Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SOW GOOD NOW
SOW GOOD NOW (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($74,112). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $357k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $333k
- Net assets
- $151k
What Sow Good Now does
Mission
Sow Good Now develops the next generation of philanthropic leaders by using sports as a vehicle to teach young people to share their time, talent, treasure, and ties. Through partnerships with schools, colleges, athletic teams, and community organizations, the organization equips student-athletes to lead meaningful service experiences that strengthen communities while developing lifelong habits of generosity and civic engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2025 Sow Good Now expanded its giveback programming through new collegiate athletic partnerships, continued development of the giveback playbook, expanded organizational infrastructure through crm implementation and increased community partnerships to prepare for future regional and national growth.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
During 2025, Sow Good Now expanded its signature giveback program by partnering with middle school, high school, collegiate, and community athletic organizations throughout the greater philadelphia region. The organization partnered with 16 youth-serving organizations and engaged more than 950 student-athletes in giveback events that combined sports instruction, mentorship, leadership development, and community service.student-athletes planned and led giveback experiences that provided sports clinics, mentoring opportunities, philanthropy education, and community engagement activities benefiting youth throughout the region. Through these experiences, participants developed leadership skills while learning the value of volunteerism, teamwork, and civic responsibility.
$177,793 spentof which $3,650 as grants71% of program spendingSow Good Now continued its youth sports equipment drive initiative by partnering with schools, athletic teams, businesses, and community organizations to collect and distribute athletic equipment and apparel to youth facing financial barriers to sports participation.during 2025, the organization collected and distributed hundreds of pieces of athletic equipment and expanded the program through a community sweatshirt drive that collected more than 200 sweatshirts for children and families in need. These efforts helped increase access to organized sports and recreational opportunities while reducing barriers to participation.
$57,144 spent23% of program spendingSow Good Now provides student-athletes with hands-on philanthropy education through a structured service-learning model that teaches leadership, financial stewardship, teamwork, and civic engagement. Participants work collaboratively to identify community needs, organize giveback events, raise charitable funds, and support nonprofit organizations selected by participating youth.throughout 2025, the organization expanded partnerships with schools, colleges, athletic teams, recreation centers, and nonprofit organizations, providing additional opportunities for student-athletes to serve as mentors, role models, and community leaders while developing lifelong habits of charitable giving and volunteer service.
$14,277 spent6% of program spendingDuring 2025, Sow Good Now continued strengthening relationships with schools, colleges, community organizations, corporate partners, and volunteers to expand opportunities for youth engagement through sports and service. The organization also welcomed interns from several colleges and universities who supported program development, event coordination, community outreach, and communications while gaining valuable nonprofit leadership experience. These collaborative efforts strengthened the organization's capacity to serve more youth and expand community partnerships throughout the greater philadelphia region.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $249,214.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $177k to $237k (+34%).
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 2% · 2021 0% · 2022 3% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SOW GOOD NOW’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
Mary Fischer-Nassib Cap
CEO
Board chair
Justin Lamborn
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $10k → $45k.
8 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 SOW GOOD NOW’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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
SOW GOOD NOW has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
76% 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 SOW GOOD NOW.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 46% · 2022 43% · 2023 32% — 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
71% of SOW GOOD NOW's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 47% 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
73% of SOW GOOD NOW'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 $91k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $243k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SOW GOOD NOW has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SOW GOOD NOW
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOW GOOD NOW: 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 SOW GOOD NOW?
- SOW GOOD NOW (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $333,401 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($74,112). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOW GOOD NOW have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $333,401 in grants to SOW GOOD NOW, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOW GOOD NOW?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $74,112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOW GOOD NOW find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 17 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