Can'd Aid
Can’d Aid is a public charity based in Longmont, Colorado. It supports community recycling initiatives, music and arts access, and outdoor recreation programs for under-resourced communities.
Can'd Aid at a glance
- Total assets
- $646,199
- -14.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,166,907
- -16.4% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,255,794
- -27.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Can'd Aid
- How to Apply
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For Crush It Crusade, eligible organizations can apply for support for an existing recycling program. Applications are assessed on potential for improved waste diversion, volunteer participation, and attendee recycling awareness, education, and engagement. Applicants may receive additional consideration for showing how funding would strengthen community recycling efforts, and extra points for plans to promote the program, aluminum-can recyclability, and alternatives to single-use plastic. Recipients join a cohort to exchange practices and resources. Music Teacher Grants are available to music teachers for program-specific needs.
- Contact
Mailing address: 20 Bowen Street, Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: (970) 275-5156
Website: https://candaid.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
3 open opportunities from Can'd Aid
Can'd Aid: Crush It Crusade Grant
Can'd Aid
Amount
US $3,000 - US $8,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Crush It Crusade Grants
Can'd Aid
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Music Teacher Grants
Can'd Aid
Amount
$500 - $2,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Can'd Aid funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
46 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 46 grants of 46 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Can’d Aid describes its music grants and Crush It Crusade program as nationwide. Its website also reports that Crush It Crusade has supported community organizations, municipalities, parks, and festivals.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Is Can'd Aid open to new grantees?
92%
first-time grantees, 2022
In 2022, 12 of 13 grantees (92%) were first-time recipients. With only 13 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $14K; repeat grants $10K. How we count
Medians: $12K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 0% of 2022 grantees were also funded in 2021. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+1%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2022). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $109K (2020) to $290K (2021). In 2022 it made 13 grants totaling $176K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville Street Faire Louisville, CO | Recycling training | $29,903 |
| Sinks Canyon Natural Resource Council Lander, WY | Recycling training | $23,298 |
| Rose Tree Park - Pennsylvania Resources Council Media, PA | Recycling training | $19,190 |
| Pikes Peak Library District Colorado Springs, CO | Recycling training | $13,000 |
| Conservation Corps North Bay Cotati, CA | Recycling training | $12,605 |
| Coffey Health Foundation Burlington, KS | Recycling training | $12,394 |
| Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (Morningside Congregation) Decatur, GA | Recycling training | $11,959 |
| Diversion Designers LLC Eagle, CO | Recycling training | $11,292 |
| Sunday Farmers Market Palisade, CO | Recycling training | $10,123 |
| Sunsquabi Denver, CO | Emerging artist grant | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $646,199 | $1,166,907 | $1,255,794 | — | — | — |
| 2024 | $759,201 | $1,395,928 | $1,728,110 | — | — | $49 |
| 2023 | $1,072,737 | $1,526,574 | $1,671,020 | — | — | $77 |
| 2022 | $1,162,591 | $2,301,188 | $1,839,201 | $175,529 | 13 | $11,849 |
| 2021 | $711,073 | $1,524,520 | $1,429,333 | $290,296 | 33 | $8,630 |
| 2020 | $578,970 | $1,159,872 | $1,055,794 | $108,550 | 12 | $9,844 |
| 2019 | $500,784 | $966,160 | $1,133,539 | $173,029 | 20 | $10,957 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Can’d Aid states that its mission is to provide tools and access for under-resourced communities to lead healthy, active, and creative lives. Its programs include community recycling, music and arts, and outdoor recreation.
Crush It Crusade supports community-based, volunteer-supported recycling programs at festivals and recurring event series. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, local education organizations, and local government organizations. Applicants should have an existing recycling program and a plan to improve waste diversion and attendee education and engagement. Grant funding may support equipment, collection bins and signage, hauling, volunteer outreach and training, and recycling promotion and education.
Music Teacher Grants offer flexible support to music educators for needs such as field trips, songbooks, replacement instruments, student-led events, and classroom TinkerTar sets. Can’d Aid also describes instrument donations to music programs and small grants to emerging artists. Its Treads + Trails program promotes active lifestyles for underserved youth through bikes, skateboards, and helmets.
Examples of supported organizations include the Downtown Business Association of Louisville Inc, whose stated mission is to support downtown Louisville’s retail, restaurant, and service sectors while promoting good citizenship; Coffey Health Foundation, which says it supports Coffey Health System, local health care, youth scholarships, and community services; and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc, whose stated mission is to equip faith communities to pursue climate solutions, environmental justice, and community resilience.
Grantmaking
Can’d Aid’s 2025 filing reports no grants for 2025, 2024, or 2023. The available examples of grants to organizations are from 2022: $29,903 to Downtown Business Association of Louisville Inc, $12,394 to Coffey Health Foundation, and $11,959 to Georgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc. The funder’s earlier Crush It Crusade FAQ described typical grants as generally ranging from $5,000 to $10,000, while noting that awards outside that range were considered.
Music Teacher Grants are described as flexible awards of $500 to $2,500. The website’s Crush It Crusade page lists a 2026/2027 application deadline of September 30; that deadline has passed.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Dale Katechis as President, Scott Hicar as Vice President, Ryan Chiachiere, Chad Melis, and Peter Genuardi as Board Members, and Diana Falls Hicks as Executive Director.
Can'd Aid is led by Diana Falls Hicks, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 1 of 6 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Diana Falls Hicks
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$148K (2023) → $148K (2025)
Dale Katechis
President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chad Melis
Board Member
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Genuardi
Board Member
Treasurer → Director, 2020
Director → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Hicar
Vice President
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Chiachiere
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (7)
- Former: Kriste Goad (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Sara Hannifin (2023–2024) — Senior Director of Engagem
- Former: Sarah Leavitt (2023) — Vice President of Strategy & Impact
- Former: Diana Ralston (2019–2022) — Executive Director
- Former: Kristie Quinn (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Darcy Johnson (2019) — Board Member
- Former: David Weingarden (2019) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $148K, to Diana Falls Hicks (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Can'd Aid
How large is Can'd Aid?
Can'd Aid reported $646K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.2M.
What does Can'd Aid fund?
Can’d Aid states that its mission is to provide tools and access for under-resourced communities to lead healthy, active, and creative lives. Its programs include community recycling, music and arts, and outdoor recreation. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Can'd Aid?
For Crush It Crusade, eligible organizations can apply for support for an existing recycling program. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
Where does Can'd Aid make grants?
Can’d Aid describes its music grants and Crush It Crusade program as nationwide. Its website also reports that Crush It Crusade has supported community organizations, municipalities, parks, and festivals.
What is Can'd Aid's EIN?
Can'd Aid's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-3692906. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 2, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 6, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 28, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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