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The Mirmiran Foundation at a glance

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The Mirmiran Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$111k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$201kHealth$93kFood & Nutrition$59kHuman Services$16kRecreation & Sports$5kAnimals$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
$5,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION$25,000
UMMS FOUNDATION$15,000
THE CALVERT SCHOOL$15,000
FALLS CHURCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
PENN STATE$10,000
ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL$10,000
MUSTANG ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION$5,200
PAUL'S PLACE INC$5,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES MARYLAND$5,000
THE ODYSSEY SCHOOL$3,000
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
MARYLAND SPCA INC$2,500
TEENS WITH TRAUMA INC$1,500
GBMC FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY24–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%TEENS WITH TRAUMA INC: $2k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES MARYLAND: $5k → 19%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.
$269k · 10 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$269k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+38%

Still filing today

90%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • CS
    CALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    5× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +34%
  • UF
    ULMAN FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $34k · revenue +87%
  • RP
    ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $54k · revenue +48%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -5%
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.

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University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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2
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
3
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
4
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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7
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
11
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mustang Athletic Boosters Assoc. 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 31 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)
22/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $100,000 · EducationCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATEDTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INCUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $35,000 · EducationUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation IncROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC+3 more: $13,450 · Education+3 moreBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $54,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INCFALLS CHURCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherFALLS CHURCH EDUCATION FOUNDATIO…PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $5,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $5,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - ADAP PROGRAM: $5,000 · OtherCENTER FOR HOPE-BE A HERO SPONSORSHIP: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $10,500 · Other+7 moreULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 · HealthULMAN FOUNDAT…American Heart Association Inc: $7,500 · HealthAmerican Hear…NAMI METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE INC: $2,500 · HealthNAMI METROPOL…GBMC FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTEENS WITH TRAUMA INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesPAUL'S PLACE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $3,500 · AnimalsKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Education$213,450Other$109,500Health$46,000Human Services$6,500Food & Nutrition$5,000Animals$3,500Philanthropy$2,250

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 budgetCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $54,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $34,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFALLS CHURCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTANG ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ASSOC: $5,200 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEENS WITH TRAUMA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 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.

Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…Cordish Family Founda…Mary Jean and Oliver …The Kahlert Foundatio…Brown Advisory Charit…The Abell Foundation …Rhona's Place Foundat…Ac and Penney Hubbard…Dr Frank C Marino Fou…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD23.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Cordish Family Foundation Inc · Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Rhona's Place Foundation · Ac and Penney Hubbard Foundation Inc · Dr Frank C Marino Foundation 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 Mirmiran Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mirmiran Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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