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Miranda Lux Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$525k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY SURF PROJECT$30,000
SPROUTS CHEF TRAINING$25,000
Pie Ranch$25,000
Huckleberry Youth Programs$20,000
Conservation Corps of North Bay$20,000
ICA CRISTO REY ACADEMY$20,000
LandPaths$20,000
Sunset Youth Services$20,000
NORTH COAST BUILDERS EXCHANGE$20,000
MAGNOLIA PROJECT$20,000
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundatio$20,000
Spaulding Marine Center$20,000
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundatio$20,000
OLINGA$20,000
SCRAP$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $283k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ON THE MOVE: $15k → 9%OLINGA LEARNING: $20k → 19%ON THE MOVE: $15k → 9%OLINGA LEARNING: $15k → 19%ON THE MOVE: $13k → 9%OLINGA LEARNING: $15k → 19%OLINGA LEARNING: $15k → 19%ANNIE CANNONS: $10k → 10%SPECIAL SERVICES FOR GROUPS: $10k → 10%Huckleberry Youth Programs: $20k → 10%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $15k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $15k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 8%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $10k → 8%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $25k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $15k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $15k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $10k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $10k → 10%GIRLS INC OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $10k → 10%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 73 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
78

Total granted

$3.2M
$906k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+14%

Still filing today

77%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GG
    GIRLS GARAGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +215%
  • SC
    Sprouts Chef Training
    6× · 2017–2025 · $99k · revenue +153%
  • SR
    SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $95k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • Environmental Traveling Companions
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -7%
  • GA
    Galileo Academy of Science Technolo
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • CR
    COMMON ROOTS FARM
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -10%
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
Institute for Applied Tinkering

Institute for Applied Tinkering IAT develops, practices and shares educational methods that challenge and support all children to engage deeply in their learning via real interests and real tools.

Youth Development
2
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
3
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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4
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
5
Youth in Arts

Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, compassion and resilience in students of all abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists,…

Arts & Culture
6
Hack the Hood Inc

Hack the Hood provides youth and communities of color with tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that are grounded in justice and ensure economic mobility.

Arts & Culture
7
Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center Inc

BRIDGEGOOD increases opportunity and digital literacy for under-resourced students with a focus on Black Indigenous and Women People of Color. We prepare first-generation college students for careers in UX UI and Visual Design while…

Education
8
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
9
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
10
Root Division

Root Divisions mission is to empower artists, foster community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.

Arts & Culture
11
The California Center for Civic Participation

To educate california youth about the operations of local, state, and federal government.

Public Benefit
12
San Francisco Conservation Corps

The San Francisco Conservation Corps offers young people opportunities to develop themselves by developing their academic abilities and marketable job skills while addressing community needs through service work

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Techbridge Girls; the most unlike its peers is Cinnamongirl Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

