Maryland · Private foundation
Charles H Miller Charitable 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.
- $173k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 12 | $173k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $188k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $188k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $183k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $139k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $95k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $83k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel School Inc | $180,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Roots and Wings Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 3% |
| C&O Canal Trust Inc | $117,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $103,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Friends of the National Arboretum | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Modern Classrooms Project Inc | $69,900 | 5 | 1% |
| The Literacy Lab | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| City Blossoms Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel School Inc | $180,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Roots and Wings Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 3% |
| C&O Canal Trust Inc | $117,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $103,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Friends of the National Arboretum | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Modern Classrooms Project Inc | $69,900 | 5 | 1% |
| The Literacy Lab | $62,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $55,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| City Blossoms Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dance Place | $25,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Roots & Wings Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association | $10,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Washington School for Girls | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Paul's Place Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Nora Roberts Foundation · Corina Higginson Trust Co Laura Ford Trustee · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Mars Hq Regional Foundation · Hattie M Strong Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area
How this is measured
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About Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation
- How much does Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation give?
- Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $172,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Environment (21%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: San Miguel School Inc ($180k), Roots and Wings Inc ($125k), C&O Canal Trust Inc ($117k).
- Does Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles H Miller Charitable 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 Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee.
- Where is Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation based?
- Charles H Miller Charitable Foundation is based in MD.
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