Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust
San Luis Obispo, CA · EIN 26-4703396. Reported 79 grants totalling $6,142,686 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $55,000; the smallest was $2,250 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slo Repertory Theatre | San Luis Obispo, CA | $1,503,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Coast Salmon Enhancement | Arroyo Grande, CA | $1,288,813 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Luis Coastal Education | San Luis Obispo, CA | $415,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church | San Luis Obispo, CA | $390,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Slo County Agriculture Education Committee | San Luis Obispo, CA | $258,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Monday Club House | San Luis Obispo, CA | $197,755 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Slo Botanical Garden | San Luis Obispo, CA | $147,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Slo Museum of Art | San Luis Obispo, CA | $138,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA | San Luis Obispo, CA | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Land Conservacy of Slo County | San Luis Obispo, CA | $127,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay | Morro Bay, CA | $126,378 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Counseling Center of Slo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Luis Coastal Education Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Bank Coalition of Slo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers | Avila Beach, CA | $69,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| One Cool Earth | San Luis Obispo, CA | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Slo Museum of Arts | San Luis Obispo, CA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Monday Club House Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| French Medical Center Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Siester | San Luis Obispo, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | San Luis Obispo, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Coast Funds for Children | San Luis Obispo, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecologistics Inc | Los Osos, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care 4 Paws | Santa Barbara, CA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Slo Symphony | San Luis Obispo, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenspace - the Cambria Land and Trust | Cambria, CA | $28,033 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospice of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Slo Community Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lumina Alliance | San Luis Obispo, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Slo Childrens Museum | San Luis Obispo, CA | $19,735 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transitions Mental Association | San Luis Obispo, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $13,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greenspace Cambria | Cambria, CA | $13,033 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Slo Parks Open Space & Trail | Arroyo Grande, CA | $11,939 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Coast State Parks Association | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woods Humane Society | San Luis Obispo, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Padres Council Boy Scouts of America | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orchestra Novo | Morro Bay, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Slo Master Chorale | San Luis Obispo, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Slo Wind Orchestra | Arroyo Grande, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Novy's Ark | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Coast Aquarium | Avila Beach, CA | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
19 of 43 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Slo Repertory Theatre
CONTRIBUTION TO CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SAN LUIS OBISPO. - Central Coast Salmon Enhancement
TROUT IN CLASSROOM SLOUSD - San Luis Coastal Education
BUILDOUT OF PHASE III IN SLO & MORRO BAY SCHOOLS - Slo County Agriculture Education Committee
EDNOWMENT AGVENTURE NORTH & SOUTH. - Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo
SPRING BALLET WESTSIDE STORY - Friends of Slo Botanical Garden
ADA WALK, THREE PATIOS IN GARDEN CENTER.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $770,069 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 17 | $2,369,234 | $22,500 |
| 2023 | 23 | $1,233,471 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $1,769,912 | $22,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1025, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93406. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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