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Mirolo Charitable Foundation

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.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$294kEducation$285kHealth$182kRecreation & Sports$153kHousing & Shelter$102kHuman Services$69kCommunity Improvement$60kYouth Development$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$100,000
UPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOL$25,000
FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO$20,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS$10,000
OPERA COLUMBUS$2,500
FREEDOM TAILS OHIO$2,500
OHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS$2,500
FRANKLINTON CYCLE WORKS$2,500
OHIO SLED HOCKEY$2,500
PRO SENIORS INC$2,500
SANTA'S SILENT HELPERS$2,500
RECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION$2,500
LITTLE BABY BLESSINGS FOUNDATION$2,500
LAW AND LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$2,500
RED OAK FAMILY FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOURCE POINT: $3k → 5%PRO SENIORS INC: $3k → 16%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $3k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $3k → 15%ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $3k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $3k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $2k → 15%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 16 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
13

Total granted

$1.1M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

56%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO
    4× · 2018–2021 · $100k · revenue +74%
  • EA
    ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +117%
  • SS
    Santas Silent Helpers of Columbus Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIRST COMMUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +11%
  • NA
    NEW ALBANY MIRACLE LEAGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $17k
  • HH
    HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue +18%
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
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
2
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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6
American Federation of Labor Ohio Afl-Cio

To advance middle class and working class values by promoting social and economic justice. we join together over 263,000 union members to make our voice heard in the policy and political arenas. the ohio afl-cio represents 1,787 local…

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7
Joy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc

Helping people grow and succeed through life-long, experience-based learning.

Environment
8
Ohio Community Action Training Organization

Training for community action.

Education
9
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
10
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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11
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc

Aclu of ohio foundation leverages advocacy, litigation, and public education to champion fairness, freedom and justice for all as guaranteed under the constitution and the laws of the u.s.

Civil Rights
12
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Appalachian Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Freedom Tails Ohio. 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

23 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. 23 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
10/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UPPER ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT: $230,000 · OtherUPPER ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICTRIVERSIDEOHIO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $181,500 · OtherRIVERSIDEOHIO HEALTH FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $168,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $155,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $100,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIOECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $60,000 · OtherECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTEUPPER ARLINGTON CITY SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherFIRST COMMUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Other+15 more: $98,000 · Other+15 moreFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $312,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR APPALAC…+2 more: $5,500 · PhilanthropyMIRACLE LEAGUE OF NEW ALBANY INC: $133,500 · Youth DevelopmentMIRACLE LE…+3 more: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentOHIO SLED HOCKEY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesPro Seniors Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSOURCEPOINT: $2,500 · Human ServicesACTION FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE OPERA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $4,000 · Arts & CultureLaw and Leadership Institute LLC: $4,000 · EducationOHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS INC: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,093,000Philanthropy$317,500Youth Development$140,500Human Services$18,000Arts & Culture$4,000Education$4,000Food & Nutrition$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $312,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF NEW ALBANY INC: $133,500 over 3y, 46% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST COMMUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSantas Silent Helpers of Columbus Inc: $14,500 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetOHIO SLED HOCKEY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE OPERA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM A LA CART: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLINTON CYCLEWORKS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLaw and Leadership Institute LLC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPILOT DOGS ALLOWAY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM TAILS OHIO: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPro Seniors Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOURCEPOINT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACTION FOR CHILDREN: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF NEW ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FIRST COMMUNITY VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Santas Silent Helpers of Columbus Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHIO SLED HOCKEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OPERA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM A LA CART ↗
  • Who funds HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLINTON CYCLEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds Law and Leadership Institute LLC ↗
  • Who funds PILOT DOGS ALLOWAY ↗
  • Who funds OHIO ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM TAILS OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Pro Seniors Inc ↗
  • Who funds A KID AGAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds RECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOURCEPOINT ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds ACTION FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds STAR HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds RULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…American Electric Pow…The William H Davis D…Harry C Moores Founda…L Brands FoundationOhio Capital Impact C…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Nisource Charitable F…Columbus Blue Jackets…Delaware County Found…Encova Foundation of …
Columbus FoundationOH36.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · The William H Davis Dorothy M Davis and William C Davis Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ohio Capital Impact Corporation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation · Delaware County Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio

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 Mirolo Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mirolo Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 39 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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