California · Private foundation
Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 49
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 48 | $1.3M | 19% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $2.4M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $1.2M | 31% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $775k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Institute of California | $1,750,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Berkeley Repertory Theatre | $975,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Bay City News Foundation | $430,000 | 6 | 24% |
| Refed Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Brophy College Preparatory | $162,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The International Council on Clean Transportation Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kent School | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillsborough Schools Foundation | $122,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Burlingame Community for Education Foundation | $120,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Thunderbirds · McKesson Foundation Inc · The Intuit Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
Compare Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation with peer funders
About Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation
- How much does Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation give?
- Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $1,340,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 49 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Social Science (22%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Public Policy Institute of California ($1.8M), Berkeley Repertory Theatre ($975k), Bay City News Foundation ($430k).
- Does Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation based?
- Arjay R and Frances F Miller Foundation is based in CA.
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