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Diane and Ron Miller Fund

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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,360,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$67M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Diane and Ron Miller Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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
FY2024still arriving14$2.3M14%
FY202320$3.1M35%
FY202224$3.1M29%
FY202120$2.5M45%
FY202018$3.0M72%
FY20193$600k33%
FY201838$835k21%
FY201736$695kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$9.1MInternational$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.9MAnimals$1.1MEducation$779kHuman Services$595kHealth$257kPhilanthropy$110kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
HI
OK
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc$1,270,19481%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,050,00034%
San Francisco Symphony$1,000,00011%
The Walt Disney Family Museum$785,15744%
Feed the Children Inc$680,00040%
Feeding America$650,00040%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$495,00050%
The Salvation Army$410,0356n/a
Meals on Wheels America$350,00030%
Napa Valley Museum$316,194257%
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All grantees of Diane and Ron Miller Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc$1,270,19481%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,050,00034%
San Francisco Symphony$1,000,00011%
The Walt Disney Family Museum$785,15744%
Feed the Children Inc$680,00040%
Feeding America$650,00040%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$495,00050%
The Salvation Army$410,0356n/a
Meals on Wheels America$350,00030%
Napa Valley Museum$316,194257%
Colorado State University$154,4842n/a
United Friends of the Children$115,00041%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$110,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$100,00010%
Landmark School Inc$100,00010%
The Art Base$100,000113%
Global Empowerment Mission Inc$95,00030%
San Francisco Food Bank$80,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$80,00030%
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$72,50050%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$70,00010%
Beyond Emancipation$70,00041%
First Star Inc$45,00041%
Music in the Vineyards Inc$40,48624%
Project Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth$30,00021%
Hanna Boys Center$25,0353n/a
Mile High United Way Inc$25,00020%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$25,00010%
Legacy Connections$24,95511%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$20,3502n/a
University of Denver$20,30020%
St Helena Hospital$20,02520%
Redwood Empire Food Bank$20,00010%
Roots of Peace$20,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Life Inter Faith Team on Unemployment and Poverty$20,00011%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Maui Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Girl Scouts of Central California South Inc$15,00010%
Trout Unlimited Inc$10,17720%
California Dance Institute$10,15322%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Razom Inc$10,00010%
Epacenter$10,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$10,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,16920%
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc$5,12220%
Friends of Lincoln Theater Dba Lincoln Theater Foundation$5,08210%
Collabria Care$5,03210%
The V Foundation$5,00310%
March of Dimes Inc$1,98820%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,04920%
Glide Foundation$1,0492n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$98710%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Diane and Ron Miller Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Halo Trust (Usa) Inc: $1,270,194 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $1,050,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Walt Disney Family Museum: $785,157 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $680,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $650,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $495,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $350,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNapa Valley Museum: $316,194 over 2y, 57% of budgetUnited Friends of the Children: $115,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHenry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery: $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLandmark School Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Art Base: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGlobal Empowerment Mission Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnderson Ranch Arts Center: $72,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $70,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Emancipation: $70,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFirst Star Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMusic in the Vineyards Inc: $40,486 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetProject Avary Inc Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMile High United Way Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Connections: $24,955 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $20,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital: $20,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRedwood Empire Food Bank: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoots of Peace: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Inter Faith Team on Unemployment and Poverty: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of Central California South Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $10,177 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Dance Institute: $10,153 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRazom Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpacenter: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $5,169 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: $5,122 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lincoln Theater Dba Lincoln Theater Foundation: $5,082 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCollabria Care: $5,032 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe V Foundation: $5,003 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,988 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,049 over 2y, 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 San Francisco FoundationCA17.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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.

Compare Diane and Ron Miller Fund with peer funders

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Find your warmest path to Diane and Ron Miller Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Diane and Ron Miller Fund

How much does Diane and Ron Miller Fund give?
Diane and Ron Miller Fund reported 14 grants totaling $2,332,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Diane and Ron Miller Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), International (13%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
Who are Diane and Ron Miller Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Halo Trust (Usa) Inc ($1.3M), Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation ($1.1M), San Francisco Symphony ($1.0M).
Does Diane and Ron Miller Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Diane and Ron Miller Fund 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 Diane and Ron Miller Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, McNabb Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Diane and Ron Miller Fund based?
Diane and Ron Miller Fund 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 84 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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