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The Mirandon Foundation for Hope Inc at a glance

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The Mirandon Foundation for Hope Inc

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.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
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.

Human Services$159kHealth$36kInternational$33kRecreation & Sports$11kEmployment$7kAnimals$6kPublic Benefit$4kEducation$1k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$664k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE COUNTRY FRIENDS INC$7,000
RIDING EMPHASIZING INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND STRENGTHS$7,000
MIRACLE BABIES$5,000
VISIONS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT$5,000
LIONS TIGERS & BEARS$3,500
LOVE & TIME$2,000
MIRACLE BABIES$2,000
HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER$2,000
FREE FLIGHT$2,000
THE COUNTRY FRIENDS INC$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 (FY17–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%MIRACLE BABIES: $12k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $11k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $10k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $7k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $5k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $5k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $5k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $5k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $5k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $4k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $4k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $4k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $4k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $3k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $3k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $3k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $2k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $1k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $1k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $1k → 11%LOVE & TIME: $2k → 11%SAVVY GIVING BY DESIGN INC: $5k → 11%SAVVY GIVING BY DESIGN INC: $3k → 11%MIRACLE BABIES: $10k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$262k · 14 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$262k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+32%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 ServicesAnimalsHealthCrime & LegalPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • TC
    THE COUNTRY FRIENDS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +26%
  • EO
    ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO
    7× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +36%
  • RE
    Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths
    3× · 2023–2025 · $18k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DORIS A HOWELL FOUNDATION FOR WOMENS HEALTH Rgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +49%
  • MARCH OF DIMES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -40%
  • ES
    EPILEPSY SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +32%
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
Birthline of San Diego County Inc

To provide life-affirming support to pregnant women and families with young children that addresses immediate concerns, offering dignity, stability, and hope in a time of need.

Health
2
Pawsitive Teams Inc

The mission of Pawsitive Teams is to enhance the lives of individuals with special needs who live in San Diego county by using the skills of highly trained service, facility and therapy dogs.

Animals
3
Spot

SPOT Saving Pets One at a Time is a leading San Diego County all-volunteer rescue organization whose main focus is to save dogs and cats in shelters who are at risk of euthanization and to help other dogs and cats in need as well. In…

Animals
4
San Antonio Birth Doulas

Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum support for at risk mothers, with continuous assistance during labor and delivery. focus and emphasis of reaching teens and low income mothers.

Health
5
Tides Inc

Tides, inc. is a comprehensive, intensive, outpatient treatment program for pregnant or newly postpartum women with substance use disorder in the cape fear region of north carolina. tides integrates in-house services with existing…

Health
6
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
7
Dreams for Change Inc

Dreams for Change's mission is to respond to the needs of San Diegans by creating innovative and cost-effective programs to empower and stabilize the lives of under-served families and individuals.

Human Services
8
Cancer Angels of San Diego

To address the unmet needs of individuals battling all types of Stage IV cancer and experience financial devastation as a result of their diagnosis. We provide consistent help for as long as our patients are ill or unable to work due to…

Health
9
Special Equestrians Inc

Our Vision: A community where the impossible becomes possible. Our mission: To enrich the lives of people with physical, cognitive or emotional challenges through a relationship with a horse.

Human Services
10
Friends of Leaps & Bounds Pediatric Therapy Inc

To assist economically disadvantaged people with disabilities through providing physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and hippotherapy treatments at no cost or low cost

Health
11
The Turning Point Home of San Diego

Our mission is to help alcoholic women achieve long-term sobriety in a safe, supportive, structured, alcohol and drug-free environment, through guidance and education.

Health
12
Santa Fe Birth Center

Santa fe birth center's mission is to increase good outcomes and positive birth experiences by expanding place-of-birth choices. santa fe birth center is a non profit 501c3 organization providing a vital choice for the transformative…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elderhelp of San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Savvy Giving By Design 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

21 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COUNTRY FRIENDS: $53,000 · OtherTHE COUNTRY FRIENDSThe Vision of Children: $17,900 · OtherThe Vision of ChildrenRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $17,500 · OtherRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengt…RAY OF SUNSHINE EQUESTRIAN THERAPY: $10,200 · OtherRAY OF SUNSHINE EQUESTRIAN THERAPYRANCHO SANTA FE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,000 · OtherRANCHO SANTA FE COMMUNITY CENTER INCCreating First Impressons Inc: $6,500 · OtherCreating First Impressons Inc+2 more: $4,500 · OtherMIRACLE BABIES: $82,800 · Human ServicesMIRACLE BABIESELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $23,500 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGOSavvy Giving By Design Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesSavvy Giving By Design Inc+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesVISIONS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT: $22,000 · InternationalSoroptimist International of Poway Soroptimist Intl of Americas Club 113218: $15,900 · Crime & LegalLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $7,000 · AnimalsHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $4,000 · AnimalsFREE FLIGHT: $2,000 · AnimalsMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 · HealthEPILEPSY SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,500 · HealthSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Public BenefitHANNAHS FAMILY CENTER: $550 · Education
Other$116,600Human Services$116,300International$22,000Crime & Legal$15,900Animals$13,000Health$4,500Public Benefit$4,000Education$550

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 budgetMIRACLE BABIES: $82,800 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetTHE COUNTRY FRIENDS: $53,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $23,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetVISIONS GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT: $22,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Vision of Children: $17,900 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRiding Emphasizing Individual Needs & Strengths: $17,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSoroptimist International of Poway Soroptimist Intl of Americas Club 113218: $15,900 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetRAY OF SUNSHINE EQUESTRIAN THERAPY: $10,200 over 4y, 33% of budgetSavvy Giving By Design Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetLIONS TIGERS AND BEARS: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCreating First Impressons Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetSEAL-NSW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DORIS A HOWELL FOUNDATION FOR WOMENS HEALTH R: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE FLIGHT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEPILEPSY SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHANNAHS FAMILY CENTER: $550 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.

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 San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Sempra FoundationKerr Family FoundationThe Country FriendsWalter J & Betty C Za…The Intuit FoundationJewish Community Foun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…
The San Diego FoundationCA26.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Kerr Family Foundation · The Country Friends · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Mirandon Foundation for Hope Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mirandon Foundation for Hope Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 21 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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