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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 26-4703396

Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust

A private foundation in San Luis Obispo, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 25 grants and $2.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Howard Carroll Trustee
PO Box 1025
San Luis Obispo, CA 934061025
(805) 541-0178
Form and materials
Application package, as detailed on the on-line website, including the grant application, organization summary, description of specific request, monitoring & evaluation information, organizational budget, project budget, other funding sources, board member list, tax status letter, copy of financial statements.
Deadlines
From january 1 through may 30 each year
Restrictions
The foundation provides grants only to california based charitable organizations for projects benefiting san luis obispo county residents. The foundation priority are projects focused in six key areas of support for san luis obispo county residents, including animal related (protection of animals and animal rights), education (programming for all ages, with particular focus on college readiness), environmental protection (including open space, green technology, sustainable agriculture), catholic church (support programs and improvements for staff & parishioners, as well as capital improvements), fine arts (public art projects), and youth development (exposure to different ideas and opinions, providing access to opportunities youth would not otherwise have available).

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $2,682,108

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $4,594,401

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,769,912

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $6,563,838

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,233,471

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $7,783,127

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,369,234

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $8,095,542

  • Tax year 2021

    $770,069

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $10,108,395

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,474,456

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $9,895,444

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,291,895

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $10,336,005

  • Tax year 2018

    $3,542,418

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $11,051,936

Grants paid in 2025

25 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Capital campaign & financial MGR

    $1,600,000
  2. Individual

    Reconstruct parking lot

    $310,355
  3. Individual

    Paddle raise - pow for 3RDH and 4th

    $137,200
  4. Individual

    Pow 4th & 5th, slo re-wilding & restoration

    $120,700
  5. Individual

    Ridenour center

    $100,000
  6. Individual

    Torro preserve phase II

    $100,000
  7. Individual

    Therapy programs to support psychological healing and emotional well-being.

    $75,000
  8. Individual

    BIOASSESSMENT MONITORING OF THE [individual] WATERSHED

    $31,453
  9. Individual

    Dog therapy

    $20,900
  10. Individual

    School based programs at pacheco and hawthorne elementary schools

    $20,000
  11. Individual

    Support for court dependent children. Marginalized among the vulnerable program.

    $20,000
  12. Individual

    [individual] HEALTH AND SUICIDE TRAINING

    $20,000
  13. Individual

    Community film and transporation costs

    $17,000
  14. Individual

    SUPPORT BASIC NEEDS FOR [individual] 0-18.

    $15,000
  15. Individual

    REFURBISH [individual] WALLS

    $15,000
  16. Individual

    Mobile community medicine and spay-neuter outreach in slo.

    $12,000
  17. Individual

    2025 [individual] RESTORATION PROGRAM

    $12,000
  18. Individual

    Everybody reads

    $10,000
  19. Individual

    Instrument petting zoo outreach program

    $10,000
  20. Individual

    OUTREACH FOR [individual] IN LEADERSHIP

    $10,000
  21. Individual

    Literacy 2.0 initiative to improve financial well being

    $10,000
  22. Individual

    Act student sponsorship

    $7,500
  23. Individual

    Youth education sponsor

    $3,000
  24. Individual

    Support of its free lecture series 23-24

    $2,500
  25. Individual

    Landscaping

    $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Howard CarollTRUSTEE Hours 20Pay $80,400

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