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Mika Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$206k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Animals$2.0MEnvironment$270kFood & Nutrition$2kRecreation & Sports$2k
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $547k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.3M
$49,008
Median grant
5
States reached
$7k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$206,016
CENTER FOR GREAT APES$160,002
LEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$106,012
Individual grant recipient$106,010
EAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE$106,008
PAWS FOR LIFE$106,006
ADOPT AN ANGEL$106,002
BOW WOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION$99,400
PANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER$99,014
AMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE$98,009
TRIANGLE RABBITS$97,101
FARM AND LANDS TRUST YORK COUNTY$49,010
ANIMALKIND$49,008
AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION$48,007
OPERATION CATNIP INC$48,005
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 70% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE: $48k → 6%FARM AND LANDS TRUST YORK COUNTY: $49k → 9%LEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $106k → 14%EAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE: $106k → 11%SAVE THE CHIMPS: $6k → 13%JUNGLE FRIENDS PRIMATE SANCTUARY: $10k → 19%CENTER FOR GREAT APES: $160k → 25%CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE: $23k → 9%AMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $98k → 10%DAVIDSON LANDS CONSERVANCY: $23k → 10%PAWS FOR LIFE: $106k → 11%HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $48k → 11%AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $48k → 12%POSSUMWOOD ACRES: $206k → 12%BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY: $24k → 21%BOW WOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $99k → 7%BOWMANS HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE: $11k → 6%FARM AND LAND TRUST: $9k → 9%LEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $16k → 14%EAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE: $16k → 11%GREAT APES FOUNDATION: $50k → 25%ANIMALKIND: $49k → 8%AMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $6k → 10%DAVIDSON LAND CONSERVANCY: $8k → 10%PAWS FOR LIFE: $16k → 11%HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $6k → 11%AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $6k → 12%POSSUMWOOD ACRES: $16k → 12%BOW WOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $16k → 7%BOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE: $6k → 6%PANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER: $99k → 11%CENTER FOR GREAT APES: $16k → 25%POSSUMWOOD ACRES WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $15k → 12%BOW WOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $14k → 7%CENTER FOR GREAT APES: $14k → 25%NC WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $23k → 10%CENTER FOR GREAT APES: $8k → 25%NC WILDLIFE: $7k → 10%FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER: $48k → 8%THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION: $23k → 8%PERFECTLY IMPERFECT PUPS: $23k → 8%FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER: $6k → 8%SECOND CHANCE: $23k → 8%TRIANGLE RABBITS: $97k → 8%TRIANGLE RABBITS: $16k → 8%TRIANGLE RABBITS: $6k → 8%FREEDOM RIDE RESCUE: $48k → 8%FREEDOM RIDE RESCUE: $6k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.2M · 28 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +14% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
11

Total granted

$2.2M
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

86%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CF
    Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $200k · revenue +14%
  • AA
    ADOPT AN ANGEL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $140k · revenue +143%
  • TB
    The Bow Wow Buddies Foundation Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $132k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • GA
    GREAT APES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2021 · $24k · revenue -1%
  • JF
    Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuarygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +173%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Nc Dog Rescue Organization
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2
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
3
Animals First Rescue of the Carolinas Inc

Rescue unwanted dogs and cats from high kill shelters and other dire circumstances. Provide veterinary care shelter and love until the pet is placed into an appropriate new home.

Animals
4
Carolina Animal Network

we are a small animal rescue. We help the community by assisting with vet care and rehoming animals they cannot keep. We also pull dogs cats kittens and puppies from local kill shelters when they run out of space, we provide those animals…

Animals
5
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
6
Pisgah Animal Welfare Society Inc
Animals
7
Promoting Animal Welfare in North Carolina

Our main program is providing vet care to animals dropped at or rescued from the local animal shelter. This is the only service we provide and where our expenses go. We spay/neuter animals adopted from the shelter and provide vet care to…

Animals
8
Rustys Rescue Ranch Inc

Rescuing dogs from kill shelters in North Carolina

Animals
9
Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Inc

Carolina waterfowl rescue cares for injured and orphaned wildlife. the goal is to return all rehabbed animals to the wild, or when necessary find appropriate permanent homes for the animals that cannot be released.

