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Richard Robert Miselis Foundation at a glance

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Richard Robert Miselis 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.

$114k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$193kEnvironment$22kRecreation & Sports$18kArts & Culture$12kFood & Nutrition$10kHealth$3kAnimals$2k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $58k
$4,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine$31,500
Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences$26,500
Mt Hood Community College$6,500
Wild Salmon Center$4,500
Oregon Food Bank$4,500
Teton Raptor Center$4,500
National Parks Conservation Association$4,500
Pacific Crest Trail Association$4,500
Consumer Reports$4,000
Community Cycling Center$4,000
Community Transitional School$4,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting$4,000
Friends of the Historic Columbia River Highway$4,000
Deschutes River Alliance$3,000
Oregon Humane Society$3,000
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 (FY25–25, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Red Cross: $500 → 14%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$194k · 10 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -65% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
2

Total granted

$194k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-65%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    7× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +36%
  • FO
    Friends of the Historic Columbia River H
    6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +77%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -65%
  • TU
    Tufts University - Packard Society
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
2
Center for Whale Research

The center for whale research (cwr) is dedicated to the study and conservation of the pacific northwests killer whale populations, with a primary focus on the critically endangered southern resident killer whales. building on half a…

Science & Tech
3
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
4
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
7
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment
8
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

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9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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11
Oregon Environmental Council

Oregon environmental council champions equitable, innovative, and collaborative solutions to oregons environmental challenges for today and future generations.

Environment
12
Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

Jackson hole wildlife foundation advances wildlife conservation driven by science, collaboration, and a community of volunteers.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Historic Columbia River H. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $94,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATrustees of Tufts College: $85,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $14,500 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOLUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine: $31,500 · OtherUniversity of Pennsylvania Sch…Tufts University School of Arts & Sciences: $26,500 · OtherTufts University School of Art…OREGON FOOD BANK: $14,500 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · OtherPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATIO…Mt Hood Community College: $6,500 · OtherMt Hood Community CollegeTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $4,500 · Other+3 more: $6,000 · Other+3 moreNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $14,000 · EnvironmentDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE: $6,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the Historic Columbia River H: $15,600 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $4,000 · Arts & CultureWILD SALMON CENTER: $13,500 · AnimalsOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER: $14,000 · Recreation & SportsCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $4,000 · Public Benefit
Education$194,000Other$101,500Environment$20,000Arts & Culture$19,600Animals$18,500Recreation & Sports$14,000Public Benefit$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $94,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $85,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Historic Columbia River H: $15,600 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $14,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Oregon Community …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Community Cycling Center: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
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.

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 20 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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