Cords for Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990442130
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Whitefish, MT, USA
Phone
3606312767
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,745
Expenses
$24,728
Assets
$24,883

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LANDRY THORNBERRY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LANDRY THORNBERRY (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBYN CHRISTENSON (SECRETARY/TR)
  • BRANDY THORNBERRY (VICE PRESIDE)

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

To provide residential homeowners with low or no cost tree thinning, for fire mitigation, and to distribute the firewood to those in need. To work and cooperate with other citizens and organizations or groups interested in the same or similar purposes. To conduct fund-raising projects and otherwise solicit and receive donations and funds for the accomplishment of its exempt purposes.to promote, encourage, conduct and operate such other charitable, educational, civic and social purposes as the members of this corporation may from time to time deem fit and proper.

What it reported doing in 2025

The work will be provided throughout the greater flathead valley of Montana. The work will initially be provided by volunteers until funds permit hiring competent staff. The activities will be funded through a combinations of donors and grantors. In 2025, we provided fire mitigation services for multiple acres of land. We were able to meet requests for firewood from many of those seeking our assistance, including single moms and veterans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.