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Catt Family Foundation Joal C Miller

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$115k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$339kRecreation & Sports$281kEducation$227kHealth$78kPublic Safety & Disaster$36kAnimals$23kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $83k
$1,322
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BELLA VISTA GARDEN CLUB$33,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$20,000
WINDCLUB HAWAII$10,000
ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BRECKENRIDGE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CTR$8,624
TURPENTINE CREEK WILDLIFE REFUGUE$5,000
NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUND$5,000
COMPASSION & CHOICES$5,000
WALTON ARTS CENTER COUNCIL INC$1,322
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,050
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EAST AURORA$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA$1,000
GLIDING STARS OF WNY$1,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BELLA VISTA COURTESY VAN: $340 → 14%HOME FOR DINNER: $500 → 8%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $8k → 8%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $2k → 8%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

NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
AR
TN
DC
HI
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 24 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
19

Total granted

$1.0M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
-15%

Still filing today

46%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $105k · revenue +56%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +22%
  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $85k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • HK
    HAWAII KAI BOAT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • MV
    MACULA VISION RESEARCH FO
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
Hawaiian Humane Society

The hawaiian humane society works to improve the welfare of animals through animal care, education, legislation, and prevention on the island of oahu. its mission is to promote the human-animal bond and the humane treatment of all animals.

Animals
2
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
3
Assistance Dogs of Hawaii

Assistance dogs of hawaii provides mutually beneficial, quality partnerships between dogs and people through which their highest potential can be achieved. assistance dogs of hawaii offers people with disabilities increased independence…

Animals
4
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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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
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
7
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
8
Guide Dogs of Hawaii (Adaptive Aids Canines and Advocacy for the Blind)

Striving to enhance communications, promote equality and create opportunities for hawaii's blind and visually impaired.

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9
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc

Dogs Inc mission is to transform lives by creating and nurturing extraordinary partnerships between people and dogs.

Human Services
12
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maui United Way; the most unlike its peers is Bella Vista Animal Shelter 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

25 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. 25 of the 49 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLIDING STARS OF WNY: $181,000 · OtherGLIDING STARS OF WNYSALVATION ARMY: $125,025 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBELLA VISTA GARDEN CLUB INC: $56,000 · OtherBELLA VISTA GARDEN CLUB INCDANA-FARBER CANCER INSTIT: $50,000 · OtherDANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITWINDCLUB HAWAII: $27,500 · Other+27 more: $136,482 · Other+27 moreSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S U…ASSETS SCHOOL: $67,000 · EducationASSETS SCHOOL+2 more: $6,000 · EducationSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $105,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AM…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $35,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISAS…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $85,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINI…+2 more: $3,500 · PhilanthropyBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $26,124 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsSheep Dog Impact Assistance: $10,400 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $5,800 · Human Services+2 more: $840 · Human ServicesCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $12,500 · Civil Rights
Other$656,007Education$163,000Health$140,000Philanthropy$88,500Recreation & Sports$26,624Human Services$17,040Civil Rights$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetASSETS SCHOOL: $67,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $26,124 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSheep Dog Impact Assistance: $10,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $5,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEQS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetFriends Of Kailua High School: $5,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetWALTON ARTS CENTER COUNCIL INC: $4,522 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST AURORA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBELLA VISTA FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBELLA VISTA ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $2,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBucknell University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLA VISTA COURTESY VAN INC: $340 over 1y, 0.2% 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 SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSETS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
  • Who funds Sheep Dog Impact Assistance ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Sail2Change ↗
  • Who funds SEEQS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends Of Kailua High School ↗
  • Who funds WALTON ARTS CENTER COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST AURORA INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLA VISTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELLA VISTA ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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.

Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Catt Family Foundation Joal C Miller funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catt Family Foundation Joal C Miller. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 49 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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