110 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. 110 of the 163 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
105/110
Grantees still filing
75/110
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISSION GRADUATES: $80,000 · OtherIMMACULATE CONCEPTION ACADEMY: $75,000 · OtherBIG SKILLS TINY HOMES: $70,000 · OtherSunset Youth Services: $65,000 · OtherCity Surf Project: $85,000 · OtherGIRLS GARAGE: $100,000 · OtherGIRLS GARAGE+77 more: $1,298,600 · Other+77 moreSprouts Chef Training: $98,900 · EducationSprouts Chef Trainin…GATEWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $70,000 · EducationGATEWAY PUBLIC SCHOO…SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationSANTA ROSA JUNIOR CO…Life Learning Academy: $60,000 · EducationLife Learning Academ…CREDO HIGH SCHOOL: $55,000 · EducationCREDO HIGH SCHOOLOAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $45,000 · EducationOAKLAND SCHOOL FOR T…MAGNOLIA GLOBAL ACADEMY FOR LEADERS: $45,000 · EducationMAGNOLIA GLOBAL ACAD…826 Valencia: $40,000 · EducationYouthBeat: $40,000 · EducationTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 · EducationMARIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education+13 more: $177,500 · Education+13 moreSANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $95,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA ROSA SYMP…CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $60,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA FILM…THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORAR…WATERSIDE WORKSHOPS: $57,500 · Arts & CultureWATERSIDE WORKS…KORSA MUSICAL THEATER: $55,000 · Arts & CultureKORSA MUSICAL T…BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY REPERT…New Conservatory Theatre Center: $40,000 · Arts & CultureNew Conservator…START SOCO: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSTART SOCOBrava for Women in the Arts dba Brava Theater Center: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $126,000 · Arts & Culture+9 moreYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentYES Nature…YOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORKS: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH SPIR…ENTERPRISE FOR YOUTH: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentENTERPRISE…THE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CALIFO…DUSTYS' FISHING WELL: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentDUSTYS' FI…DEV MISSION: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentDEV MISSIO…Project Wreckless: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentProject Wr…Literacy for Environmental Justice: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentOld Skool Cafe: $20,000 · Youth Development+5 more: $52,500 · Youth Development+5 moreGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $85,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesOLINGA LEARNING: $65,000 · Human ServicesON THE MOVE: $42,500 · Human ServicesAIM HIGH: $15,000 · Human ServicesSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesAnnieCannons Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesFriends of SCRAP Inc: $45,000 · EnvironmentLandPaths: $40,000 · EnvironmentPEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentSTRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS: $30,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Traveling Companions: $25,000 · EnvironmentPlanting Justice: $15,000 · EnvironmentGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $12,500 · EnvironmentCanopy: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATUREBRIDGE: $10,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $10,000 · EnvironmentCenter for Land-Based Learning: $10,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INC: $65,000 · EmploymentTHE BREAD PROJECT: $60,000 · EmploymentPIE RANCH: $35,000 · EmploymentWomens Audio Mission: $25,000 · EmploymentCOMMON ROOTS FARM: $25,000 · Employment
Other$1,773,600Education$761,400Arts & Culture$603,500Youth Development$402,500Human Services$297,500Environment$237,500Employment$210,000

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 budgetGIRLS GARAGE: $100,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSprouts Chef Training: $98,900 over 6y, 14% of budgetSANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $95,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCity Surf Project: $85,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: $85,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $80,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $75,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBIG SKILLS TINY HOMES: $70,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetGATEWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOLINGA LEARNING: $65,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLife Learning Academy: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BREAD PROJECT: $60,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $60,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWATERSIDE WORKSHOPS: $57,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCREDO HIGH SCHOOL: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKORSA MUSICAL THEATER: $55,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetFriends of SCRAP Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAGNOLIA GLOBAL ACADEMY FOR LEADERS: $45,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetON THE MOVE: $42,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH COAST BUILDERS EXCHANGE INC: $42,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetYOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORKS: $40,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budget826 Valencia: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetENTERPRISE FOR YOUTH: $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNew Conservatory Theatre Center: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLandPaths: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSTART SOCO: $35,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetPIE RANCH: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLime Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetDUSTYS' FISHING WELL: $35,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEV MISSION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMARIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetPIVOTAL CONNECTIONS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBrava for Women in the Arts dba Brava Theater Center: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPEPPERWOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTRATEGIC ENERGY INNOVATIONS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProject Wreckless: $30,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetRising Sun Center for Opportunity fka RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHATCH COMMUNITY: $25,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetWomens Audio Mission: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEnvironmental Traveling Companions: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

  • Who funds GIRLS GARAGE ↗
  • Who funds Sprouts Chef Training ↗
  • Who funds SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds City Surf Project ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF ALAMEDA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MISSION GRADUATES ↗
  • Who funds YES Nature to Neighborhoods ↗
  • Who funds HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKILLS TINY HOMES ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds OLINGA LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION CORPS NORTH BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Life Learning Academy ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAD PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds WATERSIDE WORKSHOPS ↗
  • Who funds CREDO HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KORSA MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds Friends of SCRAP Inc ↗
  • Who funds BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MAGNOLIA GLOBAL ACADEMY FOR LEADERS ↗
  • Who funds ON THE MOVE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COAST BUILDERS EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORKS ↗
  • Who funds 826 Valencia ↗
  • Who funds ENTERPRISE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds New Conservatory Theatre Center ↗
  • Who funds LandPaths ↗
  • Who funds YouthBeat ↗
  • Who funds THE CALIFORNIA 4-H FOUNDATION ↗

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 FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…East Bay Community Fo…The Henry Mayo Newhal…McNabb FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The Joseph and Vera L…The Dean Witter Found…The Morris Stulsaft F…Mary a Crocker Trust
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Miranda Lux Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Miranda Lux Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    0get no government money at all
    48report 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 Miranda Lux Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Miranda Lux 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 163 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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