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Can-Do Now Foundation at a glance

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Can-Do Now Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

International$60kHuman Services$60kFood & Nutrition$46kArts & Culture$46kEnvironment$28kAnimals$20kEducation$14kEmployment$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$33,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$568k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS$33,100
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 (FY17–20, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CIRCLE THE CITY: $6k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCESS PHOENIX: $5k → 11%AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE - D: $20k → 11%AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE - D: $10k → 11%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 9 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$267k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+93%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • AF
    ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK
    3× · 2021–2023 · $40k · revenue +785%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA
    3× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +30%
  • AA
    AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $30k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • KO
    KITCHEN ON THE STREET INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -5%
  • CT
    CIRCLE THE CITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +93%
  • DF
    DRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIXgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +256%
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
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
3
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

—
4
American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona

To assist member firms in achieving higher professional, ethical business and economic standards, enabling member firms to provide quality consulting and engineering services for their clients and the public.

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5
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
6
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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7
Waste Not Inc

Waste Not cultivates sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. We do this by eliminating food waste and hunger through innovative community partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
8
The Arizona Pet Project

The arizona pet project creates systemic change and provides resources, so no families are forced to balance their own basic needs of food, shelter, and safety and the needs of their companion animals, often the only meaningful connection…

Animals
9
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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10
University of Arizona Foundation

The university of arizona foundation is committed to supporting and enhancing the vision, mission and values of the university of arizona through the development and management of private support.

Education
11
Science Foundation Arizona

Science foundation arizona's mission is to diversify arizona's economy by investing in scientific and engineering research linked to industry needs and investing in education to create a work force with 21st centrury skills.

Philanthropy
12
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona; the most unlike its peers is Desert Botanical Garden Inc. 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,100 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERE…AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE - DOVES: $30,000 · OtherAREA AGENCY ON AGI…KJZZ 915 FMNPR: $15,500 · OtherKJZZ 915 FMNPRGoodwill of Central and Northern Arizona: $2,000 · OtherARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $40,000 · Food & NutritionARIZONA FOOD BANK …KITCHEN ON THE STREET INC: $6,000 · Food & NutritionKITCHEN ON THE STR…AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesAREA AGENCY ON A…CIRCLE THE CITY: $6,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE THE CITYDRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $5,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCES…FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF …DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $27,500 · EnvironmentDESERT BOT…MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · AnimalsPHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $13,500 · Education
International$60,100Other$47,500Food & Nutrition$46,000Human Services$41,000Arts & Culture$30,000Environment$27,500Animals$20,000Education$13,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKITCHEN ON THE STREET INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCIRCLE THE CITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Arizona Community Fou…Thunderbirds CharitiesVirginia G Piper Char…The Murray Family Fou…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…John F Long Foundatio…Burton Family Foundat…The Yelp FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Murray Family Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · John F Long Foundation Inc · Burton Family Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Can-Do Now Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Can-Do Now Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Can-Do Now Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Can-Do Now Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 13 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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