Minnesota · Private foundation
Miles Charitable Trust
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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,159
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,159
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $475k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Miles Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $22k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $29k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $23k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $23k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecumenical Lords Cupboard | $28,467 | 9 | 9% |
| Wapello County Historical Society | $21,467 | 8 | 6% |
| Southeast Iowa Symphony Association Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra | $19,296 | 7 | 2% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $13,296 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Southern Iowa | $11,902 | 5 | 0% |
| Tenco Foundation Inc | $10,871 | 3 | 4% |
| Indian Hills Community College Foundation Inc | $6,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice | $6,305 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Miles Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Miles Charitable Trust
- How much does Miles Charitable Trust give?
- Miles Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $22,113 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Miles Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Food & Nutrition (27%), Arts & Culture (23%).
- Who are Miles Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ecumenical Lords Cupboard ($28k), Wapello County Historical Society ($21k), Southeast Iowa Symphony Association Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra ($19k).
- Does Miles Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Miles Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Miles Charitable Trust based?
- Miles Charitable Trust is based in MN.
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