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GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION

GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,700 to it, the largest being DAVE DURBANO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$127k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$41k
Net assets
$37k
2/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Golden Bark Foundation does

Mission

To rescue dogs that have been abandoned and/or mistreated. After health has been regained we find forever homes for them.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Vet services. Rescue and care for senior dogs age 7and older. Dogs received from animal shelters, rescuepartners, and owner surrenders.

    $54,898 spent
    64% of program spending
  2. Fundraising gala. Raise funds for programs.

    $18,813 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Dog training and transporting dogs.

    $12,523 spent
    15% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,234.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($12k) Expenses 100 ($7k) Net assets 0 ($0)2023 Revenue 428 ($52k) Expenses 688 ($47k) Net assets 0 ($0)2024 Revenue 853 ($104k) Expenses 1439 ($97k) Net assets 100 ($17k)2025 Revenue 1044 ($127k) Expenses 1588 ($108k) Net assets 215 ($37k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (1044)Expenses (1588)Net assets (215)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $17k to $37k (+115%).

$0
$0
$17k
$37k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’22
$6k
’23
$7k
’24
$20k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Lizeth Schilling

Exec director

Board chair

Nathanial Schilling

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

74% of GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Utah funders.

NY
CA
UT
NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)119% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Utah

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION?
GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION (Utah) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,700 to it, the largest being DAVE DURBANO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $40,700 in grants to GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION?
DAVE DURBANO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GOLDEN BARK FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing