How much does Miranda Lux Foundation give?

Miranda Lux Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $525,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Miranda Lux Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Youth Development (21%), Arts & Culture (18%).

Who are Miranda Lux Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Girls Garage ($100k), Sprouts Chef Training ($99k), Santa Rosa Symphony Association ($95k).

Does Miranda Lux Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Miranda Lux Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Miranda Lux Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bothin Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.

Where is Miranda Lux Foundation based?

Miranda Lux Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

Miranda Lux Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$525k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 30
Grants FY2025: 28
Organizations funded FY2024: 36%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $30,000
Organizations funded a year: 28 to 43; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $13M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Miranda Lux Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $188k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHuman ServicesEmploymentOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	29	$525k	41%
FY2024	28	$519k	36%
FY2023	28	$485k	29%
FY2022	38	$482k	34%
FY2021	41	$489k	37%
FY2020	36	$459k	39%
FY2019	40	$438k	63%
FY2018	43	$473k	70%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$993kYouth Development$890kArts & Culture$779kEnvironment$422kEmployment$340kRecreation & Sports$148kCommunity Improvement$145kFood & Nutrition$135kOther$0

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
Girls Garage	$100,000	6	2%
Sprouts Chef Training	$98,900	6	14%
Santa Rosa Symphony Association	$95,000	6	0%
City Surf Project	$85,000	6	3%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County	$85,000	6	0%
Mission Graduates	$80,000	5	1%
Immaculate Conception Academy	$75,000	5	n/a
YES Nature to Neighborhoods	$75,000	6	1%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc	$70,000	5	0%
Big Skills Tiny Homes	$70,000	4	24%

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All grantees of Miranda Lux Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Girls Garage	$100,000	6	2%
Sprouts Chef Training	$98,900	6	14%
Santa Rosa Symphony Association	$95,000	6	0%
City Surf Project	$85,000	6	3%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County	$85,000	6	0%
Mission Graduates	$80,000	5	1%
Immaculate Conception Academy	$75,000	5	n/a
YES Nature to Neighborhoods	$75,000	6	1%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc	$70,000	5	0%
Big Skills Tiny Homes	$70,000	4	24%
Gateway Public Schools	$70,000	5	0%
Olinga Learning	$65,000	4	6%
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundation	$65,000	3	0%
Conservation Corps North Bay Inc	$65,000	5	0%
Life Learning Academy	$60,000	4	1%
The Bread Project	$60,000	4	2%
California Film Institute	$60,000	4	0%
The Contemporary Jewish Museum	$60,000	4	1%
Waterside Workshops	$57,500	4	2%
Credo High School	$55,000	3	1%
Korsa Musical Theater	$55,000	5	3%
Friends of SCRAP Inc	$45,000	4	1%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre	$45,000	4	0%
Oakland School for the Arts	$45,000	3	0%
Magnolia Global Academy for Leaders	$45,000	2	6%
On the Move	$42,500	3	0%
North Coast Builders Exchange Inc	$42,500	2	2%
Youth Spirit Artworks	$40,000	3	1%
826 Valencia	$40,000	4	0%
Enterprise for Youth	$40,000	3	1%
New Conservatory Theatre Center	$40,000	3	1%
LandPaths	$40,000	3	1%
YouthBeat	$40,000	3	n/a
The California 4-H Foundation	$40,000	2	2%
Start Soco	$35,000	3	7%
Pie Ranch	$35,000	2	0%
Lime Foundation	$35,000	3	4%
Dustys' Fishing Well	$35,000	2	2%
The Oakland Public Education Fund	$35,000	2	0%
Marin County Office of Education	$31,000	2	n/a
Dev Mission	$30,000	3	1%
Marin School of the Arts Foundation	$30,000	2	4%
Pivotal Connections	$30,000	2	1%
Brava for Women in the Arts dba Brava Theater Center	$30,000	3	1%
Pepperwood Foundation	$30,000	2	0%
Strategic Energy Innovations	$30,000	2	0%
Project Wreckless	$30,000	2	7%
Rising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER	$25,000	2	0%
Hatch Community	$25,000	2	31%
Womens Audio Mission	$25,000	2	1%
Environmental Traveling Companions	$25,000	1	2%
Sonoma Valley Teen Services	$25,000	2	4%
Common Roots Farm	$25,000	1	5%
Mission High Foundation	$20,000	1	14%
The Crucible	$20,000	2	0%
Ignite	$20,000	2	1%
Techbridge Girls	$20,000	2	0%
Literacy for Environmental Justice	$20,000	1	1%
Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project	$20,000	2	3%
Mission Bit	$20,000	2	2%
The Spaulding Wooden Boat Center	$20,000	1	n/a
Old Skool Cafe	$20,000	2	1%
Autistry Studios Incorporated	$17,500	2	n/a
Hiller Aviation Institute	$16,000	2	0%
SFMade Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Game Theory Academy	$15,000	1	5%
East Oakland Boxing Association	$15,000	1	2%
Berkeley Music Group	$15,000	1	0%
Homeward Bound of Marin	$15,000	1	0%
On Campus Ministries	$15,000	1	n/a
Planting Justice	$15,000	1	1%
San Francisco Mime Troupe Inc	$15,000	1	2%
East Bay Spca	$15,000	1	0%
Biotech Partners	$15,000	1	2%
The Friends of Chabot College	$15,000	2	n/a
Foodwise Community	$15,000	1	1%
Aim High	$15,000	1	3%
Sonoma Valley Education Foundation	$15,000	1	1%
San Francisco Jazz Organization	$15,000	1	0%
The Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club	$15,000	1	0%
Spark	$15,000	1	5%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy	$12,500	1	0%
Ryse Inc	$12,500	1	0%
Code Tenderloin Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Hidden Genius Project	$10,000	1	0%
Special Service for Groups Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Yfp Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Canopy	$10,000	1	1%
Marin Builders Association	$10,000	1	1%
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Upward Roots Inc	$10,000	1	6%
Brothers on the Rise	$10,000	1	3%
Silicon Valley Urban Debate League	$10,000	1	1%
Naturebridge	$10,000	1	0%
Attitudinal Healing Connection Inc dba The Center for ArtEsteem	$10,000	1	1%
Cinnamongirl Inc	$10,000	1	3%
AnnieCannons Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Intersection for the Arts	$10,000	1	0%
Marin Performing Stars	$10,000	1	2%
Friends of the Urban Forest	$10,000	1	0%
Scripted Inc Dba Code Nation	$10,000	1	0%
Bay Area Youth EMT Program	$10,000	1	4%
The Representation Project	$10,000	1	1%
The Creekside School	$10,000	1	0%
Circus Center	$10,000	1	1%
Seven Tepees Youth Program	$10,000	1	1%
Center for Land-Based Learning	$10,000	1	1%
One East Palo Alto	$10,000	1	1%
Tradeswomen Incorporated	$10,000	1	3%
Sonoma Valley Film Festival	$10,000	1	1%
Education Outside	$10,000	1	0%
Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College	$7,500	1	1%
One Purpose School Inc	$5,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($883k), not named here.

Miranda Lux Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 102.

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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.

Bothin FoundationCA64.5× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bothin Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · East Bay Community Foundation · The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation · The Dean Witter Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Mary a Crocker Trust

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.

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About Miranda Lux Foundation

How much does Miranda Lux Foundation give?: Miranda Lux Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $525,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Miranda Lux Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Youth Development (21%), Arts & Culture (18%).
Who are Miranda Lux Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Girls Garage ($100k), Sprouts Chef Training ($99k), Santa Rosa Symphony Association ($95k).
Does Miranda Lux Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Miranda Lux Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Miranda Lux Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bothin Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Miranda Lux Foundation based?: Miranda Lux Foundation is based in CA.