Public Charity

THE CANARY FUND DBA CANARY FOUNDATION

Based in Woodside, CA, THE CANARY FUND DBA CANARY FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.2M in revenue, $2.2M in expenses, $2.5M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 65 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $9.5M.

EIN: 651230251 Woodside, CA Public Foundations NTEE: T30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.2M
Total Expenses$2.2M
Total Assets$2.5M
Grants Given65
Grant Total$9.5M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

Canary Foundation is a public charity exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code in the United States. Canary Foundation of Canada is a Public Foundation registered with the Canada Revenue Agency; Business Number 82906 8550 RROOO1.The Canary Foundation has assembled teams of cancer researchers recognized by their peers as leaders in their disciplines from across multiple institutions and disciplines to attack the problem of early detection in a new, collaborative, action-oriented manner with the foremost objective of translating research into clinical applications. Canary differentiators include: * Dedication to early detection * Leaders in collaborative science * Focused and managed research * Best-in-class talent * 100% of donations goes to researchOne of the first decisions the Science Team made was to choose ovarian cancer as a prototype for creating an early detection blood test to detect trace amounts of proteins called biomarkers pro

Where $100 goes at The Canary Fund DBA Canary Foundation

How The Canary Fund DBA Canary Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$72 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$22 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$18
The goal of the Canary Scientific Programs is to develop blood tests and imaging tests that can together be used to detect lethal cancers at a curable stage
25% of program spending
$18
Canary Ovarian Cancer Program
About 25% (cost not reported)
$18
Canary Lung Cancer Program:Canary is focused on developing diagnostics with high sensitivity and specificity to detect otherwise lethal lung cancers at a stage when they are readily curable
About 25% (cost not reported)

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to The Canary Fund DBA Canary Foundation

Rarely funds new orgs 11% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2023–2025).

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Officers & Directors

Director Dale Jantzen
Founder & CEO Don Listwin
Program Manager Heidi Auman
Director Hilary Valentine
Treasurer Kevin Kennedy
Director Michael Ball

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine
$6,561,218 62 grants
Unspecified
$2,959,467 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.2M $2.2M $2.5M
2024 $1.8M $1.7M $1.9M
2023 $1.9M $1.4M $1.7M
2022 $2.5M $1.4M $1.2M
2020 $2.7M $3.8M $2.6M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.7M to $2.2M (-18%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, GA, MA, MI, PA, TX, and 2 other states.

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