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CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND
CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,056 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($315,800). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $837k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $634k
- Net assets
- $284k
What Can Do Education Foundation Formerly Dixie Childrens Fund does
Mission
Fund educational programs in miller creek school district.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
2025-2026 FUNDS PROVIDED TO MILLER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THE PROGRAMS BELOW FOR STUDENTS AT MILLER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, LUCAS VALLEY ELEMENTARY, VALLECITO, AND MARY SILVEIRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:The Arts - TK-5 Art Program - funds for materials and supplies ($15,000) - Middle School Spring Musical - funds for staffing and materials ($11,000) - TK-Music with JAMaROO ($35,000)Movement - TK-5 Physical Education Program ($215,000) - Middle School Athletics - funds for coaches stipends and supplies ($20,000)Wellness & Belonging - TK-8 Wellness & Counseling services - funds for Counselors salaries ($200,000) - Middle School Wellness Center - funds for materials and supplies ($6,000) - Middle School Clubs and Leadership Organizations - funds for teachers stipends and supplies ($27,500)Science & Technology - TK-5 Science Programing: - Lawrence Hall of Science Family Festivals x 3 ($5,000) - Marin Treks Animal Science Lessons ($15,000) - New this year - Walker Creek Outdoor Education Scholarships ($10,000) - New this year - 3-8 Grade Student Technology - funds for student devices ($40,000) - TK-8 school garden coordinators and supplies ($28,000)All programs benefit the students of…
$664,829 spentof which $619,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $664,829.
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 2021 to 2022, from $712k to $499k (−30%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 6% · 2022 5% · 2025 6% · 2026 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $18k → $108k.
9 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND’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
CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 84% · 2019 79% · 2020 77% · 2021 80% · 2022 44% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
38% of CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $22k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $612k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $634k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 220 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND?
- CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $634,056 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($315,800). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $634,056 in grants to CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $315,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAN DO EDUCATION FOUNDATION FORMERLY DIXIE CHILDRENS FUND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 16 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing