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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-1524572

Cordingley Foundation

A private foundation in Helena, MT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $41,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Tom Lisa Cordingley
428 S Cooke
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 594-2295
[email protected]
Form and materials
Letter
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $523,976

  • Tax year 2024

    $45,350

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $522,192

  • Tax year 2023

    $47,250

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $561,428

  • Tax year 2022

    $39,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $585,503

  • Tax year 2021

    $43,400

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $609,250

  • Tax year 2020

    $42,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $634,788

  • Tax year 2019

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $660,174

  • Tax year 2018

    $31,250

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $691,002

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Helena Education FoundationHelena, MT

    General Support

    $15,000
  2. Grandstreet TheatreHelena, MT

    General Support

    $10,000
  3. Univ Of MT School of JournalismMissoula, MT

    Scholarship

    $5,500
  4. Individual

    General Support

    $5,000
  5. Univ of MT Davidson Honors CollegeMissoula, MT

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  6. Individual

    General Support

    $2,000
  7. Individual

    General Support

    $1,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana4 grants $32,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Lisa S CordingleyDirector Hours 1Pay $1,500
  • Thomas K CordingleyDirector Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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