Washington · Nonprofit
GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION
GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,079 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($102,498). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $909k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Golden Retriever Foundation does
Mission
The foundation's mission is to fund health research in areas that significantly impact the golden retriever; to education the public about responsible golden retriever ownership; and to assist rescue organizations in placement of displaced golden retrievers.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Zeke cancer fund: specific to cancer research (osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, and lymphoma)for the golden retriever breed. Grants go through peer review recommendations and pertinence of the study to the golden retriever.
$124,674 spentof which $124,674 as grants21% of program spendingGeneral fund: provides grants for use by rescue organizations where needed most. Additionally, funds are used by grf to supplement other grf funds and cover general operating expenses incurred by grf.
$181,800 spentof which $177,800 as grants31% of program spendingApril fund: helps rescue groups defray veterinary expenses for any purebred golden retriever due to a single, extraordinary treatment or procedure and helps rescue groups with veterinary costs when the rescue group incurs a sudden influx of dogs from puppy mills. The maximum paid per dog grant request is 1,000; maximum paid to any one rescue group during the fiscal year is 10,000.
$124,205 spentof which $105,117 as grants21% of program spendingRescue fund: provides funds for general rescue needs including infrastructure and operating expenses as well as rescue grants. Maximum grant is 15,000. Cotton fund: provides transportation of senior dogs for adoption if no available homes are in the immediate area of rescue. The maximum paid per dog is 250. Rachel page elliott education fund: for advancing and disseminating knowledge that safeguards the health, well-being and overall integrity of the golden retriever breed.
$165,250 spentof which $165,000 as grants28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $595,929.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.5M to $5.2M (+50%).
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.
59% of GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income fell $32k → $17k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GOLDEN RETRIEVER 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 RETRIEVER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 70% · 2019 76% · 2020 40% · 2021 43% · 2022 71% · 2023 65% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $24k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $163k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 310 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 310 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Golden Retriever Club of America · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION?
- GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,079 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($102,498). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $187,079 in grants to GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $102,498 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 14 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