Gary Cares
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800678108
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Gary, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2187903109
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $136,717
- Expenses
- $115,882
- Assets
- $81,965
- Liabilities
- $341
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WENDY BENNEFELD (President)
- KELLY ENGEN (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- WENDY BENNEFELD (President)
- KELLY ENGEN (Vice President)
- AMANDA THRONSON (Treasurer)
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
Our goal is *To assist where we can. *Lead where we have to. *Make a way where life situations have grid locked the ability of our community to move forward.We will do this by *Honoring our community with efforts to help make it an even better place to live, work and play, while showing respect for all the people of the community. *by working to the goal of our mission by defining needs and working to fulfill them. *Embracing the entire Gary community with compassion for sharing our feeling for he mission.We receive and distribute funds to area school, communities and organizaitons that have community improvement or betterment programs and projects.
What it reported doing in 2025
Class of Activity: Facilitate charitable contributions through annual charity drive by township in Norman County, Minnesota.Grantee's Name: One Fund DriveGrantee's Address: PO Box 66, Gary, MN 56545Grantee's Relationship: NoneAmount Given: Benedictine Living Ada: $645Borup Community Club: $502Flom Community Club: $73Gary Community Club: $1,711Halstad Community Club: $106Twin Valley Community Club: $553Dolly Parton Library: $1,585Fire Department Ada, MN: $1,745Fire Department Borup, MN: $655Fire Department Fertile, MN: $688Fire Department Gary, MN: $7,538Fire Department Halstad, MN: $1,731Fire Department Hendrum, MN: $453.50Fire Department Perley, MN: $500.50Fire Department Shelly, MN: $473Fire Department Twin Valley, MN: $2,080Gary Cares Foundation: $2,035Halstad Living Center: $440Hospice of the RRV: $3,130Laurel Capistran Murphy Fund: $404Norman County Development Activities Center: $1,823Norman County Historical Society: $1,589Norman County Sheriff Canine Unit: $1,994Norman County Victim Assistance: $1,026NW Minnesota Aussie Rescue: $2,856REACH: $621Rescue County EMS: $674Rescue Squad Gary, MN: $7,422Rescue Squad Halstad, MN: $1,165Rescue Squad Hendrum, MN: $407.50Rescue Squad Perley, MN: $455.50Rescue Squad Shelly, MN: $463Rescue Squad Twin Valley, MN: $2,031Shock & Awe: $1,113Twin Valley-Gary Community Fund: $316Western Norman Community Fund: $356TOTAL AMOUNT GIVEN: $51,360
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $108K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.