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50can Inc

50can is organized for the purpose of improving the quality of public education in the united states of america. It does so through the creation and management of state-based educational advocacy campaigns, fellowships for communicators and change makers, support of educational innovators and entrepreneurs and providing resources and…

$55M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
197
Grants FY2024
190
Organizations funded FY2023
66%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$177,744
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,266,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 190
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$37M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 66% of the organizations 50can Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving197$55M19%
FY2023190$56M66%
FY202286$23M99%
FY20213$142k33%
FY20205$200k100%
FY20196$397k100%
FY20171$30kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$129MYouth Development$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.3MEnvironment$1.2MHuman Services$811kCommunity Improvement$416kPublic Benefit$30kRecreation & Sports$25k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TN
SC
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 262 grantees
All grantees of 50can Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Mind Trust Inc$5,363,600118%
Success Academy Charter Schools - NYC$4,403,60421%
Dream Charter School$4,267,80027%
IDEA Public Schools$3,488,07220%
Riverwalk Education Foundation Inc$3,440,64021%
Friendship Public Charter School Inc$2,915,74121%
Democracy Prep New York Charter Schools$2,777,08531%
Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools$2,114,04533%
Basis Texas Charter Schools Inc$2,098,30622%
Gestalt Community Schools$1,929,50123%
Jubilee Academic Center Inc$1,922,77221%
Kipp NYC Public Charter Schools$1,920,00011%
Classical Charter Schools$1,704,93132%
Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School$1,703,60023%
Challenge Preparatory Charter School$1,673,09432%
Phalen Leadership Academy - Indiana$1,426,29623%
Renaissance Charter School$1,411,15933%
Merrick Academy Queens Public Charter School$1,378,00034%
Grand Concourse Academy Charter School$1,297,40233%
Rocketship Education$1,282,00020%
Compass Rose Education Inc$1,274,72021%
Community Partnership Charter School Education Corporation$1,182,14023%
Village Academies Network Inc$1,154,720313%
Texas Council for International Studies$1,141,396146%
Leaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School$1,071,14532%
Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School$1,032,00032%
New Day Schools Inc Dba Compass Community Schools$1,031,56722%
Afya Baltimore Inc$1,012,00026%
Harmony Public Schools$996,80020%
Capstone Education Group Inc$991,26323%
Icahn Charter School 1$973,20727%
Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc$905,670211%
Global Community Charter School$904,51832%
Success Academy Charter Schools$904,4961n/a
School of Excellence in Education Dba Legacy Traditional Schools-Texas$890,41023%
Access Bronx Charter School$872,46032%
New World Preparatory Charter School$843,58032%
Bronx Community Charter School$834,16032%
Somerset Academy Inc$811,47320%
Harlem Rbi Inc$794,88013%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$772,80011%
Purpose Preparatory Academy Inc$768,48826%
East Harlem Tutorial Program Inc$762,88024%
Promise Academy Inc$759,00028%
Journey Community Schools$753,54322%
Nuasin Next Generation Charter School$744,84231%
Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School$734,80033%
KIPP Texas Inc$732,36820%
Bronx Charter School for the Arts$730,24032%
The South Bronx Early College Academy Charter School$723,36033%
Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School$721,60033%
Family Life Academy Charter Schools$721,44021%
Harriet Tubman Charter School$710,00023%
Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School$702,29033%
Kipp Memphis$699,75421%
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School$692,10732%
Dr Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School$689,92032%
Memphis Business Academy Inc$679,04022%
Pave Academy Charter School$669,83232%
Public Preparatory Network Inc$647,20027%
School in the Square Public Charter School$640,32022%
Storefront Academy Charter School$636,48033%
I3 Academy$626,90022%
Hyde Leadership Charter School Brooklyn$623,13432%
The American Dream Charter School$615,68032%
Inwood Academy for Leadership Charter School$614,96031%
Leep Dual Language Academy Charter School$595,36032%
Great Hearts America-Texas$584,40020%
Baltimore International Academy Inc$577,61923%
Read Foundation Dba Memphis School of Excellence$572,00022%
Growing Up Green Charter Schools$571,14931%
Green Dot Public Schools$570,58410%
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School$566,16011%
