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Canary Foundation

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Stopping cancer early - The best possible investment

Canary Foundation is the world's first non-profit organization dedicated solely to the funding, discovery, and development of tests for early cancer detection. Canary Foundation was founded in 2004 by Don Listwin, a successful high-technology executive who lost his mother to misdiagnosed ovarian cancer. Driven by an engineering mindset, Don was determined to understand the cause of such a grievous misdiagnosis. Today, the Canary Research Teams continue to drive scientific progress through blood and imaging biomarker discovery, with the ultimate goal of translating these technologies into diagnostics tests for the early detection of cancer.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

59.32Overall score
out of 100

48.69Financial score
out of 100

74.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,745,404

Total expenses · USD$2,907,402

Program expenses

$1,950,866.74 recorded amount

67.1%

Fundraising expenses

$712,313.49 recorded amount

24.5%

Administrative expenses

$238,406.96 recorded amount

8.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.40 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Don Listwin
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Canary Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	74.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Canary Foundation is the world's first non-profit organization dedicated solely to the funding, discovery, and development of tests for early cancer detection. Canary Foundation was founded in 2004 by Don Listwin, a successful high-technology executive who lost his mother to misdiagnosed ovarian cancer. Driven by an engineering mindset, Don was determined to understand the cause of such a grievous misdiagnosis. Today, the Canary Research Teams continue to drive scientific progress through blood and imaging biomarker discovery, with the ultimate goal of translating these technologies into diagnostics tests for the early detection of cancer.
`ein` EIN	65-1230251
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2907402.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.08199999999999999
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.4
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.245
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6709999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	48.69
`leader` Recorded leader	Don Listwin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Stopping cancer early - The best possible investment
`name` Charity name	Canary Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2745404.0
`score` Overall score	59.32
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Medical Research
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1950866.7419999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	712313.49
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	238406.96399999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 65-1230251
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Medical Research
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.