Crisis Control Ministry

Name

Crisis Control Ministry

Legal name

Crisis Control Ministry, Inc.

Website

https://crisiscontrol.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Emergency Human Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC), Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Emergency Livelihood Support (BPAGAAAJ)

Keywords

• Emergency assistance services
• Food pantry services
• Charitable pharmacy services
• Poverty awareness education
• Nonprofit human services

Headquarters

HQ city

Winston-salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Financial Donations (One-time and Recurring): Donations accepted via credit card, bank account, Venmo (@CrisisControlMinistry), and mail. Recurring monthly gifts can be set up; restricted to specific programs (Turkey Drive, Hope du Jour, Music for Food, Food/Fill the Pantries, Rent/Mortgage, Utility Payments, Wee Care!, Share the Warmth, Holiday Appeal, Share the Love Food Drive, Kernersville Location, Annual Impact Report, Feeding Forsyth, Housing and Utilities, or Greatest Need).
2. Vehicle Donations: Donated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, trucks, watercraft, airplanes) are sold through partner agency CARS (careasy.org) and CCM receives proceeds from the sale to fund services. Donors receive IRS Form 1098-C for tax deduction.
3. Thrifty Finds & Treasures Consignment Sales: Gently used/new donated household items (brand-name purses, jewelry, collectibles, kitchenware, décor, tools, sporting equipment, toys, etc.) are sold through consignment partner Unique Treasures & Collectibles. Consignment sales have generated over $17,000 to the Kernersville office in the past year.
4. Holiday Honor Card Sales: Annual holiday card catalog (8+ designs by local artists) sold for a minimum tax-deductible donation of $5 per card. CCM hand-signs, addresses, stamps, and mails cards; pick-up and ship options also available.
5. Hope du Jour Restaurant Fundraiser: Annual event on the first Tuesday in May (36th annual in 2026) where participating food and beverage establishments donate 10% of their proceeds to CCM. Customers eat out/take out to support the ministry.
6. Cryptocurrency Donations: Processed through trusted partner cryptoforcharity.io; donors select Crisis Control Ministry from dropdown menu to complete crypto donation.
7. Alternative Gifts (Stock, Annuities, IRA Distributions, Donor-Advised Funds, Bequests): CCM accepts stock gifts, annuity gifts, IRA distributions, donor-advised fund grants, and beneficiary benefits from life insurance, wills, and investment funds. Legacy giving recognized through the Ron E. Rice, Sr. Legacy Society.
8. In-Kind Gifts: Food and cleaning supplies for the pantry, personal hygiene items, sealed unexpired medications, vehicle donations, household items for the resale program, and some office supplies accepted at CCM's discretion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

Crisis Control Ministry is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides short-term emergency assistance to residents of Forsyth and Stokes Counties, North Carolina, delivered free of charge to those facing a verifiable crisis. Its core services are (1) Financial Assistance for rent/mortgage, utility, and heating-fuel payments, (2) a Client-Choice Food Pantry that allows clients to select their own groceries (NEFPAT Gold Certified), and (3) a Licensed Free Pharmacy (the first in North Carolina, established 1987) that dispenses free prescription medications to uninsured and underinsured residents. These are delivered from a Winston-Salem headquarters and a Kernersville satellite office, supported by poverty awareness education and a 2,576-volunteer community.

Product overview

Crisis Control Ministry operates as a single, unified nonprofit service organization rather than a software platform-plus-modules architecture. Its portfolio consists of integrated human services and donation programs delivered from facilities in Winston-Salem (Cherry Street) and Kernersville, North Carolina. The core services — Financial Assistance, the NEFPAT Gold-certified Client Choice Food Pantry, and the Licensed Free Pharmacy — are delivered together as an emergency aid package to clients in Forsyth and Stokes Counties. These core services are supported by educational offerings such as the Cooking With Neighbors recipe library and the Poverty Awareness Programs (Poverty Simulation, Living on the Edge, Bridges Out of Poverty), and sustained by revenue and engagement programs including the Thrifty Finds & Treasures Consignment Shop, the Vehicle Donation Program processed via CARS, the Wee Care! Cereal Drive, Holiday Honor Cards, the Gift of the Month membership, and the multi-channel Financial Donation Program (Venmo, credit card, and cryptocurrency through cryptoforcharity.io).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wee Care! Cereal Drive: Annual cereal donation drive supporting Crisis Control Ministry's food assistance programs.
• Hope du Jour
• Thrifty Finds & Treasures
• Client Choice Food Pantry
• Licensed Free Pharmacy

Products and services

• Financial Assistance Program
• Client Choice Food Pantry
• Licensed Free Pharmacy
• Cooking With Neighbors Recipe Library
• Poverty Awareness Programs (Bridges Out of Poverty, Poverty Simulations, Living on the Edge)
• Wee Care! Cereal Drive
• Thrifty Finds & Treasures Consignment Program
• Vehicle Donation Program
• Financial Donation Program
• Holiday Honor Cards

Quantifiable outcome

• 21,680 people served in FY 2025
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, moderate and minor.

