Miranda Leigh Nelson Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871267078
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2025
- Location
- Huntington Beach, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7148641982
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Grantmaking Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,973
- Expenses
- $9,760
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
Private Grantmaking Foundations
What it reported funding in 2025
The foundation reported 7 grants totaling $9,400. The stated grant purposes included mental health care and services, support animal welfare., and mental health services, plus 2 other reported purposes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 66% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
- Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: 100
- Cost Efficiency: 96
- Transparency: 100
- Compliance: 50
- Endowment Health: 39
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100
Compliance
- Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
- Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: 13.3; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
- Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Investments: 39th percentile for endowment coverage
- Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 39/100.