We Can DO Better INC

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Public education and civic engagement

Form 990-EZ Part III, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 27-2132905) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 5 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990-EZ Part III · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: IRS e-file

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $23K a year · 3% of revenue · last 3 filings
A surplus in 1 of the last 3 filings.
990-EZ Pt I · Ln 18 · 3 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
75% of spending went to programs.
990-EZ Pt III · Ln 32
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff · 74% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 74% of spending.
990-EZ Pt IV
Named funders
3
named funders · $70K
3 funders name it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Liabilities are 0% of assets.
990-EZ Pt II · Ln 26
Revenue
$51K
+42% vs prior year
Spent
$68K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$4K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$51K
FY2025▲ +42%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$781K
FY2022$187K
FY2023$35K
FY2024$36K
FY2025$51K
Expenses
$68K
FY2025▼ -93%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$948K
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022Not on file
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$68K
Net assets
$4K
FY2025▼ -81%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$384K
FY2021$131K
FY2022$84K
FY2023$53K
FY2024$23K
FY2025$4K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $51K

Form 990-EZ Part I, lines 10–17. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ; $50K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

990-EZ Part IV · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$50,250990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
Director
$0990-EZ Pt IV

Amy Fellows’s $50K as Executive Dir. is at the 90th percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · 990-EZ Part IV

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amy Fellows$50,250$48,000$48,000$48,000$48,000$37,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Educates the public and promotes civic participation.

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1 program · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Presentations at educational meetings, leading keynote and breakout sessions on health, health reform and delivery system transformation; provide consultation to other organizations on messaging and framing. These efforts reached approximately 800 people.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 27-2132905) · Dispute this line
$1.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Seeding JusticeFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$70K
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $1.9M · 2020–2021
Cofa Alliance National NetworkOR · FY2021$966,597
Cofa Alliance National NetworkOR · FY2020$901,908

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$51K
Other income$51K
Money out
$68K
Programs$51K
Owns and owes
$4K
net assets
Total assets$4K
Liabilities$0
People
4
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$51K
Total revenue$51K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$4K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$4K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers5
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 4, 2026 $51K$68K−$17K$4K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 9, 2025 $36K$23K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 4, 2024 $35K$53K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 2, 2023 $187K$84K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 26, 2022 $781K$1.0M−$250K$131K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 4, 2021 $1.3M$948K$336K$384K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support B · Donors O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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