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Canary Fund

Grantmaking foundation in Woodside, California · EIN 65-1230251

Total giving
$1.8MTax year 2025
Total assets
$2.5MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2025Form 990 / 990-PF

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

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$3.5M2020
$580K2021
$1M2022
$880K2023
$1.3M2024
$1.8M2025

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
University of Washington$700K2022
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical$50K2022
University of Texas Health Ct$40K2022
Urology of Virginia$40K2022
Seattle Inst Biomedical Clinical$37K2022

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list is available with a free account.

Website: canaryfund.com

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Source: IRS Form 990 and 990-PF filings, tax year 2025. Also see this organization on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.