Donnie Canary Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471272913
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Wauchula, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8638321678
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,447
- Expenses
- $20,575
- Assets
- $71,245
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAUREN CANARY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LAUREN CANARY (PRESIDENT)
- ANDREW PACE (VICE PRESIDE)
- STEVEN SOUTHWELL (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the donnie canary foundation, inc. Is tho enhance the communication, interpersonal, decision-making, and life-long learning skills of hardee county youth. By investing in the community's youth, the foundation will empower them to be significant players in hardee county's local economy and beyond.
What it reported doing in 2025
"team donnie" is this organization's flagship project to carry out its mission statement. The purporse is to focus on the development of high school students in grade 10-12. Students selected for the program will receive direct one-on-one mentoring as well as workshops on money management, interview skills, technology integration, resume writing and business plan develeopment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.46; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.