Animals
10
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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11
Tennessee River Rescues

we exist to spay and neuter unwanted pets in our local area trying to find them a home to thrive in until the end of their time

Animals
12
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Animal Rescue and the most unlike its peers is The Produce Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%8%5–10yr20%29%10–20yr14%50%20–35yr12%8%35–55yr12%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%34%10–20yr14%52%20–35yr12%5%35–55yr12%4%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%1/28
the rest of the field
15%
7,956/53,152

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc — $200,430 · AnimalsCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation IncADOPT AN ANGEL — $139,861 · AnimalsADOPT AN ANGELThe Bow Wow Buddies Foundation Inc — $131,924 · AnimalsThe Bow Wow Buddies Foundation IncPAWS FOR LIFE NC — $125,846 · AnimalsPAWS FOR LIFE NCLEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $122,019 · AnimalsLEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INCEAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE INC — $122,013 · AnimalsEAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE INCPANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $105,015 · AnimalsPANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER INCAMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE INC — $104,018 · AnimalsAMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE INCANIMALKIND INC — $57,509 · AnimalsFREEDOM RIDE RESCUE — $56,514 · AnimalsOPERATION CATNIP INC — $54,013 · AnimalsHOPE ANIMAL RESCUE — $54,009 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC — $54,007 · Animals+7 more — $135,672 · Animals+7 moreIndividual grant recipient — $222,019 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTriangle Rabbits — $124,634 · OtherTriangle RabbitsIndividual grant recipient — $122,016 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFARM AND LANDS TRUST YORK COUNTY — $55,013 · OtherFARM AND LANDS TRUST YORK COUNT…GREAT APES FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherGREAT APES FOUNDATIONFriends of the WNC Nature Center Inc — $25,187 · Other+8 more — $39,603 · Other+8 moreBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION — $67,411 · EnvironmentBOWMAN'S …THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION — $54,017 · EnvironmentTHE AMERI…Davidson Lands Conservancy Inc — $32,979 · EnvironmentDavidson …North Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc — $25,191 · EnvironmentNorth Car…BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY — $23,609 · EnvironmentBLUE RIDG…
Animals$1,462,850Other$638,472Environment$203,207

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc — $200,430 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetADOPT AN ANGEL — $139,861 over 4y, 21% of budgetThe Bow Wow Buddies Foundation Inc — $131,924 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE NC — $125,846 over 3y, 25% of budgetTriangle Rabbits — $124,634 over 4y, 54% of budgetLEWIS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $122,019 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetEAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE INC — $122,013 over 2y, 54% of budgetPANTHER RIDGE CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $105,015 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN WILDLIFE REFUGE INC — $104,018 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetBOWMAN'S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE ASSOCIATION — $67,411 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetANIMALKIND INC — $57,509 over 3y, 10% of budgetFREEDOM RIDE RESCUE — $56,514 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION — $54,017 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOPERATION CATNIP INC — $54,013 over 2y, 30% of budgetHOPE ANIMAL RESCUE — $54,009 over 2y, 13% of budgetFRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC — $54,007 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetDavidson Lands Conservancy Inc — $32,979 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION — $25,198 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC — $25,196 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc — $25,191 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the WNC Nature Center Inc — $25,187 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCAROLINA TIGER RESCUE — $25,185 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPerfectly Imperfect Pups — $25,182 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY — $23,609 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOSSUMWOOD ACRES WILDLIFE SANCTUARY — $18,900 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetJungle Friends Primate Sanctuary — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC — $6,011 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Duke Energy FoundationThe Duffield Family F…Humane World for Anim…Triangle Community Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Foundation for the Ca…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Duke Energy FoundationNC19.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Humane World for Animals Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mika Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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