Public Charity

DAISY FOUNDATION

Based in ANACORTES, WA, DAISY FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $5.1M in revenue, $4.6M in expenses, $6.0M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 20 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $261K.

EIN: 912009739 ANACORTES, WA Health Support NTEE: E60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.1M
Total Expenses$4.6M
Total Assets$6.0M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$261K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The DAISY Foundations mission is entirely as an advocate for excellence in Nursing and Midwifery. The Foundation runs a Nursing Awards Program that is used in over 5,700 Hospitals Medical Facilities and Schools of Nursing around the World to recognize and reward Nurses who provide excellence in Patient Care. Additionally the Foundation provides various Nursing Research Grants to individual Nurses and Hospitals.

Where $100 goes at Daisy Foundation

How Daisy Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$34 Programs the work itself
$66 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $34 for programs

$12
The DAISY Awards are now given to Nurses in over 7,000 Hospitals and Schools of Nursing in 47 Countries around the World
34% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 7,000 schools of nursing
$11
Over $100,000 was issued to Nurses as grants in 2025
About 33% (cost not reported)
$11
Organize and operate Nursing Awards and recognition programs and support same
About 33% (cost not reported)
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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.

Officers & Directors

Chairperson of the Board Bonnie Barnes
CEO Deborah Zimmermann
VP Operations Melissa Barnes
VP Marketing Tena Barnes Carraher

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$227,858 17 grants
Health & Medicine
$27,785 2 grants
Education
$5,120 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.1M $4.6M $6.0M
2024 $4.3M $4.2M $5.6M
2023 $3.5M $3.0M $5.4M
2022 $4.7M $3.8M $4.8M
2021 $2.6M $2.3M $3.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.6M to $5.1M (+99%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.0M.

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

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