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Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation at a glance

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Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$316kEnvironment$245kEducation$240kRecreation & Sports$89kPhilanthropy$70kInternational$40kYouth Development$22kCommunity Improvement$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
$5,399
Median grant
3
States reached
$219k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC BERKELEY - SUSTAINABLE AND IMPACT FINANCE FUND$25,000
NICKOLAY DODOV FOUNDATION$15,000
BEAR VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL$15,000
THE FOOD PROJECT OF MOGAN$5,399
THE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC$1,000
FALMOUTH ROAD RACE INC$546
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC: $1k → 12%CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $1k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER NY: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$544k · 10 repeat orgs$324k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$544k
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+90%
+19%

Still filing today

40%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $66k · revenue +153%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +90%
  • OK
    OLGA KERN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION INC
    2× · 2018–2022 · $7k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK - COLUMBIA CLIMATE SCHOOL FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • UB
    UC BERKELEY - THE HAAS CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • BV
    BEAR VALLEY MUSICAL FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2021 · $16k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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2
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
3
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
4
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
9
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
10
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Sweet Farm Foundation

Sweet farm is the world's first nonprofit sanctuary to address the devastating impact that factory farming has on climate change from the perspective of animals, plants, and the planet. we must first understand how these pieces are…

Animals
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Village Inc; the most unlike its peers is Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEAR VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $105,165 · OtherBEAR VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVALCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK - COLUMBIA CLIMATE SCHOOL FUND: $100,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK - COLUMBIA CLIMATE SCH…NICKOLAY DODOV FOUNDATION: $88,250 · OtherNICKOLAY DODOV FOUNDATIONUC BERKELEY - SUSTAINABLE AND IMPACT FINANCE FUND: $75,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY - SUSTAINABLE AND IMPACT FINANCE FUNDUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY FOUNDATIONUC BERKELEY - THE HAAS CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FUND: $50,000 · OtherUC BERKELEY - THE HAAS CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FUNDTEENPOWER KIDPOWER FULLPOWER INTERNATIONAL: $22,000 · Other+21 more: $133,695 · Other+21 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $220,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA …UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMULEGE STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationDENALI FOUNDATION: $102,079 · Arts & CultureDENALI FOUNDATIONTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $66,390 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN QUEEN…OLGA KERN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION INC: $7,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE RAINFOREST FUND INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,000 · AnimalsTHE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,000 · Human ServicesCALAVERAS FOOTHILLS FIRE SAFE COUNCIL: $2,600 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$634,110Education$241,000Arts & Culture$175,969Environment$20,000Animals$11,000Human Services$3,000Public Safety & Disaster$2,600

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $220,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENALI FOUNDATION: $102,079 over 5y, 63% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $66,390 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RAINFOREST FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMULEGE STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetOLGA KERN INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetGOLDEN STATE YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALAVERAS FOOTHILLS FIRE SAFE COUNCIL: $2,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAspiration Aspirationtechorg: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESOURCE CONNECTION OF AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALPINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFALMOUTH ROAD RACE INC: $546 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Doris S and Charles F Michaels Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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