The Miramare Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; approach it only through an existing contact or a genuine invitation.
- Its grants are general operating support for a wide range of nonprofits, including family support, housing, community, cultural, literacy, food-access and immigrant and refugee organisations, so your work may fit.
- No geographic focus is stated, although the filing shows grants mainly in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
- Typical grants fall between $20,000 and $250,000, and half of its grants are $75,000 or less, so a request near the middle is realistic, though its largest grant was $285,000.
- About 24% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, which suggests that continuing relationships count for a good deal.
Overview
The Miramare Foundation is a US private foundation based in Pittsburgh, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grants provide general operating support to a varied range of nonprofit organisations. Recorded recipients include family-support and human-services organisations, housing providers, community and neighbourhood organisations, cultural institutions, literacy and education bodies, and food-access organisations. The portfolio also includes community-development and environmental organisations, and organisations serving immigrant and refugee communities. The evidence shows grants to organisations, rather than a programme for individuals, but does not state a common eligibility test, named funding priorities, or a geographic rule for applicants. The available application information says that unsolicited requests are not accepted; it does not describe a submission process or any deadlines.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 24% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 34 grants to organisations were $75,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 24% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 24% of grant dollars went to organisations The Miramare Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 20 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $87,500 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Just A Start · General operating$250,0002025 tax year
- Familyaid · General operating$250,0002025 tax year
- More Than Words · General operating$150,0002025 tax year
- Familylinks · General operating$150,0002025 tax year
- Carnegie Museums · General operating$115,0002025 tax year
- Riverlife · General operating$110,0002025 tax year
- Kids Voice · General operating$100,0002025 tax year
- Madison Park Development Corporation · General operating$100,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Helen Bouscaren — Trustee
- Susan Hollingsworth — Trustee
- William Hunt — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $641,602 | $550,000 | $25,572,517 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,147,338 | $930,000 | $28,159,386 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,952,387 | $1,757,500 | $30,433,122 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Pittsburgh, PA