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Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$400
Median grant
9
States reached
$678k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL$2,500
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$2,500
CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL$1,250
RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY$1,000
NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA$1,000
OFFICE FOR THE ARTS AT HARVARD$1,000
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,000
THE WESTSIDE FOUNDATION - DOUGLAS KRENZER FUND$1,000
LEGAL MOMENTUM WOMEN IN THE COURTS$1,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT$1,000
NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC MEDIA$1,000
LOAVES AND FISHES MINISTRIES INC$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE$1,000
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $250 → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $250 → 11%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $250 → 11%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%NORTHHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $500 → 12%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%NORTHHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $500 → 12%NORTHHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $500 → 12%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $300 → 14%CHILD SAVINGS INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%NORTHHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $300 → 12%NORTHHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER: $250 → 12%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $200 → 10%NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA: $150 → 14%ABILITIES UNITED: $100 → 8%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $300 → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $300 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
AR
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147k · 69 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

69 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
5

Total granted

$147k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+52%

Still filing today

62%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +30%
  • TA
    THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +93%
  • CF
    Central Fund of Israel
    5× · 2021–2025 · $5k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • HI
    HIAS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -28%
  • PP
    PROSSER PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2021 · $250
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UN WATCH
    one grant, 2021 · $200
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
3
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
4
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
7
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
One for Israel

One for israel's purposes are to unite u.s. and international churches, ministries and individuals for the proclamation of the gospel in israel, to raise funds for evangelism and gospel proclamation, to provide tangible relief for israel's…

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10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
12
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma; the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 92 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
38/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOLLander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School: $7,000 · OtherLander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day SchoolOFFICE FOR THE ARTS AT HARVARD: $5,000 · OtherRADCLIFFE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY: $5,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $5,000 · OtherLEGAL MOMENTUM WOMEN IN THE COURTS: $5,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $3,550 · OtherCONNECTICUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $3,200 · OtherLoaves and Fishes Ministries Inc: $4,250 · Other+43 more: $41,700 · Other+43 moreCentral Fund of Israel: $5,150 · InternationalCentral Fund of…DIRECT RELIEF: $3,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFNEW ISRAEL FUND: $2,500 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $1,550 · InternationalCOMMITTEE FOR A…ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE: $1,500 · InternationalISRAEL EMERGENC…PLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $1,450 · InternationalPLOUGHSHARES FU…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,400 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL…FACTS AND LOGIC ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST INC: $1,400 · InternationalFACTS AND LOGIC…HIAS INC: $1,000 · InternationalCenter for Arms Control and: $900 · International+6 more: $2,650 · International+6 moreWellesley College: $12,500 · EducationWellesley C…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationTHE BOARD O…Israel 21c: $900 · EducationTHE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureJOSLYN ART MUSEUM: $1,350 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,150 · Arts & CultureNEW ENGLAND PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $700 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesNORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC: $2,050 · Human ServicesREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $1,050 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF THE DESERT: $750 · Human Services+2 more: $300 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT BRAIN TUMOR ALLIANCE INC: $3,200 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,300 · HealthADOLESCENT COUNSELING SERVICES: $900 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,650 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $1,350 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Civil RightsTransgender Law Center: $500 · Civil RightsAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $300 · Civil Rights
Other$94,700International$22,500Education$17,400Arts & Culture$10,700Human Services$8,150Health$6,400Civil Rights$4,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 1y, 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 budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $2,500 over 5y, 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 budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $1,550 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 budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $1,400 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 budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds Lander-Grinspoon Academy Solomon Schechter Day School ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds Loaves and Fishes Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT BRAIN TUMOR ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHAMPTON SURVIVAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GROW FOOD NORTHAMPTON INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL EMERGENCY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds PLOUGHSHARES FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds FACTS AND LOGIC ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds JOSLYN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ECUMENICAL HUNGER PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗

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 FoundationRobert B Daugherty Fo…The Sherwood Foundati…Lincoln Financial Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…AbbVie FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avy L & Roberta L Miller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • The Artists Collective Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Grow Food Northampton Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Northampton Survival Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • New England Public Media Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home