Can Do Education Foundation Formerly Dixie Childrens Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680298033
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- San Rafael, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4153754984
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $836,675
- Expenses
- $858,447
- Assets
- $303,081
- Liabilities
- $19,579
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNIFER CUTHBERTSON (President)
- Whitney Cytryn (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- LEAH CURRAN (Executive Dir.): $81,600 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Fund educational programs in miller creek school district.
What it reported doing in 2025
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 Lucas Valley, Mary Silveira and Vallecito Elementary Schools and Miller Creek Middle School.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $665K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.