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The Miramare Foundation at a glance

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The Miramare 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.5MHuman Services$700kEducation$443kYouth Development$250kCommunity Improvement$235kArts & Culture$155kEnvironment$145kFood & Nutrition$135kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILYAID$250,000
JUST A START$250,000
MORE THAN WORDS$150,000
FAMILYLINKS$150,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS$115,000
RIVERLIFE$110,000
THE CENTER THAT CARES$100,000
MADISON PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$100,000
KIDS VOICE$100,000
UPPER VALLEY HAVEN$100,000
NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$75,000
LITERACY PITTSBURGH$75,000
CASA SAN JOSE$50,000
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL$25,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY$25,000
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 (FY19–25, $380k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CASA SAN JOSE: $50k → 11%FAMILYLINKS: $150k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 11%THE CENTER THAT CARES: $100k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN: $30k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
GA
FL
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 7 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
28

Total granted

$1.6M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
0%

Still filing today

71%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementInternationalEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • FB
    FAMILYAID BOSTON INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +82%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC
    2× · 2019–2025 · $55k · revenue +53%
  • SP
    ST PAUL'S SCHOOL
    2× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • HH
    HOSANNA HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -61%
  • MF
    MIRAMARE FOUNDATION UAD 81706
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
  • CC
    CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue -99%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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3
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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7
Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance

Gpca's mission is to break the cycle of generational proverty by ensuring equitable distribution of the resources for vulnerable children, families, and communities. our vision is to be philadelphia's catalyst for community empowerment and…

Human Services
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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10
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
11
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
12
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Facing History & Ourselves Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Caritas Community 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

37 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. 37 of the 51 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
15/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $1,005,000 · OtherFAMILYAID BOSTON INCUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $200,000 · OtherUPPER VALLEY HAVENMIRAMARE FOUNDATION UAD 81706: $150,000 · OtherMIRAMARE FOUNDATION UAD 81706MORE THAN WORDS INC: $150,000 · OtherMORE THAN WORDS INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $130,000 · OtherCARNEGIE MUSEUMS: $115,000 · OtherFOOD21 OF PA: $100,000 · OtherMADISON PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 · OtherKIDSVOICE: $100,000 · Other+19 more: $407,500 · Other+19 moreFAMILYLINKS INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYLINK…THE CENTER THAT CARES: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER…CASA SAN JOSE: $50,000 · Human ServicesCASA SAN J…THE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE LATINO…BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM …JUST-A-START CORPORATION: $250,000 · Community ImprovementJUST-A-STA…HomeStart Inc: $50,000 · Community ImprovementHomeStart …NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PROJECT: $50,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHO…+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementCAMBRIDGE COLLEGE INC: $150,000 · EducationCAMBRIDGE…LITERACY PITTSBURGH: $125,000 · EducationLITERACY …ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationST PAUL'S…SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $25,000 · EducationSOUTH SUD…+2 more: $15,000 · EducationHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $200,000 · ReligionAMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC: $55,000 · InternationalTilting Futures Incorporated: $45,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 · InternationalOPEN FIELD: $20,000 · InternationalRIVERLIFE: $110,000 · EnvironmentNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentWESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$2,457,500Human Services$380,000Community Improvement$360,000Education$345,000Religion$200,000International$150,000Environment$145,000

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 budgetFAMILYAID BOSTON INC: $1,005,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCAMBRIDGE COLLEGE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILYLINKS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLITERACY PITTSBURGH: $125,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $110,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMADISON PARK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKIDSVOICE: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL ON GERMANY INC: $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHomeStart Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTilting Futures Incorporated: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE URBAN FOOD INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetPUTNEY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN FIELD: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTPORT RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBoston Midsummer Opera Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRIMARY SOURCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Pittsburgh Founda…Richard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsThe Grable FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Boston Foundation IncWi Patterson Charitab…Staunton Farm Foundat…Eqt FoundationUpmc GroupCummings Foundation G…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA39.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · The Grable Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Boston Foundation Inc · Wi Patterson Charitable Fund · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Upmc Group · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Primary Source Inc: 23% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Just-a-Start Corporation: 16% of income from government
  • Familyaid Boston Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Madison Park Development Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Cambridge College Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Miramare Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Miramare 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 51 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home