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Today Is a Good Day 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.

$203k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$751kArts & Culture$353kPhilanthropy$80kReligion$70kSocial Science$69kRecreation & Sports$20kEducation$14kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $104k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$81k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY$60,000
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS$41,476
BMI FOUNDATION$25,000
BANNER HOSPITAL$25,000
ASPEN JEWISH CONGREGATION$12,344
GOFUNDMEORG$6,818
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES$6,500
THEATRE ASPEN$6,222
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN AZ$5,000
ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,500
SMILE TRAIN$2,641
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH$2,500
BRIDGING BIONIC FOUNDATION$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,762
Individual grant recipient$752
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 (FY19–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $515 → 11%THE DENVER HOSPICE: $200 → 12%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $309 → 11%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 → 15%SPECIAL NEEDS SOLUTIONS: $1k → 15%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 37 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
62

Total granted

$1.2M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+22%

Still filing today

59%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • NB
    NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $524k · revenue +38%
  • TU
    THE ULI FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $64k · revenue +97%
  • TA
    THEATRE ASPEN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • PN
    PACIFIC NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • PM
    PENN MEDICINE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • GV
    GOFUNDME - VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Arizona Community Foundation

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

Philanthropy
3
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
6
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
7
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
8
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
9
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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10
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
11
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
12
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Jack Roth Charitable Foundation. 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

62 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. 62 of the 105 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
48/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $524,250 · OtherNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INCJAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS: $248,001 · OtherJAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASSBANNER HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherBANNER HOSPITALAspen Jewish Center: $38,804 · Other+69 more: $164,645 · Other+69 moreTHEATRE ASPEN: $58,263 · Arts & CultureASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $12,125 · Arts & CultureDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,250 · Arts & CultureTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $63,875 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Social ScienceJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $19,432 · PhilanthropyASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $9,696 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES INC: $6,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $800 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $33,860 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,714 · HealthBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthBanner Health Foundation: $1,777 · Health+6 more: $2,855 · HealthBridging Bionics Foundation: $28,575 · Youth DevelopmentFRED LEWIS FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HANDBALL: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $10,000 · EducationTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $2,500 · EducationMAPLE STREET SCHOOL: $1,110 · Education+1 more: $100 · Education
Other$1,075,700Arts & Culture$77,638Social Science$68,875Philanthropy$52,428Health$49,206Youth Development$48,575Education$13,710

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 budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $524,250 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $63,875 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $58,263 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAspen Jewish Center: $38,804 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $33,860 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Bionics Foundation: $28,575 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFRED LEWIS FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HANDBALL: $20,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $19,432 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN SANTA FE BALLET: $12,125 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $9,696 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,714 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,466 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDO IT FOR THE LOVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $1,777 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,704 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH RESOURCE CENTER: $1,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,528 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFELICIA'S FARM FKA IZI AZI FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAPLE STREET SCHOOL: $1,110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLes Dames D'Aspen LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $824 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHABAD OF CORONADO: $775 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $722 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $516 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS VOICES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Sustainable Tomorrows: $250 over 1y, 17% of budgetA SOLDIER'S JOURNEY HOME: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ULI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds Aspen Jewish Center ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Bridging Bionics Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BMI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRED LEWIS FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH HANDBALL ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
  • Who funds University of Arizona Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DO IT FOR THE LOVE ↗
  • Who funds TUCSON HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds Banner Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Aspen Community Foundation · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · American Express Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Today Is a Good Day Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Today Is a Good Day Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 105 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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