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50CAN ACTION FUND INC

EIN 45-4698768 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$2,616,320
Expenses 2024
$3,453,647

Program services were 89.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
1380 MONROE ST NW 413

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COMMITTED TO ENACTING POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT SHARE OUR VISION OF AN EQUITABLE EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE STRIVE TO ADVANCE POLICIES THAT ADVANCE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, AND PUT KIDS AT THE CENTER OF ALL THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DECISIONS WE MAKE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND STATES.

  • 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.

    Expenses $1,934,702

  • POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES:POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH EARNED MEDIA AS WELL AS MAILINGS ON EDUCATIONAL ISSUES.

    Expenses $1,133,357 · Grants $826,010

  • FISCAL 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.

    Expenses $35,803 · Revenue $209,484

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • LISA GRAHAM KEEGAN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.25 related

  • DERRELL BRADFORD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $332,048
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $303,822
    Other
    $28,226
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $300,822 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $3,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,787 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,439 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $332,048 related

  • ANN BOROWIEC

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ALEX JOHNSTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.25 related

  • MARC MAGEE

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $424,644
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $393,359
    Other
    $31,285
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $378,359 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,820 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,465 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $424,644 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,616,320
    Expenses
    $3,453,647
    Contributions
    $2,225,526
    Grants paid
    $826,010
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,317,508
    Expenses
    $1,818,109
    Contributions
    $1,279,304
    Grants paid
    $480,964
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,824,356
    Expenses
    $1,392,478
    Contributions
    $3,820,429
    Grants paid
    $317,606

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,767,241
    Expenses
    $1,153,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,080,880

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,142,241
    Expenses
    $1,153,721
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,455,880

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,007,482
    Expenses
    $1,243,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,117,020

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,513,697
    Expenses
    $1,104,798
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,978,966

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,186,552
    Expenses
    $1,347,892
    Assets (EOY)
    $868,275

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,947,536
    Expenses
    $2,354,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,090,957

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,790,619
    Expenses
    $2,856,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,359,488

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,623,241
    Expenses
    $536,177
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,190,349

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,232
    Expenses
    $371,333
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,317

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $208,928
    Expenses
    $273,657
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,902

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period
1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
Principal officer
JULIE MARLETTE
Mailing address
115 E 23RD STREET 3FNEW YORK NY 10010

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

  • 50CAN INC

    On its 2024 return as a controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.