | 24.85 | 206.66 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.10 | 0.79 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.15 | 4.71 | 3.03 | 1.87 | 4.17 | 1.59 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 12% | 79% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 51% | 39% | 25% | 16% | 35% | 13% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Cash | $11,635 | $90,539 | $90,489 | $233,137 | $152,072 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $416,619 | $0 | $440 | $2,800 | $16,085 |
| Short-term investments | $102,050 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $530,304 | $90,539 | $90,929 | $235,937 | $168,157 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total assets | $530,304 | $90,539 | $90,929 | $235,937 | $168,157 |
| Liabilities | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $10,048 | $3,644 | $440 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current liabilities | $410,110 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $420,158 | $3,644 | $440 | $0 | $0 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $420,158 | $3,644 | $440 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Without donor restrictions | $110,146 | $86,895 | $90,489 | $235,937 | $168,157 |
| With donor restrictions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $110,146 | $86,895 | $90,489 | $235,937 | $168,157 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Total contributions | $301,631 | $340,722 | $540,059 | $757,644 | $1,194,174 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $2,050 | $0 | $6 | $0 | $13 |
| Other revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total other revenue | $2,050 | $0 | $6 | $0 | $13 |
| Total revenue | $303,681 | $340,722 | $540,065 | $757,644 | $1,194,187 |
| Expenses | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Program services | $191,384 | $293,855 | $544,531 | $647,972 | $1,249,910 |
| Management and general | $87,204 | $50,461 | $36,300 | $30,292 | $18,540 |
| Fundraising | $1,842 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $280,430 | $344,316 | $580,831 | $678,264 | $1,268,450 |
| Change in net assets | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $23,251 | ($3,594) | ($40,766) | $79,380 | ($74,263) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $23,251 | ($3,594) | ($40,766) | $79,380 | ($74,263) |
Compensation
Compensation data for this ministry has not been collected.
Response from ministry
Comments from Col. Bill Collins, the Founder of Children's Medical Ministries:
Erma and I are quite often asked the question, "How does CMM do all of the projects and activities without fulltime paid staff?" The answer is obvious ... our daily co-laborers work for the Lord! The paychecks are nil but the benefit package is "out of this world." I Timothy 6:18-19
Her are a few examples of commitment and dedication regarding our Share Partners:
Mary Tieken
She cancelled by-pass surgery to go on an Amazon mission trip. She does everything from public speaking and grant writing to wheelchair collection and distribution.
Alvin Miller
He has a willing heart and servant's hands and does any task that is asked of him.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 10/25/2021. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
CMM was founded by Col. Bill and Erma Collins in 1988, as a nonprofit, nondenominational, all volunteer ministry predicated on the following concepts:
- The essence of compassion is helping others become self-reliant.
- When God opens a door, go through it.
- Every child has a right to know they are loved.
- It shouldn't hurt to be a child.
- Planning and programs are in pursuit of restoring human dignity for the disabled.