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DAISY FOUNDATION

EIN 91-2009739 ANACORTES, WA

Revenue 2025
$5,099,412
Expenses 2025
$4,630,453

Program services were 58.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E60
Classification
1000
Street
6529 ALMIDA VISTA PL

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Organize and Manage a Nursing Excellence Awards program and to issue various Nursing Research Grants

  • The DAISY Awards are now given to Nurses in over 7,000 Hospitals and Schools of Nursing in 47 Countries around the World. Over 2.1 Million Nurses have been nominated for the DAISY Award by patients and patient Families. The DAISY Award has become a global leader in Nursing reward and recognition.

    Expenses $2,706,858

  • Over $100,000 was issued to Nurses as grants in 2025. These Grants allow nurses to attand Nursing Conferences and participate in Medical Missions to disaster areas around the World.

  • Organize and operate Nursing Awards and recognition programs and support same. This includes the purchase of Award Supplies shipping staffing and travel.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Bonnie Barnes

    Chairperson of the Board

    Total calculated
    $135,000
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $135,000

  • Deborah Zimmermann

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $400,000
    From this org
    $400,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $200,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $400,000

  • Melissa Barnes

    VP Operations

    Total calculated
    $110,000
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,671
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $109,671

  • Tena Barnes Carraher

    VP Marketing

    Total calculated
    $95,000
    From this org
    $95,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $95,363
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $95,363

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,099,412
    Expenses
    $4,630,453
    Contributions
    $886,024
    Grants paid
    $181,410
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,326,707
    Expenses
    $4,174,507
    Contributions
    $258,295
    Grants paid
    $140,877
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,546,392
    Expenses
    $2,967,890
    Contributions
    $5,397,046
    Grants paid
    $92,831
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,733,142
    Expenses
    $3,773,624
    Contributions
    $4,733,142
    Grants paid
    $82,502

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,561,341
    Expenses
    $2,276,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,862,187

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Mark Barnes
Mailing address
21128 21st Avenue WestLynnwood WA 98036
Website
www.daisyfoundation.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.