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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$908,708
Total expenses
$712,288
Contributions and grants received
$534,839
Grants paid
$572,591
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$368,695
Other revenue
$5,174
Total assets, end of year
$7,072,818
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,972,611
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$595,929
Management and general expenses
$92,852
Fundraising expenses
$23,507
Program service expenses (Part III)
$595,929

Program services were 83.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $534,839

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,010

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $293,954 · related or exempt $293,954

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $391,579

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $316,838

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $74,741

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $74,741 · related or exempt $74,741

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,338

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $7,164

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $5,174

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $572,591 · program services $572,591

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $891 · management and general $891

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,410 · management and general $26,410

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,153 · management and general $5,658 · fundraising $5,495

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,190 · management and general $9,849 · fundraising $341

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,440 · fundraising $11,440

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,667 · management and general $2,667

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,858 · management and general $1,858

  • 24a · Other expenses: INV FEE EXP - WO DONOR RE

    total $38,203 · management and general $38,203

  • 24b · Other expenses: MULTIPLE GRANTS < 5,000

    total $23,338 · program services $23,338

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $7,085 · management and general $7,085

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $6,242 · management and general $11 · fundraising $6,231

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $220 · management and general $220

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,158,749 · end of year $1,210,317

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $178 · end of year $178

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,348 · end of year $12,041

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,000

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,667

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,000 · end of year $1,333

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,286,399 · end of year $5,848,949

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,201 · end of year $100,207

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,812,272 · end of year $5,529,177

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,599,201 · end of year $1,443,434

Mission and programs · 2025

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.

  • 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.

    Expenses $124,674 · Grants $124,674

  • 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.

    Expenses $181,800 · Grants $177,800

  • 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. THE MAXIMUM PAID PER DOG GRANT REQUEST IS 1,000; MAXIMUM PAID TO ANY ONE RESCUE GROUP DURING THE FISCAL YEAR IS 10,000.

    Expenses $124,205 · Grants $105,117

  • RESCUE 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.

    Expenses $165,250 · Grants $165,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christine Miele

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.5

  • Roger Fuller

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Christen Richter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Linda Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Chuck Wheeler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602519349300740

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