Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 1997.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
5 people listed on the 990.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Programs and updates
Golden Retriever Foundation is a health care nonprofit based in Sammamish, WA.
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April 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.
General 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.
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.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.6M | $1.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.6M | $5.3M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5K | $4K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.2M | $6.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $102K | $50K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $5.1M | $6.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $116K | $116K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $26K | $26K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $15K | $15K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $14K | $14K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $12K | $12K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $1 | $1 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $1K | $1K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $101K | $47K | $55K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3K | $3K | $220 | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $292K | $165K | $126K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 22, 2025 | $1.4M | $292K | $1.1M | $6.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Oct 14, 2024 | $988K | $868K | $120K | $5.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 24, 2024 | $1.7M | $358K | $1.4M | $4.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 3, 2023 | $249K | $681K | −$432K | $3.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jan 26, 2022 | $365K | $568K | −$203K | $4.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 31, 2021 | $2.4M | $745K | $1.6M | $3.8M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,393,484 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,393,484 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $291,610 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $6,461,674 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,411,473 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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