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MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION

MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 170 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,062,763 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($1,207,880). 82 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$13M
Funders on record
170
Grants received
$11M
Net assets
$21M
82/170 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 49%
01What it does

What Mikeroweworks Foundation does

Mission

To debunk myths and misperceptions about the skilled trades and close the skills gap.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2025, we awarded the largest dollar amount of scholarships in a single year since the inception of the program. The scholarships ranged from $600 to $25,000 - the average scholarship amount being $9,600 - we selected recipients pursuing 21+ different skilled trade programs in 44 states.

    $5,076,465 spentof which $5,010,300 as grants
    86% of program spending
  2. In 2025, 68 high schools and colleges implemented the work ethic curriculum, a modular 12-hour, 12-lesson soft skills curriculum, in 23 states. By the end of the year, we issued more than 10,200+ certifications, with a total of more than 16,900+ certifications since we developed the curriculum in 2019.

    $14,004 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. In 2025, we expanded our media efforts to increase awareness of the work ethic scholarship program and the opportunities available in the skilled trades. A targeted digital campaign generated record interest in the scholarship program, including the highest number of applications started since its inception. We also launched a multimedia awareness campaign in the dallas/fort worth area to elevate the value and importance of skilled work, challenge the perception that a four-year degree is the only path to a successful career, and highlight the opportunity, dignity, and purpose found in the skilled trades.

    $218,968 spent
    4% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $593,739 spentof which $310,000 as grants
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,903,176.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.8M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($1.5M)2018 Revenue 92 ($1.6M) Expenses 78 ($977k) Net assets 144 ($2.2M)2019 Revenue 88 ($1.6M) Expenses 91 ($1.1M) Net assets 172 ($2.6M)2020 Revenue 181 ($3.2M) Expenses 122 ($1.5M) Net assets 286 ($4.3M)2021 Revenue 210 ($3.8M) Expenses 110 ($1.4M) Net assets 442 ($6.7M)2022 Revenue 245 ($4.4M) Expenses 173 ($2.2M) Net assets 581 ($8.8M)2023 Revenue 242 ($4.3M) Expenses 175 ($2.2M) Net assets 721 ($11M)2024 Revenue 328 ($5.9M) Expenses 261 ($3.3M) Net assets 876 ($13M)2025 Revenue 754 ($13M) Expenses 490 ($6.2M) Net assets 1355 ($21M)
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Revenue (754)Expenses (490)Net assets (1355)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $13M to $21M (+55%).

$1.5M
$2.2M
$2.6M
$4.4M
$6.7M
$8.9M
$11M
$13M
$21M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 874 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$531k
’17
$663k
’18
$433k
’19
$1.7M
’20
$2.4M
’21
$2.2M
’22
$2.1M
’23
$2.6M
’24
$7.3M
’25
38
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Michael G Rowe

CEO and CFO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed277777777
Joined··+0+1+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed··0100000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $458k → $1.7M.

27 of 170 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 170 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left

52% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION.

11%
largest funder
25%
top three
~24
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 43% · 2019 28% · 2020 21% · 2021 30% · 2022 24% · 2023 29% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

42% of MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 35 states in all.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 490 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve38.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 3%Fundraising 1%

Governance

7
board members
43%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

91%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION?
MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 170 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,062,763 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($1,207,880). 82 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 170 organizations giving $11,062,763 in grants to MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION, 82 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION?
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $1,207,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 170 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing