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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.

$55M
Granted FY2024still arriving
197
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$2.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 197 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $461k
  • $50k–250k118 grants · $16M
  • $250k+65 grants · $38M
$177,744
Median grant
11
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$2,266,000
KIPP NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,920,000
SUCCESS ACADEMY$1,744,577
RIVERWALK EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)$1,722,240
FRIENDSHIP PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL$1,707,200
BASIS SAN ANTONIO$1,209,640
TEXAS COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (OLD)$1,141,396
JUBILEE ACADEMIC CENTER INC$1,116,800
OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOLS 2$950,000
GESTALT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS$932,957
DEMOCRACY PREP - BRONX PREP CHARTER SCHOOL$920,000
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY$916,800
CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOLS$838,400
DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL$794,880
COMPASS ROSE EDUCATION$698,720
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $803k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%50CAN ACTION FUND INC: $30k → 14%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE PROMISE ACADEMY: $773k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TN
SC
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$109M · 166 repeat orgs$25M to everyone else

166 repeat relationships: 159 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

166
58

Total granted

$109M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+12%

Still filing today

99%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SA
    SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +8%
  • DC
    DREAM CHARTER SCHOOL
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4.3M · revenue +100%
  • IP
    IDEA Public Schools
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MIND TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5.4M · revenue +94%
  • SA
    SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $904k
  • HC
    HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $773k · revenue -24%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
2
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
3
Compass Academy Charter School

The mission of compass academy charter school is to increase each child's success in learning, and as a result, academic achievement. using the "let me learn process" as its innovative approach, the school leadership and teachers will help…

Education
4
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
5
Independence Academy

The mission of independence charter school (iacs) is to educate students of diverse ages and backgrounds - helping them understand, thrive in, and enhance our community, our environment,and our world. iacs regards learning as a continuing…

Education
6
Primary Hall Preparatory Charter School

Through rigorous curriculum, individualized supports, and positive character development, primary hall preparatory charter school (phpcs) ensures all students in kindergarden through fifth grade are prepared for academic and personal…

Education
7
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
8
Chester Charter Scholars Academy

Chester charter scholars academy prepare children to employ their intellectual and creative powers to enrich their community.

Education
9
Philips Academy Charter School of Paterson

We will provide a moral and rigorous education, accomplished in a hands-on, technology infused educational environment that will allow our students to attend college, while developing a commitment to global citizenship, environmental…

Education
10
Alliance Charter Academy

Our mission is to personalize learning through a collaboration of family, community and school; to nurture the innate curiosity of our students; ignite their passion for learning; and prepare them for lifelong success.

Education
11
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
12
Buffalo Commons Charter School

Establish and operate a charter school to prepare our diverse community of students to succeed academically and professionally regardless of background and circumstance.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brooklyn Laboratory Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii Education Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

254 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 254 of the 264 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
252/254
Grantees still filing
182/254
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MIND TRUST INC: $5,363,600 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC: $4,403,604 · EducationDREAM CHARTER SCHOOL: $4,267,800 · Education+174 more: $105,322,377 · Education+174 moreBEDFORD STUYVESANT NEW BEGINNINGS CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,032,000 · OtherSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $904,496 · OtherPURPOSE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $768,488 · OtherEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $762,880 · OtherBaltimore International Academy Inc: $577,619 · OtherPROJECT REFLECT INC: $458,640 · OtherEAST END PREP: $422,400 · OtherHEBREW PUBLIC ELYSE'S NEW COMPANY: $399,675 · OtherPEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $386,400 · OtherHARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL: $262,400 · OtherBUILDING IMPACT INC: $416,250 · OtherTHE URBAN DOVE INC: $258,126 · Other+4 more: $706,152 · OtherHARLEM RBI INC: $794,880 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $482,146 · PhilanthropyGreat Hearts America-Texas: $584,400 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $500,000 · EnvironmentHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $772,800 · Human ServicesGEORGE GERVIN YOUTH CENTER INC: $519,840 · Housing & ShelterBALTIMORE TEACHER NETWORK: $468,160 · Arts & Culture
Education$119,357,381Other$7,355,526Philanthropy$1,277,026Environment$1,084,400Human Services$772,800Housing & Shelter$519,840Arts & Culture$468,160

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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/…New York City Center …Walton Family Foundat…Education Forward DCNew Schools FundCityschools Collabora…San Antonio Area Foun…Jr Hyde III Family Fo…City FundRobin Hood FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…Black Latinx Asian Ch…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 50can Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 50can Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    169report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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