Herbalists Without Borders Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465479437
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Deerfield, WI, USA
Phone
6085611437
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,246
Expenses
$57,772
Assets
$51,289

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENISE CUSACK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHERI KURDAKUL (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DENISE CUSACK (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHERI KURDAKUL (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • AMY NICHOLSON (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)

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

Herbalists without borders mission is to create educational, advocacy, and grassroots model projects to empower and support community-based chapters in filling the gaps in health justice globally. We envision a global community where all people have access to affordable natural and botanical health and wellness.

What it reported doing in 2025

Us donation network - the herbalists without borders us donation distribution network acts as a consolidation hub that collects herbs and herbal supplies to then equitably distribute among our active hwb groups (chapters clinics and projects) to serve their local communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.3%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 6

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 70.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.3% of revenue deployed · 5.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.