CMM 2025 Annual Report
A Message From Our CEO
DR. CYNTHIA MICKENS ROSS
In 2025, Cynthia Mickens Ministries (CMM) continued its mission to restore hope, empower families, and cultivate pathways to long-term stability for individuals in underserved communities in southern Dallas County. Through programmatic excellence, strategic collaboration, and deep community engagement, CMM confronted the challenges of educational inequity, housing instability, and food insecurity with measurable success.
Our work this year affirms an essential truth: when compassionate intervention meets evidence-based programming, lives are transformed. Children learn, families stabilize, and communities thrive. Yet, our progress also highlights the structura barriers that continue to constrain scalability and sustainability in communities in southern Dallas County. These barriers—economic, systemic, and infrastructural—must be addressed collaboratively to ensure that transformational change becomes generational change.
We remain committed to expanding our impact in 2026 and beyond. With the continued support of partners and stakeholders, CMM will intensify its efforts to strengthen family systems, enhance educational outcomes, and increase access to healthy, sustainable food sources. Together, we are building a community where every child, every mother, and every family can experience safety, growth, possibility, and sustainable success.
2025 Impact Summary
2940
Individuals Served
60
Programs Offered
20
Community Partners
STEAM Learning & Feeding Camp
60 children served
95% maintained or improved academic performance during the summer program
93% increased their knowledge of STEAM concepts and STEAM career pathways
Provided daily access to healthy meals
Shared Housing Program
2 mothers & 4 children received stable housing
100% transitioned successfully to permanent housing and stable employment within 12 months
Restored housing sufficiency and stabilizing family systems.
Community Food Giveaways
900+ families served (over 2,700 individuals)
Consistently provided fresh, healthy foods at no cost
Purchased a commercial refrigerator and
freezer with the help of our funders and partners
Expanded volunteer workforce and community partnerships to increase distribution capacity
The PATH Organic Community Garden and Gathering Place
9,000+ pounds of fresh produce grown and distributed
15+ educational workshops offered on nutrition, gardening, and sustainable agriculture
Increased youth and family engagement through hands-on learning experiences
Programmatic Analysis
Vision and Strategic Goals for 2026
1. Through the year around Path~Way to STEAM Careers for Youth, CMM will increase enrollment in the STEAM Learning & Feeding Camp to address rising absenteeism and gun violence.
2. Raise $25M to expand the Shared Housing Program through our new community development, the PATH at Hutchins, adding 32 units of housing that increase housing availability.
3. Scaling the Food Pantry to reach more families while enhancing access to fresh, nutrient-dense options.
4. Growing the PATH Organic Community Garden footprint and increasing educational and economic programming.
5. Work to secure a small grocery store and health clinic to stabilize and decrease long-term social determinants of health and increase healthy lifestyles and longevity
6. Strengthening data evaluation systems to enhance reporting accuracy, accountability, and impact visualization.
7. Work to secure workforce training and Entrepreneurial Center, providing training, certification, and educational degrees.
Conclusion
Cynthia Mickens Ministries enters 2026 with clarity of purpose, strengthened community trust, and an unwavering commitment to improving the lives of children and families. Our 2025 results demonstrate the profound societal return generated when communities invest in education, housing, and food security. With the right partners, resources, and strategic focus, CMM is well positioned to scale its transformative impact in the years ahead.