Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
50CAN ACTION FUND INC
50CAN ACTION FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,026,720 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($1,234,720). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What 50can Action Fund Inc does
Mission
We strive to enact policies that advance our vision of an equitable education system. We are committed to putting kids at the center of all the public education decisions we make in our communities and states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Fiscal sponsorships the organization provides fiscal sponsorship services to aligned projects by offering financial management, compliance oversight, and administrative support. In return, the organization collects a management fee. The organization offers professional services, including consulting and strategy support, to partner organizations. These services strengthen advocacy capacity and expand public engagement.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Advocacy activities:advocacy activities are intended to promote policy reform aimed at improving student academic achievement and educational equity. The activities included developing policy positions on relevant education questions and direct lobbying on related legislative and administrative topics.
$1,934,702 spent62% of program spendingPolitical campaign activities:political campaign activities included public communications through earned media as well as mailings on educational issues.
$1,133,357 spentof which $826,010 as grants37% of program spendingFiscal sponsorshipsthe organization provides fiscal sponsorship services to aligned projects by offering financial management, compliance oversight, and administrative support. In return, the organization collects a management fee. The organization offers professional services, including consulting and strategy support, to partner organizations. These services strengthen advocacy capacity and expand public engagement.
$35,803 spent$209,484 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,103,862.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $4.6M (+121%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of 50CAN ACTION FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Marc Magee
CEO
Board chair
Lisa Graham Keegan
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $40k → $100k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $30k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest 50can Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money 50CAN ACTION FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of 50CAN ACTION FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
50CAN ACTION FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 50CAN ACTION FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 70% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 78% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
50CAN ACTION FUND INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
50CAN ACTION FUND INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like 50CAN ACTION FUND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 14 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- 50can Action Fund PAC · exempt
- 50can Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 50CAN ACTION FUND INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 50CAN ACTION FUND INC?
- 50CAN ACTION FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,026,720 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($1,234,720). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 50CAN ACTION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,026,720 in grants to 50CAN ACTION FUND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 50CAN ACTION FUND INC?
- CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $1,234,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 50CAN ACTION FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing