Maryland · Nonprofit
OPERATION CANASTA INC
OPERATION CANASTA INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,749 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $112k
What Operation Canasta Inc does
Mission
Charitable project in argentina
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Feed and educate children
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $28 → $18k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 OPERATION CANASTA 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
OPERATION CANASTA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 54% · 2022 67% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
77% of OPERATION CANASTA INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $149 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
OPERATION CANASTA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,323 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,323 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like OPERATION CANASTA 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPERATION CANASTA INC?
- OPERATION CANASTA INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,749 to it, the largest being WILLIAM J SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERATION CANASTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $43,749 in grants to OPERATION CANASTA INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION CANASTA INC?
- WILLIAM J SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION CANASTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 6 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