Academy of the City Charter School$559,95122%
Bluebird Education Network Inc$559,68022%
Lamad Academy Charter School$551,387311%
Pharos Academy Charter School$536,60022%
Five Smooth Stones Foundation Inc$533,60027%
The Royal School System$526,81725%
George Gervin Youth Center Inc$519,84022%
Beginning With Children Foundation Inc$515,43216%
Memphis Merit Academy Inc$515,20027%
Voice Charter School$511,70032%
Leadership Preparatory Inc Leadership Prerparatory Charter School$507,92024%
Imagine Me Leadership Charter School$503,52033%
TGP Public Schools$502,68823%
Bronx Arts and Science Charter School$501,43932%
University Prep Public Charter Schools$492,02031%
Libertas School of Memphis$490,52023%
Empower Schools of Alabama$488,40027%
Whin Music Community Charter School$486,72523%
Green Street Academy Inc$483,20022%
Central Queens Academy Charter School$471,27031%
Harlem Link Charter School$470,56032%
Center For Applied Science & Technology Network$469,440121%
Baltimore Teacher Network$468,16025%
Public Prep Charter School Academies$466,78911%
New York French American Charter School$464,16033%
Prospect Schools Inc$462,72015%
Project Reflect Inc$458,64024%
Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools Inc$455,01731%
Equality Charter School$448,64031%
Mott Haven Academy Charter School$444,86232%
Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School$444,00021%
Baltimore Montessori Inc$441,60023%
Academic Leadership Charter School$430,02732%
East Baltimore Community School Inc$429,30022%
East End Prep$422,4001n/a
Brooklyn Charter School$419,60034%
Building Impact Inc$416,2501n/a
Uncommon Schools Inc$415,45140%
Legacy College Preparatory Charter School$411,05231%
Staten Island Hebrew Public Charter School$408,480113%
New Heights Academy Charter School$407,63822%
Corporation of the Washington Latin School$404,40021%
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School$403,20011%
Hebrew Public Elyse's New Company$399,6751n/a
Meridian Public Charter School$398,64021%
Amber Charter Schools$397,93931%
Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek$390,96033%
Creo College Preparatory Charter School$388,20032%
Perea Elementary School$386,40023%
La Cima Charter School$371,05033%
Legacy Schools$368,00022%
Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School$364,14732%
Explore Charter Schools of Brooklyn$350,00011%
Rethinkforward Inc$345,38313%
Aurora Collegiate Academy Charter School$344,00023%
The Empowerment Center Inc$333,05024%
Freedom Preparatory Academy Inc$325,88520%
Math Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School East New York$323,74035%
Hellenic Classical Charter Schools - Staten Island$322,89031%
South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts$314,79422%
Circles of Success Learning Academy$307,28025%
Valence College Preparatory Charter School$291,60022%
Emblaze Academy Charter School$286,12023%
The New American Academy Charter School$285,60032%
Digital Pioneers Academy Public Charter School$283,85621%
Promesa Academy Inc$283,84022%
Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School$280,61031%
Braination Inc$276,32012%
Harriet Tubman Charter School$262,4001n/a
Essence Prep Inc$258,12823%
The Urban Dove Inc$258,12632%
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy Public Charter School$255,20021%
Bold Charter School$253,30022%
Unity Preparatory Charter School of Brooklyn$249,58331%
Bridge Preparatory Charter School$249,39331%
Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri$239,92521%
Intrepid College Preparatory School$235,70412%
Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem Inc$233,12023%
Eagle Academy Public Charter School$230,64021%
Creative City Public Charter School Foundation Inc$230,40023%
Democracy Prep Texas$228,00013%
Ascend Learning Inc$224,00011%
Kipp Indianapolis Inc$212,80011%
Nashville Classical Charter School$211,68012%
Camden Education Fund Inc$211,40022%
The Seed School of Maryland$208,25521%
Aeci Charter Schools Network$206,71121%
St Hope Leadership Academy Charter School$206,57531%
Southwest Baltimore Charter School Inc$203,92813%
Frayser Community Schools$201,60011%
Memphis Delta Preparatory Charter School$201,60013%
Kipp DC Public Charter Schools$199,28620%
City Neighbors Foundation Inc$198,72027%
Living Classrooms Foundation$198,67121%
Thurgood Marshall Academy$196,00021%
The Innovation Academy Inc$193,60013%
Beacon College Preparatory Inc$193,60023%
Bridges Public Charter School$193,56421%
Ember Charter School for Mindful Educationinnovation & Transformation$192,00012%
New Song Community Learning Center Inc$192,00024%
Republic Schools Nashville$184,00011%
Aventura Community School$179,20022%
Brilla College Preparatory Charter Schools$172,80010%
Kipp New York Inc$168,00010%
Ingenuity Prep$166,60011%
Harbor Science and Arts Charter School$164,24822%
Two Rivers Public Charter School Inc$161,28020%
Bronx Charter School for Better Learning$160,34411%
Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School$158,74021%
Memphis College Preparatory Elementary School$156,80013%
Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Inc$151,98113%
Lee Montessori Public Charter School$151,49021%
Great Oaks Foundation Inc$149,35221%
Bdc a Public Charter School Inc$147,58621%
Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Art$144,48021%
Lighthouse Community Public Schools$144,00010%
Center City Public Charter Schools$140,80010%
Bronx Global Learning Instit for Girls the Shirley Rodriguez-Remeneski School$136,16012%
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School$133,50011%
John V Lindsay Wildcat Charter School$133,44831%
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School$128,64011%
Explore Schools Inc$128,45013%
Riverton Street Charter School$123,68211%
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science$123,44021%
Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School$123,28012%
Northside Charter High School$121,07221%
Magic City Acceptance Academy Charter Sc$119,60013%
Prelude Preparatory Inc$118,40024%
Ben Yehuda Academy$114,46612%
Mastery Schools of Camden Inc$113,96010%
Herron High School Inc$110,00010%
Social Justice Public Charter School Inc$109,50022%
Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy$108,19211%
Capital Preparatory Schools Inc$106,90412%
Arrow Academy of Excellence$104,74624%
Lead Public Schools Inc$104,08010%
Veritas College Preparatory Leadership Academy$103,20023%
Harmony DC Public Charter Schools$103,04021%
DC Scholars Public Charter School Inc$99,54511%
Believe Memphis Academy Inc$94,02412%
Tennessee Nature Academy$92,64012%
Coney Island Preparatory Public Charter School$90,75010%
Sojourner Truth School$88,96521%
Brooklyn Scholars Charter School$86,86911%
Integration Charter Schools$84,92210%
Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys$84,00011%
Civic Works Inc$80,00010%
The Center for Learner Equity$80,00015%
Wildflower New York Charter School$77,60032%
Washington Global Public Charter School$75,02011%
International Leadership Charter High School$74,20011%
South Bronx Community Charter High School$72,77320%
Kipp Baltimore Inc$71,40010%
Green School of Baltimore Parent Teacher Organization Inc$70,4001n/a
Great Oaks Kathleen Sherry Charter School$70,00011%
San Antonio Preparatory Charter School$68,26412%
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School$68,09710%
Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School$66,22020%
Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public Charter School$66,00011%
Family Life Academy Charter School$64,3901n/a
Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School$64,00012%
Summit Academy Charter School$62,60011%
Capital Village Public Charter School$58,85021%
The Maya Angelou Public Charter School$57,96010%
Foundation for the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women$57,60021%
Crosstown High School Inc$56,00011%
Relay Graduate School of Education$53,51010%
Advanced Learning Academy Ptsa$52,8001n/a
I Dream Public Charter School$50,8851n/a
Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science$50,60010%
District of Columbia International School$50,05010%
Parents for Great Camden Schools$49,0682n/a
Circle City Preparatory Inc$45,60011%
Roots Public Charter School$41,83112%
Freedom Prep Charter School$40,00010%
Hawaii Education Institute$38,000159%
Vertex Partnership Academies Inc$37,73021%
Richmond Preparatory Christian Academy$32,4001n/a
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy$32,00011%
50can Action Fund Inc$30,15611%
Kipp Cooper Norcross Inc a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation$30,00010%
Math Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School$28,00010%
Valor Education Foundation$27,60011%
New York City Charter School of the Arts$27,00010%
University of Texas at San Antonio$25,4191n/a
Girls Global Academy Public Charter School$21,02110%
One Camden Inc$10,00013%
New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning$8,00210%
Be Curious$5,1841n/a

Where it is load-bearing

50can Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Mind Trust Inc: $5,363,600 over 1y, 18% of budgetSuccess Academy Charter Schools - NYC: $4,403,604 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDream Charter School: $4,267,800 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $3,488,072 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRiverwalk Education Foundation Inc: $3,440,640 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFriendship Public Charter School Inc: $2,915,741 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDemocracy Prep New York Charter Schools: $2,777,085 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetOur World Neighborhood Charter Schools: $2,114,045 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBasis Texas Charter Schools Inc: $2,098,306 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGestalt Community Schools: $1,929,501 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJubilee Academic Center Inc: $1,922,772 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetKipp NYC Public Charter Schools: $1,920,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetClassical Charter Schools: $1,704,931 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Promise Academy Charter School: $1,703,600 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetChallenge Preparatory Charter School: $1,673,094 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPhalen Leadership Academy - Indiana: $1,426,296 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetRenaissance Charter School: $1,411,159 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMerrick Academy Queens Public Charter School: $1,378,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetGrand Concourse Academy Charter School: $1,297,402 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetRocketship Education: $1,282,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCompass Rose Education Inc: $1,274,720 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Partnership Charter School Education Corporation: $1,182,140 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetVillage Academies Network Inc: $1,154,720 over 3y, 13% of budgetTexas Council for International Studies: $1,141,396 over 1y, 46% of budgetLeaders in Our Neighborhood Charter School: $1,071,145 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School: $1,032,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNew Day Schools Inc Dba Compass Community Schools: $1,031,567 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetAfya Baltimore Inc: $1,012,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetHarmony Public Schools: $996,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCapstone Education Group Inc: $991,263 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetIcahn Charter School 1: $973,207 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetBaltimore Curriculum Project Inc: $905,670 over 2y, 11% of budgetGlobal Community Charter School: $904,518 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSchool of Excellence in Education Dba Legacy Traditional Schools-Texas: $890,410 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetAccess Bronx Charter School: $872,460 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNew World Preparatory Charter School: $843,580 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBronx Community Charter School: $834,160 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSomerset Academy Inc: $811,473 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Rbi Inc: $794,880 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $772,800 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPurpose Preparatory Academy Inc: $768,488 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetEast Harlem Tutorial Program Inc: $762,880 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetPromise Academy Inc: $759,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetJourney Community Schools: $753,543 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNuasin Next Generation Charter School: $744,842 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCardinal McCloskey Community Charter School: $734,800 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetKIPP Texas Inc: $732,368 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBronx Charter School for the Arts: $730,240 over 3y, 2.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth FundCO108.8× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · New York City Center for Charter School Excellence · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Education Forward DC · New Schools Fund · Cityschools Collaborative · San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · City Fund · Robin Hood Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Black Latinx Asian Charter Collaborative

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About 50can Inc

How much does 50can Inc give?
50can Inc reported 197 grants totaling $54,990,215 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 190 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does 50can Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (96%), Youth Development (1%), Philanthropy (1%).
Who are 50can Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Mind Trust Inc ($5.4M), Success Academy Charter Schools - NYC ($4.4M), Dream Charter School ($4.3M).
Does 50can Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 66% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as 50can Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund, New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, Walton Family Foundation Inc.
Where is 50can Inc based?
50can Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 264 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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