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The Miccio Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Miccio Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$82k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$498kHuman Services$15kHealth$14kYouth Development$8kEducation$3kPublic Benefit$2kFood & Nutrition$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,550
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTHEAST IOWA$9,800
POWESHIEK ANIMAL LEAGUE SHELTER$8,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY$8,223
SAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTY$7,000
IT TAKES A VILLAGE ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
DUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY$4,900
PAWS & MORE ANIMAL SHELTER$4,500
ALL GOD'S CREATURES$3,550
ALMOST HOME ANIMAL RESCUE$3,480
ONE DOG RESCUE$3,106
SOLAS SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ANIMAL$3,000
BAILING OUT BENJI$2,500
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA$2,000
HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ALL GOD'S CREATURES: $10k → 12%ALL GOD'S CREATURES: $4k → 12%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$475k · 32 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
20

Total granted

$475k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+11%

Still filing today

72%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WC
    WASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +136%
  • SH
    SAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +62%
  • DF
    DOGS FOREVER OF IOWA
    5× · 2018–2023 · $25k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • AW
    ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION OF IOWA
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
  • MH
    MAHASKA HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
2
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
3
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
4
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
5
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
6
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
7
Phelps County Animal Rescue

provide shelter and care for dogs and cats

Animals
8
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
9
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
10
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
11
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
12
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Welfare Friends; the most unlike its peers is Horizons a Family Service Alliance. 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

34 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. 34 of the 60 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
22/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTY: $33,200 · AnimalsSAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTYDOGS FOREVER OF IOWA: $25,424 · AnimalsDOGS FOREVER OF IOWAWHISKERS TNR OF WARREN COUNTY: $20,650 · AnimalsWHISKERS TNR OF WARREN COUNTYBUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $19,400 · AnimalsBUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INCIOWA HUMANE ALLIANCE: $18,955 · AnimalsIOWA HUMANE ALLIANCEHumane Society of Northeast Iowa: $18,670 · AnimalsHumane Society of Northeast IowaPEOPLE FOR PETS: $17,500 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR PETSTAMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,400 · AnimalsTAMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYHUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY: $15,253 · AnimalsCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $14,500 · AnimalsEMMET COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $14,100 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF MARSHALLTOWN: $12,500 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR PAWS: $11,000 · AnimalsDUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,900 · Animals+14 more: $53,812 · Animals+14 moreWASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $54,708 · OtherWASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYIT TAKES A VILLAGE ANIMAL RESCUE: $51,040 · OtherIT TAKES A VILLAGE ANIMAL RESCUEIndividual grant recipient: $14,225 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAPPY TALES RANCH AND RESCUE: $12,475 · OtherHAPPY TALES RANCH AND RESCUETWO BY TWO CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,528 · OtherPOWESHIEK ANIMAL LEAGUE SHELTER: $8,500 · Other+22 more: $62,235 · Other+22 moreALL GOD'S CREATURES: $13,050 · Human ServicesHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $1,500 · Human ServicesC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $5,250 · Philanthropy
Animals$303,264Other$222,711Human Services$14,550Philanthropy$5,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $54,708 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTY: $33,200 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetDOGS FOREVER OF IOWA: $25,424 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetWHISKERS TNR OF WARREN COUNTY: $20,650 over 3y, 16% of budgetBUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $19,400 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetIOWA HUMANE ALLIANCE: $18,955 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetHumane Society of Northeast Iowa: $18,670 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetPEOPLE FOR PETS: $17,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetTAMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,400 over 4y, 11% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY: $15,253 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $14,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetEMMET COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $14,100 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetALL GOD'S CREATURES: $13,050 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF MARSHALLTOWN: $12,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPEOPLE FOR PAWS: $11,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetDUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFUR FUN RESCUE: $9,300 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS: $7,180 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFURRY FRIENDS REFUGE: $6,052 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLAST HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE FRIENDS: $5,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $5,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHAMILTON COUNTY ANIMAL ADVOCATES: $4,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF CARROLL INC: $3,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetALMOST HOME ANIMAL RESCUE: $3,480 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetIOWA PET ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $3,400 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetBAILING OUT BENJI: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeavenly Pet Sanctuary: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCritter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids Inc: $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 WASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN OF IOWA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DOGS FOREVER OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds WHISKERS TNR OF WARREN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BUCHANAN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA HUMANE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Northeast Iowa ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR PETS ↗
  • Who funds TAMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds EMMET COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL GOD'S CREATURES ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF MARSHALLTOWN ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR PAWS ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FUR FUN RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds FURRY FRIENDS REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds LAST HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds C & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON COUNTY ANIMAL ADVOCATES ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE OF CARROLL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALMOST HOME ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds IOWA PET ALLIANCE 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Animal Resource Found…Humane World for Anim…Community Fdn of Grea…Animal Relief Foundat…The Duffield Family F…On Shore FoundationBISSELL Pet FoundationPetco LoveGreater Good CharitiesPaypal Charitable Giv…Edward Jones Foundati…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI32.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Animal Resource Foundation of Iowa Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Animal Relief Foundation Trust · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · On Shore Foundation · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Petco Love · Greater Good Charities · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Edward Jones 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 The Miccio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Miccio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 The Miccio Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Miccio 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 60 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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