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Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$38k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
72
Grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$400
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
54 to 62
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$678k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
InternationalFood & NutritionPublic BenefitArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving68$37k19%
FY202462$30k16%
FY202354$35k6%
FY202257$28k11%
FY202155$26kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$44kInternational$24kArts & Culture$21kFood & Nutrition$17kHealth$11kCivil Rights$7kHuman Services$5kReligion$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
AR
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wellesley College$12,50050%
Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School$7,00050%
The Artists Collective Inc$5,50050%
Central Fund of Israel$5,15050%
Food Bank for the Heartland$5,00050%
Loaves and Fishes Ministries Inc$4,25050%
Child Saving Institute Inc$4,00050%
Connecticut Cancer Foundation Inc$3,20050%
Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance Inc$3,20050%
Direct Relief$3,00030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,30030%
Northampton Survival Center Inc$2,05050%
Grow Food Northampton Inc$1,75030%
American Jewish Committee$1,65050%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$1,55050%
Israel Emergency Alliance$1,50050%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$1,45050%
Facts and Logic About the Middle East Inc$1,40050%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$1,35040%
Joslyn Art Museum$1,35050%
Ecumenical Hunger Program$1,25050%
Earthjustice$1,25050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$1,15050%
Reproductive Freedom for All$1,05040%
Siena Francis House$1,00050%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Hias Inc$1,00010%
New England Public Media Inc$1,00010%
Net Foundation for Television$90030%
Center for Arms Control and$90040%
Israel 21c$90040%
Adolescent Counseling Services$90050%
Animal Welfare Institute$80050%
National Arbor Day Foundation$80050%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$80030%
Pacific Art League$80050%
Jewish Family Service of the Desert$75030%
The American Film Institute$70040%
Finca International Inc$70020%
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc$60020%
Ashoka$55020%
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc$50020%
The Willa Cather Foundation$50050%
Transgender Law Center$5001n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$50050%
Defenders of Wildlife$45020%
Friends of the Earth$40020%
Maccabi USA Inc$30030%
American Friends of Natal Inc$3001n/a
People for the American Way$30010%
Americans United for Separation of Church and State$3001n/a
American Friends of Magen David Adom$3001n/a
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc$2001n/a
Abilitypath Housing$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWellesley College: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Artists Collective Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $5,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for the Heartland: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves and Fishes Ministries Inc: $4,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChild Saving Institute Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Brain Tumor Alliance Inc: $3,200 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthampton Survival Center Inc: $2,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGrow Food Northampton Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc: $1,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPloughshares Fund Inc: $1,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFacts and Logic About the Middle East Inc: $1,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $1,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJoslyn Art Museum: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEcumenical Hunger Program: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSiena Francis House: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Public Media Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNet Foundation for Television: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Arms Control and: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael 21c: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdolescent Counseling Services: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProject on Government Oversight Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Art League: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of the Desert: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Film Institute: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Soroka Medical Center Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAshoka: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Willa Cather Foundation: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaccabi USA Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the American Way: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

The Holland FoundationNE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Holland Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation

How much does Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation give?
Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $38,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 62 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), International (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Wellesley College ($13k), Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School ($7k), The Artists Collective Inc ($6k).
Does Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Avy L & Roberta L 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 Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Holland Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation.
Where is Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation based?
Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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