• FirespringcoreTechnology or IntegrationCrisis Control Ministry's website and donor/client forms (donation, event registration, volunteer interest, internship applications, mailing list signup) are powered by Firespring's nonprofit website builder platform. Firespring's infrastructure underpins CCM's primary digital presence, donation processing forms, calendar, newsletter archive, and resource library.
• CapDevcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCapDev, which specializes in nonprofit consulting and search services, led the nationwide search for CCM's next Executive Director following Margaret Elliott's retirement announcement. CapDev worked with the special search committee and Board of Directors, ultimately supporting the unanimous selection of Ashley Edwards. A full position description and application instructions are hosted at capdev.com.
• CARS (Careasy.org)moderateChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCARS is CCM's vehicle donation partner agency handling the sale of donated cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, watercraft, and airplanes. Donors call 855.500.7433 or visit careasy.org/nonprofit/Crisis-Control-Ministry to schedule free pickup; CARS issues IRS Form 1098-C for vehicles sold for $500 or more, with sale proceeds funding CCM programs.
• Unique Treasures & CollectiblesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal consignment store partner (505 Nelson St., Kernersville, NC 27284; facebook.com/UniqueTreasuresLLC) that sells gently used or new items donated to CCM's Thrifty Finds & Treasures program. CCM donators drop off items at the Kernersville office; consignment sales have generated $17,000+ for the Kernersville office in the past year.
• Sunnyside MinistriesmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerPersons living in zip codes 27107 and 27127 must first go to Sunnyside Ministries (sunnysideministry.org) for financial assistance before being served by CCM. This formal referral agreement partitions emergency assistance coverage in specific high-need zip codes within Forsyth County.
• Winston-Salem Forsyth County School SystemcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCCM shares Wee Care! Cereal Drive cereal donations with WSFC Schools (in addition to its own food pantries) to support students and food-insecure families. 71 daycare centers, preschools, elementary schools, and other organizations in Forsyth County participate in the annual Wee Care! Cereal Drive.
• Hope du Jour Participating Restaurants and SponsorscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerOn the annual Hope du Jour (first Tuesday in May; 36th annual in 2026), participating food and beverage establishments in the community donate 10% of their proceeds to CCM, supported by event sponsors. The event is a major community-wide fundraiser driving direct donations to CCM's emergency assistance programs.
• Forsyth County Department of Social ServicesmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerCCM shares Wee Care! Cereal Drive cereal donations with the Forsyth County Department of Social Services (in addition to its own food pantries) to support food-insecure households in the community.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Salvation Army: The Salvation Army is a national faith-based nonprofit providing emergency assistance (rent, utilities, food, prescriptions) through local corps/community centers, mirroring CCM's core service model of short-term crisis relief at no cost to clients. CCM operates in the same emergency assistance category with the same funding model (donations, thrift revenue, volunteers).
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC: Regional food bank distributing millions of pounds of food annually to partner agencies in the same service territory (Forsyth and Stokes Counties). Functions as a wholesale food source for CCM's pantries while also running direct distribution programs that compete for donor attention in the same market.
• Sunnyside Ministries: Local Forsyth County, NC faith-rooted ministry to which CCM formally refers clients in zip codes 27107 and 27127 for financial assistance. Operates overlapping emergency assistance services (food, rent, utilities) in the same geographic market with a similar faith-rooted, volunteer-driven model.
• Catholic Charities USA: Catholic Charities agencies nationwide provide emergency rent/utility assistance, food pantries, and prescription help — a direct analog to CCM's three-pillar service model. Faith-rooted, donation-funded, and serving low-income populations with similar intake and case-management workflows.
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul: St. Vincent de Paul operates parish-based conferences delivering emergency rent, utility, food, and prescription assistance to neighbors in crisis, organized by trained volunteers. Highly comparable operating model to CCM, including home visit-based intake and short-term crisis stabilization.

Others

• NC Center for Nonprofits: Statewide membership association providing training, advocacy, and capacity-building to North Carolina nonprofits, including CCM. Sector-supporting rather than directly competing, but confers awards (Nonprofit Sector Stewardship Award in 2026) and connects peer organizations like CCM.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National umbrella network of 200+ food banks distributing billions of pounds of food; provides infrastructure (food sourcing, logistics, grants) that local pantries like CCM rely on. Operates at vastly greater scale but is functionally comparable on the food assistance dimension of CCM's work.

Emerging players

• Dollar Energy Fund: National nonprofit that partners with utility companies and agencies to provide emergency bill payment assistance to low-income households — directly overlapping with CCM's utility bill payment service line. Comparable donor-funded model, but focuses exclusively on utility hardship rather than broader emergency assistance.

Regional players

• United Way of Forsyth County: Regional United Way affiliate that funds and coordinates many of the same emergency assistance agencies in Forsyth County that CCM partners with or competes with for donor dollars. Comparable in mission (anti-poverty) and geographic footprint, though broader in scope (workforce, education, health).
• Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina: Regional Goodwill operating thrift stores, workforce programs, and emergency assistance in the same Forsyth County geography. Comparable in being a nonprofit social enterprise with donated-goods revenue streams (Thrifty Finds is functionally similar to a Goodwill store) and a similar donation-and-grant funding base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/crisiscontrolministry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crisis-control-ministry/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/crisiscontrolministryinc
• Xx.com/CCM_Forsyth

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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